Congratulations to BME student, Aaron Johnston, who was selected for an Attribute of a Gator Engineer Award for Professional Excellence. The Gator Engineering Attribute Awards are intended to provide an ideal guide for all members of the Gator Engineering community,… Read More
BME graduate student awarded NSF Fellowship; 4 Honorable Mentions
Congratulations to BME student, Ben Spearman, who was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship! These fellowships recognize and support exceptional graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based masters and doctoral… Read More
A woman investing in women
Dr. Brandi K. Ormerod, associate professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, knows how important it is to inspire other women. Ormerod is the current President for the Association for Academic Women (AAW) at the University… Read More
Sharma receives James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program grant
Congratulations to Dr. Blanka Sharma, assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, who received a $1.23 million award from the Florida Department of Health James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program for her joint grant… Read More
BME student, Shannon Brown, chosen as a Linda Hudson Scholarship Awardee
Congratulations to BME graduate student, Shannon Brown, who was chosen as a Linda Hudson Scholarship Awardee at the Engineering Leadership Summit hosted in conjunction with the women of the Committee of 200. The Committee of 200 (C200) is an organization… Read More
Moving inventions beyond the lab
Originally published by Alisson Clark, UF NEWS Shirley Pincus woke up in her hospital bed and waited for the pain. Years of failed surgeries had eroded her optimism. The pain always came back. A nerve block hadn’t helped. Amputating the… Read More
UF BME continues to rise in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings
For the fifth year in a row, the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering has risen in the U.S. News & World Report’s national rankings. UF BME placed 15th among public school institutions in the U.S. News &… Read More
Eight BME students selected as University Scholars
The University Scholars Program introduces undergraduate students at the University of Florida to the exciting world of academic research. In the program, students work one-on-one with UF faculty on selected research projects. A competition is help each spring within participating… Read More
Keselowsky appointed as associate editor of the Journal Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Benjamin G. Keselowsky, associate professor and UFRF Professorship in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been invited to join the editorial board of the Journal Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine (Nanomedicine: NBM). Keselowsky was selected by… Read More
5th Annual Biomaterials Day
The UF student chapter of the Society for Biomaterials (SFB) will be hosting its fifth annual Biomaterials Day on March 11, 2016 at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. This one-day symposium will include a keynote lecture and 4 invited talks… Read More