BME News

Taylor Receives NIH-Funded K12 Award to Advance Research on Chronic Tendon Pain

Brittany Taylor, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been selected for a prestigious K12 Career Development Award, supported through the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical and… Read More

Gator Engineering faculty take home four inventions of year from UF Innovate

From Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering News Innovation was in the spotlight last week as UF Innovate | Tech Licensing celebrated the top six innovations of 2025 at its annual Standing InnOvation event. Four of the recognized technologies came from… Read More

Postdoctoral associate receives 2025 TERMIS-AM Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award

Congratulations to Gopal Agarwal, Ph.D., postdoctoral associate in the Schmidt Lab, on receiving the 2025 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society – Americas Chapter (TERMIS-AM) Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award, a distinction given to only one postdoc annually. Agarwal’s innovative… Read More

New imaging method helps immune cells zero in on cancer

By Dave Schlenker / Story originally published on UF News Scientists are testing nanoparticle imaging to monitor how immune cells target and attack cancer. The approach is being studied alongside dendritic cell therapy, which trains patients’ immune systems to recognize… Read More

Allen receives Adele L. Boskey, Ph.D., Award for Mentorship and Research Excellence

Kyle D. Allen, Ph.D., professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been named the 2026 recipient of the Adele L. Boskey, Ph.D., Award by the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS). This… Read More

Phelps contributes to study on type 1 diabetes progression

A new study published in Cell Reports, co-led by University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering associate professor Edward A. Phelps, Ph.D., and College of Veterinary Medicine chair and professor Clayton E. Mathews, Ph.D., reveals that… Read More

BME PH.D. candidate awarded NIH F31 NHLBI Fellowship

Julia Withrow, Ph.D. candidate in the Bolch Lab, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) for her project titled Development of Models of Comprehensive Blood and Lymphatic… Read More

BME PH.D. candidate awarded NIH F31 NIAMS Fellowship

Kaitlin Southern, Ph.D. candidate in the Allen Lab and the Costello Lab, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) for her project titled Identifying Translational Measures of… Read More

Murfee 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