BME Ph.D. student awarded NIH T1D T32 Fellowship
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… Read More
Bridging Neuroscience and AI: Brain-Inspired AI to make machine perceive emotion like humans
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… Read More
Ph.D. student awarded NIH NIDDK NRSA T32 Fellowship
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… Read More
BME Ph.D. candidate awarded NIH F31 NRSA Fellowship
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… Read More
UF research spending up 15% to record $1.25 billion
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… Read More
BME announces leadership change
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.… Read More
UF Biomedical Engineering Receives 2023 BMES Diversity Lecture Award
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering has received the 2023 Biomedical Engineering Society’s (BMES) Diversity Lecture Award. The BMES Diversity Lecture Award honors an individual, project, organization, or institution for outstanding contributions to improving gender and racial… Read More
Fang appointed President of the Women in MICCAI (WiM) Committee
Congratulations to Dr. Ruogu Fang on her distinguished appointment as the President of the Women in MICCAI (WiM) Committee for the 2023-2025 term within the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Society. The core mission of the Women… Read More
Dr. Kuang Gong Joins UF BME, Bringing Expertise in Medical Imaging and Deep Learning
UF BME is thrilled to welcome its newest addition to the faculty, Dr. Kuang Gong, who joins as an assistant professor this fall. Dr. Gong brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in medical imaging, deep learning, and data science,… Read More
BME PH.D. CANDIDATE AWARDED NIH F31 NRSA FELLOWSHIP
Chloe Baratta, Ph.D. candidate in the Nichols lab, received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) for her project titled “Integrating Musculoskeletal and Data-Driven Modeling to Understand the… Read More