Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer A. Nichols, assistant professor, who was recently awarded the 2018 American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) Young Scientist Postdoctoral Award. This award recognizes early achievements by promising young scientists who are within five years of receiving their… Read More
The AnitaB.org Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) scholarship was recently awarded to Shruti Siva Kumar, BME Ph.D. student, to attend the 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration in Houston, Texas this September. The GHC is the world’s largest gathering of women technologists. It… Read More
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering proudly congratulates the following M.S. and Ph.D. graduates who obtained their degrees in spring 2018. These are: Ph.D. graduates: Melissa Cruz-Acuna, Ph.D.Dissertation title: Polyethylenimine-Coated Single-Magnetic Gene Carriers and Their Evaluation in… Read More
The University of Florida Informatics Institute and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) have awarded pilot program funding to University of Florida researchers. CTSI provides intramural awards to support the growth of interdisciplinary and investigator-initiated clinical and translational research across… Read More
Margaret (Maggie) Fettis is a doctoral candidate in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida. She grew up outside of Chicago, IL and earned her BS in biomedical engineering at the University of… Read More
Osteoarthritis, or OA, is a complex disease marked by several harmful processes within the joint, such as cartilage damage and inflammation of the joint cavity’s inner lining. Current clinical options aim to address pain rather than these OA processes, which… Read More
We are excited to welcome Dr. Lakiesha N. Williams to the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering. Williams will join the department as an associate professor this fall. Williams earned her B.S. in biological engineering from Louisiana… Read More
The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Carlos Rinaldi as Chair, of its Department of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Rinaldi is the Dean’s Leadership Professor in the Department of… Read More
Dr. Daniel Ferris, Robert W. Adenbaum Professor and senior associate chair, was recently selected as the recipient for the 2018 American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) Founders’ Award. The Founders’ Award is given to recognize “scientific accomplishment in biomechanics and excellence in… Read More
On May 6, UF BME recognized the hard work of our students with a graduation reception and pinning ceremony at the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom to celebrate the new class of bachelors graduates. Faculty, staff, family and friends all gathered… Read More