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BME Community Outreach Fund five collaborative research projects awarded in 2022 The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering received a gift from the Shepard Broad Foundation to support BME community outreach to K-12 students. The objective of the fund is to develop and implement hands-on teaching modules at the level of individual faculty and student organizations that will engage middle school and high school students with engineering and biology concepts.
Dr. Jennifer Nichols: National Biomechanics Day Full-day event offered by UF American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) Student Chapter on National Biomechanics Day (NBD) for middle school students from Howard Bishop Middle School, which primarily serves under-represented groups.
Dr. Ana Maria Porras: Science Communication Training Program A program in Spanish with complimentary virtual and in-person public engagement opportunities in which Spanish-speaking UF students engage with Spanish-speaking communities in and outside Florida.
Dr. Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks: Cancer Biology Bootcamp A two-day hands-on bootcamp designed to introduce middle school students from rural schools to molecular biology tools and their applications in cancer research.
Dr. Eleana Manousiouthakis: Interactive STEM Modules Middle school and high school outreach modules highlighting BME, targeted to low-socio-economic schools.
Drs. Kyle Allen & Brittany Taylor: STEAM Camp Biomedical Engineering Day Diversify the orthopaedic field by providing research exposure and personalized mentoring to K-12 youth and undergrads from under-represented backgrounds through the UF Ortho Scholars Program (UF-OSP).