BME News

Lee and Rashidi Named 2025 BMES Fellow

Dr. Lee Murfee, Professor & Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, and Dr. Parisa Rashidi, Professor, UF Research Foundation Professor, and Co-Director of the Intelligent Critical Care Center, have been named 2025 Fellows of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). The BMES… Read More

Porras named ASEMFL Rising Star (Science)

Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been selected as a 2025 Rising Star (Science) by the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida… Read More

Pruitt Graduate Research and Alumni Engagement Day

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s Pruitt Graduate Research and Alumni Engagement Day. The event was a resounding success, showcasing the best of our department through student talks, an inspiring keynote lecture, dynamic poster… Read More

Do CT scans increase childhood cancer risk? A UF researcher has the answer

Read Full Article: UF News A recent study featuring research by University of Florida Engineering Professor Wesley Bolch, Ph.D., links exposure to radiation from medical imaging to a small-but-significant risk of blood cancers among children and adolescents. But do not… Read More

Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida inducts four UF engineering professors

Read Full Article: News from Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering In its biggest class of inductees to date, the prestigious Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) welcomed four University of Florida engineering faculty members to its roster… Read More

Phelps appointed to NIH study section

Edward Phelps, Ph.D., associate professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been invited to serve as a member of the Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study Section, part of the Bioengineering Sciences and Technologies Integrated Review Group… Read More

UF BME and COM researchers publish innovative ICU prediction model in Nature Communications

Intensive care units (ICUs) in the United States admit over five million patients annually, with mortality rates ranging from 10% to 29%. Given that a patient’s condition can change rapidly, early detection of deterioration is crucial for enabling timely interventions… Read More

BME Ph.D. candidate awarded NIH F31 NINDS fellowship

Clinton Smith, Ph.D. candidate in the Lewis Lab, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) F31 Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for his project titled “Cryptococcal nanotherapy: Engineering a novel fungus-based platform for improved… Read More

Jessica Molina Receives NIH Award for Thumb Osteoarthritis Study

Jessica E. Molina, an MD/PhD student and current PhD candidate in the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Lab under Dr. Jennifer Nichols, has received a National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship (Parent F30) for her… Read More

Dr. Roza Vaez Ghaemi Joins UF BME, Advancing Innovation in Cell & Tissue Education

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Roza Vaez Ghaemi to the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida as an instructional assistant professor beginning in fall 2025. In this role, she will lead the… Read More