Dr. Parisa Rashidi and team recently received an NSF STTR grant to develop an intelligent mental health therapy tool. University counseling services have ubiquitous problems with demand for services exceeding the supply of counseling hours. In collaboration with TAO Connect,… Read More
We are looking forward to an exciting new year! NOTE: The BME office will be closed for the holiday break from December 25th through January 1st.
Professor Keselowsky recently received a new NIH R01 grant for “Biomaterial Delivery System for Type 1 Diabetes Vaccine”. Funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in collaboration with UF Diabetes Institute Director, Mark Atkinson, Ph.D.,… Read More
Thank you to everyone who participated in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering’s 3rd Annual Pruitt Research Day! We had a successful day of talks and poster presentations along with a special ceremony for the unveiling of… Read More
Congratulations to BME student, Aniruddh Ravindran, who was honored at the 20th Annual International Student Awards Ceremony this month! Aniruddh was one of 15 students selected to represent the College of Engineering in the UF International Center’s annual ceremony. Selection… Read More
Dr. Justin Sanchez, manager of DARPA’s Restoring Active Memory program and graduate of the UF BME program, is quoted in the November issue of Delta Sky Magazine. In the article titled, “Reconnecting the Brain”, Dr. Sanchez talks about a new… Read More
UF BME showed up big during the 2014 BMES Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas! Several faculty were involved as track, platform session and poster chairs, as well as serving as abstract reviewers (details below). In addition, our Department Chair… Read More
Dr. Christine E. Schmidt, the Pruitt Family Professor and Department Chair of the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received the Women’s Initiatives Committee’s (WIC) Mentorship Excellence Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The… Read More
Dr. Kevin Otto was recently quoted in a Nature news article titled, “Artificial arms get closer to the real thing”. Read the full story here: http://www.nature.com/news/artificial-arms-get-closer-to-the-real-thing-1.16111 Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields… Read More
The Brain Mapping Laboratory, directed by Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, was highlighted in CNN’s Vital Signs with Dr. Sanjay Gupta for their work on closed-loop deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Tourette syndrome. This work is a collaborative effort with Dr. Michael… Read More