Joseph Cox, a predoctoral researcher specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning for biomedical data and healthcare, has been awarded a highly competitive Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The fellowship, funded through the T32 grant from… Read More
Otto named new head of Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
From Purdue News After an extensive search, Kevin J. Otto has been named the next Dane Miller Head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. His initial five-year term at Purdue will begin July 1, 2024. Otto is a professor… Read More
BME Ph.D. candidate receives Cluff Aging Research Award
Skylar E. Stolte, a researcher in the field of biomedical engineering at the University of Florida, has been announced as the recipient of the esteemed Cluff Aging Research Award for her work in aging-related studies. The Cluff Aging Research Award,… Read More
Undergraduate Research Day and Industry Connect
On April 8th, the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at UF hosted a dynamic event that combined the energy of Undergraduate Research Day with the invaluable connections fostered by Industry Connect. Undergraduate Research Day served as a… Read More
Fang invited to present at The National Academies’ Workshop on Bidirectionality between AI & Neuroscience
Dr. Ruogu Fang was invited to present at The National Academies’ Workshop on Bidirectionality between AI and Neuroscience. The invitation comes from The National Academies Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, organizing a hybrid workshop titled “Exploring the Bidirectional… Read More
Advancing fall prevention: Ferris and collaborators secure $2.75M NIH R01 grant for innovative balance training research
Dr. Daniel Ferris (PI) and UF collaborators are the recipients of a substantial $2.75 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They are at the helm of a groundbreaking project titled “Intermittent Visual Perturbations to Enhance Balance… Read More
Ferris & collaborators win Best Poster Award at IEEE Conference on VR
At the 31st Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces held in Orlando, a collaborative effort between two labs at the University of Florida, secured one of the six Best Poster Awards… Read More
Innovative Research Aims to Engineer Localized Immune Tolerance for Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
In an effort to address the unmet needs of immunoengineering for beta cell replacement in type 1 diabetes (T1D), Drs. Edward Phelps, Holger Russ, and Helen N. Jones are pioneering strategies aimed at locally controlling autoimmunity in T1D. Their research,… Read More
Porras Receives Prestigious Career Award from the National Science Foundation
Dr. Ana Maria Porras, assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This esteemed recognition highlights… Read More
BME Ph.D. candidate receives AAW honorable mention award
Congratulations to Jessica Aldrich, Ph.D. candidate in the Sharma and OrthoBME lab, on receiving the Association for Academic Women’s (AAW) Emerging Scholar Honorable Mention Award! The AAW committee was deeply impressed by Jessica’s remarkable ability to convey the significance and… Read More