Category: BME News

Dr. Jamal Lewis, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and his graduate student, Clinton Smith, have been honored with UF Tech Licensing’s 2024 Invention of the Year award for their pioneering drug delivery platform for brain disorder treatment. Selected by one of UF Innovate’s six licensing teams, the technology stood out among 372 new ideas disclosed […]

UF News The National Institutes of Health granted two University of Florida engineering professors with New Innovator Awards, securing research funding that could revolutionize invasive surgical implants and improve understanding for disease detection. Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward research program, the NIH awards support creative early career investigators pursuing innovative, high-impact projects. This is the […]

The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida, honors the memory of Dr. John Crayton Pruitt Jr., a distinguished cardiothoracic surgeon and devoted family man who passed away on Oct. 21, 2024. Dr. Pruitt Jr., known to many simply as “Crayton,” carried forward a […]

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 […]

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 […]