UF BME Ph.D. candidate, Stephanie Cernera, was awarded a bi-annual research scholarship from the De Luca Foundation for her research project titled, “Wearable-Sensor Driven Responsive Deep Brain Stimulation for the Improved Treatment of Essential Tremor.” Cernera conducts research in Dr.… Read More
Science becomes art in the winning and notable photographs from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering 2018 Art of Research Photo Contest. Thank you to all who submitted their images! This annual event celebrates the art of… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Ruogu Fang, assistant professor, who was recently named a Senior Member of IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The IEEE organization is the world’s largest technical professional society and serves professionals involved in all aspects… Read More
Congratulations to BME undergraduate students Max Rozenblum and Marco Melgar who each won presentation awards in the engineering category at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). Max Rozenblum presented, “Microscopic Movies: a New Approach for Defining Cell Dynamics in… Read More
Dr. Christine E. Schmidt, professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Chair & Department Chair, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional accolade bestowed solely to academic inventors who have… Read More
Dr. Christine E. Schmidt, professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Chair & Department Chair, has been awarded the 2019 Clemson Award for Applied Research from the Society for Biomaterials. Clemson Awards are given in honor of the strong traditional ties between the… Read More
Dr. Edward Phelps, assistant professor, has been invited as a featured speaker at the E4: The Last Lecture Series by the UF Engineering Ambassadors. The E4: The Last Lecture Series is an annual lecture in which the UF Engineering Ambassadors… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Gregory A. Hudalla, assistant professor, Dr. Benjamin G. Keselowsky, professor, and their team on their manuscript titled, “Locally Anchoring Enzymes to Tissues via Extracellular Glycan Recognition,” that has been published in Nature Communications. Their collaborative research seeks… Read More
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 7th Annual Pruitt Research Day! This successful event included a full day of student talks, keynote speaker and poster presentations in celebration of the wonderful research being conducted in the department and… Read More
Dr. Cherie Stabler, professor at the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received a $1.05M grant from JDRF (a leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research). Working with a collaborator, Dr Andres Garcia at Georgia… Read More