Congratulations to BME affiliate Dr. David Vaillancourt and team who received a nearly $1 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to train future movement disorders scientists. The Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Training in Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration… Read More
BME student, Jonathan Shute, awarded NIH T32 Fellowship
Congratulations to BME PhD candidate, Jonathan Shute, who was awarded an NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke T32 Predoctoral Fellowship on Interdisciplinary Training in Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration! Jonathan studies the underlying neurophysiology of Tourette Syndrome and is… Read More
Bruce Wheeler elected to IFMBE Administrative Council
At the recent World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Emeritus Professor Bruce Wheeler was elected to the Administrative Council of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE). IFMBE is the umbrella society coordinating the activities of… Read More
UF BME researchers invent device that makes chemotherapy more personalized, efficient
Originally posted by UF Health News Two University of Florida researchers have invented a device that makes chemotherapy treatments more personalized, efficient and affordable. The miniaturized platform, known as a microarray, uses patients’ cancer cells to test various doses and… Read More
Carlos Rinaldi interviewed for Science Friday article on ferrofluids
Originally posted by Science Friday on June 17, 2015 Photo copyright insignia, Felice C. Frankel Magnets are pretty cool. The way they attract and repel—it’s like magic. But a liquid magnet? That’s even cooler. Called a ferrofluid, such a liquid… Read More
Benjamin G. Keselowsky invited to serve on NIH study section
Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky who has been invited to serve on the Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study Section for the NIH Center for Scientific Review. Members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific… Read More
Jamal Lewis to join the faculty at the University of California, Davis
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jamal Lewis, graduate of the UF BME program and current post doctoral fellow in the Keselowsky lab, will join the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of California, Davis, as an assistant professor… Read More
Parisa Rashidi awarded FHTCC Matching Funds for “Intelligent Mental Health Treatment Recommendations”
Congratulations to Dr. Parisa Rashidi and her team who received more than $124,000 from the Florida High Tech Corridor Council’s (FHTCC) Matching Funds Research Program! Currently no specialized machine learning toolkit or datasets exist for the psychotherapy domain, and more… Read More
Kyle D. Allen to chair Young Investigator Subcommittee for the OARSI
Congratulations to Dr. Kyle Allen who will chair the Young Investigator Subcommittee for the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) in 2015-16. As part of this position, Dr. Allen will represent young investigators on the OARSI executive board and lead the… Read More
Aysegul Gunduz featured in Explore Research video on Biomedical Engineering
Congratulations to Dr. Aysegul Gunduz who was featured in an Explore Research video titled “Why Science? Biomedical Engineering.” Explore Research is a university-wide partnership that showcases UF’s discoveries and research through videos produced by UF Department of Agricultural Education and… Read More