We are pleased to celebrate and recognize the outstanding faculty members who have been honored with awards in 2026. Their dedication, achievements, and contributions to the College of Medicine and our community are truly commendable.
UF MEDICINE FACULTY RESEARCH AWARDS: GAINESVILLE
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH SCIENTIST AWARD
H. Lee Sweeney, PhD
Eminent Scholar Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH SCIENTIST AWARD
Todd Manini, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH SCIENTIST AWARD
Philip Efron, PhD
Professor, Department of Surgery
OUTSTANDING RESEARCH SCIENTIST AWARD
Maurice Swanson, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
RISING STAR AWARD for research
Nancy Padilla-Coreano, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
RISING STAR AWARD for research
John Ligon, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
RISING STAR AWARD FOR RESEARCH
Qianqian Song, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
RISING STAR AWARD FOR RESEARCH
Ramon Sun, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARDS: GAINESVILLE
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Sarah Baxley, MD, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Lauren Berkow, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Carla Fisher, PhD
Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Maryam Rahman, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Amy Sheer, MD
Department of Medicine
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Yu Yang, MD
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Antonette Bennett, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Jing Chen, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
James Raymond Clugston, MD
Department of Community Health and Family Medicine
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Alpa Desai, DO
Department of Community Health and Family Medicine
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Katherine Edenfield, MD
Department of Community Health and Family Medicine
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Dan Jin, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Alice Rhoton-Vlasak, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Ramzi Salloum, PhD
Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
David Winchester, MD
Department of Medicine
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARDS: JACKSONVILLE
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Velyn Wu, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Jayanth Dasika, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Mayur Virarkar, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO) AWARD
Alicia Vose, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
UF RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSORSHIP AWARDS
UF RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSORSHIP AWARD
Paramita Chakrabarty, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
UF RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSORSHIP AWARD
Brian Hoh, MD
Dean, College of Medicine Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
UF RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSORSHIP AWARD
Todd Manini, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
UF RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSORSHIP AWARD
Robert McKenna, PhD
Professor, Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UF RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSORSHIP AWARD
Phyllis Hendry, MD
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
UF MEDICINE TEACHING AWARDS: GAINESVILLE
PHASE 1 TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Neal Holland, DO
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
PHASE 2/ 3 TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Lauren Schmidt, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
SOCIETY OF TEACHING SCHOLARS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Amy Blue, PhD
Professor, Department of Environmental and Global Health
hIPPOCRATIC aWARD
Diane Howell, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
UF MEDICINE TEACHING AWARDS: JACKSONVILLE
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT EDUCATION
Leon Plowright, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
THE SOCIETY OF TEACHING SCHOLARS
Alexandra Mannix, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
LEON L. HALEY JR. LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE
LaRae Brown, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
LOUIS S. RUSSO AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALISM IN MEDICINE
Elizabeth DeVos, MD
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
GME EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
Sarah Saliba, MD
Assistant Professor, Deparment of Obstetrics and Gynecology
UF MEDICINE CLINICAL AWARDS: GAINESVILLE
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE Award
Ibrahim Tuna, MD
Professor, Department of Radiology
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE Award
Jean Cibula, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE Award
Olga “Kiki” Nin, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE Award
Martin Rosenthal, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
RISING STAR AWARD FOR CLINICAL
Tarik Benedir, MD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Urology
RISING STAR AWARD FOR CLINICAL
Jessica Taylor, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
RISING STAR AWARD FOR CLINICAL
Mayra Montalvo, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
RISING STAR AWARD FOR CLINICAL
Steven Roth, MD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurosurgery
DAVID A. PAULUS AWARD FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE
Dawn-Christi Bruijnzeel, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
FACULTY COUNCIL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: GAINESVILLE
FACULTY COUNCIL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jean Cibula, MD
Department of Neurology
FACULTY COUNCIL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Laurie Davies, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
FACULTY COUNCIL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Bruce Goldberger, PhD
Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine
FACULTY COUNCIL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Thomas Huber, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
FACULTY COUNCIL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Wayne McCormack PhD
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
FACULTY COUNCIL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mark Scarborough, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
FACULTY COUNCIL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Peter Stacpoole, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine
