Several University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions faculty were recognized with honors, awards and appointments in 2023.
College/university level
Alison Barnard Received PHHP Dean’s Citation Award.
Jason Beneciuk Promoted to research associate professor.
Joel Bialosky Promoted to clinical professor.
Joseph Bisesi Awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor.
Shantrel Canidate Named Emerging Pathogens Institute associate director for outreach and community partnerships.
Erika Cascio Promoted to clinical associate professor.
Sherrilene Classen Received PHHP Dean’s Citation Award.
Brittney Dixon Inducted into Delta Omega, Beta Upsilon chapter.
Kim Dunleavy Received PHHP Scholarship of Teaching Award.
Charles Ellis Named PHHP Outstanding Alumnus in Professional Achievement and Service category.
Emily Fox Named director of Brooks-UF PHHP Research Collaboration.
David Fuller Received PHHP Doctoral Mentor of the Year Award.
Anna Galloway Received Division 5 HSC Superior Accomplishment Award for Community Service.
Karen Hegland Received Dean’s Citation Award.
Frederick Kates Promoted to clinical associate professor.
Lindsey King Received PHHP Dean’s Citation Award.
Lisa King Received UF Superior Accomplishment award in the Health Science Center division.
Muxuan Liang Received PHHP Dean’s Citation Award.
Zhoumeng Lin Received PHHP Dean’s Citation Award.
Catalina Lopez-Quintero Received PHHP Dean’s Citation Award.
Donovan Lott Promoted to research professor.
Sarah McKune Received PHHP Doctoral Mentor of the Year Award.
Gordon Mitchell Named to UF Foundation Term Professorship. Named McKnight Brain Institute deputy director.
Eric Porges Awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor.
Dorian Rose Promoted to research professor.
Kathryn Ross Received PHHP Dean’s Citation Award.
Zulma “Yary” Santiago Named PHHP Teacher of the Year.
Linda Struckmeyer Promoted to clinical associate professor.
Jared Tanner Promoted to research associate professor.
Julia Varnes Inducted into Delta Omega, Beta Upsilon chapter.
Yan Wang Received UF’s Excellence Award for Assistant Professors.
Adam Woods Promoted to professor. Named co-director of UF Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory Clinical Translational Research.
Samuel Wu Named to 2023 UF Research Foundation Professors.
STATE/NATIONAL level
Candice Adams-Mitchell Received Scholar-Mentor Award from the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing. Awarded Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity program, or AIM-AHEAD, research fellowship.
Rhonda Bacher Elected president of the Florida chapter of the American Statistical Association.
Stefanie Bodison Received 2023 Roster of Fellows Award from the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Dawn Bowers Selected for American Psychological Association Fellows Committee.
Beth Gibson Received Lifetime Honorary Membership Award from the Association of Driver Rehabilitation Specialists.
Aprinda Indahlastari Illustration selected for Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation image contest.
Lindsey King Appointed American Public Health Association Family Violence Prevention Caucus chair.
Ji-Hyun Lee Elected 2025 president of the American Statistical Association.
Zhoumeng Lin Received Best Publication Award of the Year 2022 from the Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology.
Christine Myers Appointed to the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Commission on Continuing Competence and Professional Development.
Susan Nittrouer Received Distinguished Alumni Award from The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center.
Peihua Qiu Elected 2022 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Kathryn Ross Received the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s 2023 Leading the Narrative Award.
Ronald Rozensky (emeritus) Awarded Society for Health Psychology’s Cynthia D. Belar Award for Excellence in Health Psychology Education and Training.
Linda Struckmeyer Selected for OT Leaders & Legacies Society.
Yan Wang Received Ayman El-Mohandes Young Professional Public Health Innovation Award.