The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering recently hosted an Alumni Connect event for undergraduate and graduate students. The department invited an outstanding group of UF BME alumni to share their roles in industry and non-industry backgrounds, their… Read More

Maggie Fettis, UF BME Ph.D. student, was elected President of the Society for Biomaterials (SFB) National Student Chapter for the 2018-2019 academic year. Prior to being elected to SFB national president, Fettis was the UF SFB secretary (2015-2016) and UF… Read More

Deanna Bousalis, BME Ph.D. student, whose images titled, “Bubblegum Heart” and “The Developing Heart,” tied for 1st place in the Elegance of Science Art Contest from the UF Florida Museum. Bousalis’ winning images are of a mouse heart. One was a… Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Ferris, Robert W. Adenbaum Professor and senior associate chair, who has been invited to serve as a standing member of the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Sciences [MRS] study section for the NIH Center for Scientific Review. The MRS… Read More

Congratulations to UF BME professors, Drs. Benjamin G. Keselowsky and Cherie Stabler, on their election to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows! Representing a select group of the top two percent of medical and… Read More

Congratulations to Dr. Jon Dobson, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor, and Dr. Carlos Rinaldi, Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering & Dean’s Leadership Professor, for their recently published book entitled, “Nanomagnetic Actuation in Biomedicine: Basic Principles and Applications.” The book published… Read More

Osteoarthritis, or OA, is initiated by damage to articular cartilage between the bones of joints and can lead to severe pain and debilitation. However, cartilage loss has not been found to predict the severity of symptoms, suggesting that other tissue… Read More

<p >Congratulations to BME undergraduate student, Meggie Pires-Fernandes, on receiving the Jennie Henderson Murphree Scholarship by the University of Florida Women’s Club (UWC). The Jennie Henderson Murphree Scholarship is awarded for excellence in leadership and service to the community to… Read More

Dr. Kyle D. Allen, associate professor, associate chair for undergraduate studies & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow, has agreed to serve as an associate editor for The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. Allen has… Read More