Category: BME News

Dr. Lakiesha Williams, professor and associate chair for graduate studies, has been named a 2024 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Fellow. BMES will honor this year’s class of fellows during the society’s annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 24. Each new fellow will also receive a BMES Fellows pin. The Fellow grade of membership is […]

Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, professor and Fixel Brain Mapping Professor, has been named a 2024 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Fellow. The Fellow grade of membership is a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding achievement in biomedical engineering. Fellows have demonstrated impactful achievements and made significant contributions to the biomedical engineering community and to BMES. They are active leaders […]

UF News University of Florida Distinguished Professor Christine Schmidt has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. This prestigious honor follows her election earlier this year to the National Academy of Engineering, making her one of the few exceptional individuals to be recognized by both academies. Election to the National Academy of Medicine recognizes […]

Dr. Ana Maria Porras, assistant professor at the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, will accept the 2024 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Diversity Lecture Award on behalf of LatinXinBME, an organization she co-founded in 2019 with Dr. Brian Aguado. This award recognizes individuals or organizations that have made […]

Dr. Christine Schmidt has been awarded the 2024 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Athanasiou Medal of Excellence in Translational Bioengineering. This honor recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to biomedical engineering, with a focus on translating research into practical applications. Schmidt, a distinguished professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Endowed Chair at the University of […]

UF Health News GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To address the need for new nonaddictive methods to treat pain, a University of Florida team has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to train postdoctoral fellows seeking to become independent clinical pain researchers. Under the NIH HEAL Initiative PAIN Cohort Program, the […]

Christine Schmidt, a UF distinguished professor, was honored Sunday among some of the country’s most notable engineers when she was formally inducted into the 2024 class of the National Academy of Engineering. The prestigious recognition celebrates her more than 25 years of improving lives through neural tissue engineering and wound healing. The induction ceremony, which was held during the […]

University of Michigan Medical School News The inaugural A. Oveta Fuller Award was recently awarded to Ivana Parker, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida (UF). Parker will present a seminar on October 31, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The A. Oveta Fuller Award is a career development award for […]

Join us in congratulating BME affiliate faculty, Dr. James Liao, Professor of Biology at the Whitney Laboratory, for being honored with the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics! This prestigious award, presented at MIT’s 34th Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, celebrates research that first makes you laugh, then makes you think. Dr. Liao earned the […]

Thank You for Making Pruitt Graduate Research and Alumni Engagement Day a Success! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in our Pruitt Graduate Research and Alumni Engagement Day! The event was a resounding success, featuring student talks, an inspiring keynote speaker, engaging poster presentations, and valuable alumni discussions—all celebrating the outstanding research in […]