H. Lee Woodcock American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow Awarded: 2023 H. Lee Woodcock received degrees in Chemistry and Biology from Appalachian State University, and completed a Ph.D. in Computational Quantum Chemistry in 2003 at the University of Georgia under the direction of Professor Henry F. Schaefer. Dr. Woodcock was awarded a fellowship for post-doctoral studi...READ MORE

William Lee National Academy of Forensic Engineers Fellow Awarded: 2023 Dr. Bill Lee is a 4th generation Floridian who completed his B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering at USF (combined BS/MS program). After graduating from USF, he went on to the Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati where he worked for 6 years while simultaneously pursuing his Ph.D. degree at the Un...READ MORE

Mark Rains Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) Fellow Award Awarded: 2023 Mark Rains is an ecohydrologist with a B.A. in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, an M.S. in Forestry, and a Ph.D. in Hydrologic Sciences. He is a Professor of Geology at the University of South Florida, Chief Science Officer for the State of Florida, and Associate Editor for Wetland and Watershed Hy...READ MORE

Kelley Baumgartel American Academy of Nursing Fellow Awarded: 2023 Kelley Baumgartel, PhD, RN is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing. Her program of research includes examination of molecular mechanisms for human milk composition variability, and whether these differences are clinically relevant. It is notoriously difficult to procure human milk sample...READ MORE

Nasreen Sadeq AGHE Rising Star Early Career Faculty Award Awarded: 2023 Dr. Nasreen Sadeq is an Assistant Professor of Instruction and the Assistant Director for Academic Affairs in the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida. Her research interests include early detection of cognitive decline, risk and protective factors for Alzheimer's disease and r...READ MORE

Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman ASA Race, Gender and Class Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award Awarded: 2023 Dr. Hordge-Freeman is an associate professor of sociology at USF. Her primary research focuses on how racial and gender hierarchies shape socialization in Black families in Brazil and across the African Diaspora. Her other areas of interest include labor exploitation, colorism, gender, and emotions....READ MORE

Irene Davis Muybridge Award Awarded: 2023 Dr. Irene Davis is a Professor in the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science in the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. Prior to this, she was the founding Director of the Spaulding National Running Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation...READ MORE

James E. Andrews American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Fellow Awarded: 2023 Dr. James E. Andrews is a Professor of Information Science and Informatics atthe School of Information (iSchool), University of South Florida. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Information Science from the University of Missouri Columbia, where he also earned a Master's in Library and Informat...READ MORE

Karla Maldonado American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) Fellow Awarded: 2023 Karla Maldonado DrAP, CRNA, APRN earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan; her Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesiology degree at the University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan; and her Doctor of Anesthesia Practice degree at the University o...READ MORE

Ukamaka Oruche International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Awarded: 2023 Ukamaka M. Oruche, PHD, RN, PHMCNS-BC, FAAN is the Gordon Keller Professor and Assistant Dean of the PHD Program at USF College of Nursing. Dr. Oruche has established and sustained an impactful program of research focused on the mental health care of children, especially those with disruptive, impul...READ MORE

Thomas Henry Culhane AD Hero of the Year Awarded: 2023 Dr. Thomas Henry Culhane is the Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Concentration director at the Patel College of Global Sustainability, as well as the co-founding director of the not-for-profit educational corporation "Solar CITIES Inc." His work focuses on solving urban ecology and development issu...READ MORE