Month: September 2023

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Congratulations to Ph.D. student Daniel Rodriguez who was awarded a Fellowship from NIH Type 1 Diabetes T32 Training Grant under the supervision of Dr. Ruogu Fang. Daniel’s research employs cutting-edge machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to delve into the intricate relationship between Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementia (ADRD). […]

Dr. Ruogu Fang and collaborators have secured a significant National Science Foundation grant for their project, “NCS-FO: Brain-Inspired Goal-Oriented and Bidirectional Deep Emotion Inference.” This pioneering initiative at the intersection of neuroscience and AI will explore groundbreaking advancements in both fields by building neuroscience-informed, brain-inspired AI systems to sense emotion as the human brain does. […]

Congratulations to Ph.D. student Damea Pham for her recent selection as a T32 Fellow for the NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Training Program. Pham studies under the supervision of Dr. Cherie Stabler. Her doctoral research explores elevating the efficacy of clinical […]

Jessica Aldrich, Ph.D. candidate in the Sharma and OrthoBME labs, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) for her project “Manganese dioxide as a nanozyme to mitigate oxidative stress in osteoarthritis.” The prestigious fellowship covers full tuition, stipend, and educational expenses. Aldrich’s […]

UF News University of Florida faculty conducted a record $1.25 billion in research in fiscal year 2023, a nearly 15% increase over 2022. One year after exceeding $1 billion in research expenditures for the first time, teams of UF faculty across the institution added another $160 million to the total. This year’s success was due […]

Department Chair Dr. Cherie Stabler recently announced changes to the department’s leadership team. Dr. Kevin Otto will be stepping down as Senior Associate Chair. He would like to now focus his time on his research and other service/administrative roles/endeavors. Dr. Otto served as an advisor to the Chair and was responsible for all matters related […]