We will update this throughout March! Check back to see what inspires our faculty, students and staff! Faculty contributions: Dr. Wesley Bolch’s article published in the International Journal of Radiation Biology, is a feature on women in the field of… Read More
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Gunduz named AIMBE Fellow
Dr. Aysegul Gunduz, associate professor, Fixel Brain Mapping Professor, UF Research Foundation Professor and UF Term Professor, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. AIMBE Fellows represent the top 2% of… Read More
UF, NVIDIA partner to speed brain research using AI
UF News By Jill Pease University of Florida researchers joined forces with scientists at NVIDIA, UF’s partner in its artificial intelligence initiative, and the OpenACC organization to significantly accelerate brain science as part of the Georgia Tech GPU Hackathon held… Read More
Celebrating Black History Month
Ferrall-Fairbanks’ paper accepted by Cancer Research
Congratulations to Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks, Ph.D., assistant professor, for having a collaborative group paper accepted in Cancer Research titled, Quantification of T- and B-cell immune receptor distribution diversity characterizes immune cell infiltration and lymphocyte heterogeneity in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.… Read More
Furtney receives HWCOE Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Furtney, Instructional Assistant Professor & Undergraduate Coordinator, for receiving the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award for 2021-2022. Undergraduate Teacher of the Year is awarded to faculty who excel in the… Read More
UF Health team receives $6.6 million to study treatments to boost cognition for those with HIV
UF News: by Jill Pease With advancements in HIV treatments, people with HIV are living longer. More than half of Americans with HIV are now over age 50. Yet with longer lives comes an additional health concern. As people living… Read More
BME student selected for the UF Emerging Scholars Program
Congratulations to UF BME undergrad Syed Tahir for being selected for the 2022 Emerging Scholars Program to work under the supervision of Dr. Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks. The Emerging Scholars Program from the UF Center for Undergraduate Research was established to introduce… Read More
Two UF teams were selected as finalists for 2020-2021 BMES Student Design Competition
A team of biomedical engineering students competed for the 2020-2021 BMES Student Design Competition, sponsored by Medtronic. This year’s competition was broken down into four tracks, mechanical/electrical, electrical/computer science, chemical/biological, anything COVID-19 geared. Two UF teams were selected as finalists… Read More
Congratulations to our fall 2021 M.S. and Ph.D. graduates
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering proudly congratulates the following M.S. and Ph.D. graduates who obtained their degrees in Fall 2021. These are: Shreedevi Kumar, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Tissue-Specific Targeting of Inflammatory Pathways in Osteoarthritis Advisor: Dr.… Read More