UF BME

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.

Allen elected as 2026 AIMBE Fellow 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 (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.

UF Biomedical Engineering Faculty Named AIIRI Seed Fund Awardees 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 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 Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award, recognizing her excellence, innovation and effectiveness in doctoral student advising and mentoring.

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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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Ivana Parker, PhD, was selected to participate in the U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, held Feb. 2–4, 2026, in Dakar. She presented AI-driven research on population-specific vaginal microbial profiles related to bacterial vaginosis and HIV.

Parker Selected for National Academies U.S.-Africa Frontiers Symposium Ivana Parker, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been selected as a participant in the U.S.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Lesley Chow, a UF alumna, to the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering as an associate professor. She joins UF from Lehigh University and will join the department this fall. https://bme.ufl.edu/2026/01/15/uf-biomedical-engineering-welcomes-dr-lesley-w-chow-as-associate-professor/

Happy holidays from all of us at UF Biomedical Engineering! Wishing you a joyful season and a healthy, successful year ahead.

New research from the University of Florida highlights how AI can support earlier identification of delirium risk in intensive care units.

Led by first author Miguel Contreras, a Ph.D. student in the Parisa Rashidi Lab, the multidisciplinary UF team developed DeLLiriuM, a large language model that uses structured electronic health record data from the first 24 hours of ICU admission to estimate delirium risk. The study was published in Scientific Reports and includes collaborators from the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and the UF College of Medicine.

New AI tool to be tested in NIH-funded study to improve diagnosis of Parkinson’s and related disorders Article: UF Health By: Michelle Jaffee BME researcher: Dr. Ruogu Fang University of Florida researchers will broadly test a new artificial intelligence tool aimed at distinguishing the precise…

Congratulations to Eiko Alzamora, a Ph.D. student in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, for being selected for the CATT-ADRD Alzheimer’s Disease Training Fellowship!

BME Ph.D. Student Awarded CATT-ADRD Alzheimer’s Disease Training Fellowship Eiko Alzamora, a Ph.D. student in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been selected for the CATT-ADRD Training Program in Alzheimer’s…

Dr. Greg Hudalla has discovered a corn-derived polymer that protects and stabilizes drugs—reducing storage limits and expiration issues.

University of Florida research lab develops polymers from corn This team has developed a polymer derived from sweet corn that could revolutionize the stabilization and storage of medications.