The University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professorships are announced at the end of April. The Professorship is awarded to tenured faculty members with a distinguished current record of research excellence.
For more information visit the following websites:
- UF Research Foundation names 2026 UFRF Professors News | University of Florida
- University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Awards – UF Research
2026 UF Research Foundation Professorship Awardees
Paramita Chakrabarty, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Brian Hoh, MD, MBA
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurological Surgery
Todd Manini, PhD
Professor and Chief
Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
Robert McKenna, PhD
Professor and Director
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2018 UF Research Foundation Professorship Awardees
- George Drusano, MD – Professor for the Department of Medicine
- Jennifer L. Bizon, PhD – Professor for the Department of Neuroscience
- Alfred S. Lewin, PhD – Professor for the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
- Barry Setlow, PhD – Professor for the Department of Psychiatry
- Dietmar W. Siemann, PhD – Professor for the Department of Radiation Oncology
2017 UF Research Foundation Professorship Awardees
- Barry J. Byrne, MD, PhD – Professor for the Department of Pediatrics
- Desmond A. Schatz, MD – Professor for the Department of Pediatrics
- Stephanie M. Karst, PhD – Associate Professor for the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
- Michael J. Haller, MD – Professor for the Department of Pediatrics
- Suming Huang, PhD – Associate Professor for the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Dominick Joseph Angiolillo, MD, PhD – Professor for the Department of Medicine
2016 UF Research Foundation Professorship Awardees
- Yuqing Li, PhD – Professor for the Department of Neurology
- Clayton Mathews, PhD – Professor for the Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine
- Leonid L. Moroz, PhD – Professor for the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
- Laura Ranum, PhD – Professor for the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
- John R. Wingard, MD – Professor for the Department of Medicine