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Congratulations to Parisa Rashidi, Ph.D., on a 5-year, $3.7M NIH renewal award. The PRECEDE II project will use AI to de...
07/15/2026

Congratulations to Parisa Rashidi, Ph.D., on a 5-year, $3.7M NIH renewal award. The PRECEDE II project will use AI to develop more equitable cognitive screening tools for older adults preparing for surgery, helping improve patient care & outcomes.

Parisa Rashidi, Ph.D., professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Catherine Price, Ph.D., ABPP/CN professor in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology…

Please join us in congratulating two UF BME faculty members on their recent promotions!🎉 Ruogu Fang, Ph.D., has been pro...
06/18/2026

Please join us in congratulating two UF BME faculty members on their recent promotions!

🎉 Ruogu Fang, Ph.D., has been promoted to Full Professor.
🎉 May Mansy, Ph.D., has been promoted to Instructional Associate Faculty.

These promotions recognize their outstanding contributions to education, research and the UF BME community. Congratulations on this well-deserved achievement!

06/02/2026

Faculty members May Mansy, Ph.D., Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., and Brittany Taylor, Ph.D., have been selected as Pruitt Family Endowed Faculty Term Fellows in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of…

Congratulations to Ruogu Fang, Ph.D., associate professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow, on being selected as...
05/13/2026

Congratulations to Ruogu Fang, Ph.D., associate professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow, on being selected as a 2026 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholar by the National Academy of Medicine.

Ruogu Fang, Ph.D., associate professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been selected as…

Congratulations to Kyle D. Allen, Ph.D., on his induction into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Enginee...
04/13/2026

Congratulations to Kyle D. Allen, Ph.D., on his induction into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.

Elected by peers, this distinction recognizes his leadership in developing engineering methods to detect and treat chronic musculoskeletal pain and places him among the top 2% of engineers in the field.

Kyle D. Allen, Ph.D., a professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological…

Congratulations to Dr. Parisa Rashidi on being named an Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute (AIIR...
03/19/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Parisa Rashidi on being named an Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute (AIIRI) Seed Fund awardee.

Her work continues to advance AI-driven approaches in healthcare and reinforces UF’s leadership at the intersection of biomedical engineering and artificial intelligence.

Faculty affiliated with the University of Florida Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute (AIIRI) have been selected for its inaugural Seed Fund Awards…

Congratulations to Grace Lowor, Ph.D. candidate in the Fixel Brain Mapping Lab, for receiving a Certificate of Outstandi...
03/13/2026

Congratulations to Grace Lowor, Ph.D. candidate in the Fixel Brain Mapping Lab, for receiving a Certificate of Outstanding Merit from the University of Florida International Center.

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Nichols on receiving the 2025-26 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Disser...
02/27/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Nichols on receiving the 2025-26 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award, recognizing her excellence, innovation and effectiveness in doctoral student advising and mentoring.

Exciting news! 🎉Please join us in congratulating Dr. Walter Lee Murfee on his new role as Senior Associate Chair. His le...
02/26/2026

Exciting news! 🎉
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Walter Lee Murfee on his new role as Senior Associate Chair. His leadership in curriculum, experiential learning and mentorship has had a lasting impact on our department.

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