2024 Faculty Honors Convocation Honorees

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University Awards and Honors

Distinguished Faculty and Endowed Chair Honorees

Distinguished Faculty and Endowed Chair Honorees

alphabetical by honoree's last name

Distinguished Professor of Radiology    

Wendie Berg, MD, PhD, FACR    
School of Medicine    
2023

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Distinguished Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Michael Boninger, MD
School of Medicine
2023

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Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine    

Clifton Callaway, MD, PhD    
School of Medicine    
2023

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Distinguished Service Professor of Health Promotion & Development    

Denise Charron-Prochownik, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN    
School of Nursing    
2023

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A.W. Mellon Endowed Chair in Political Science    

Jose Cheibub, PhD    
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences    
2023

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Distinguished Service Professor of Health Promotion & Development    

Yvette Conley, PhD    
School of Nursing    
2023

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Donald M. Henderson Endowed Chair    

Kyaien O. Conner, PhD, LSW, MPH    
School of Social Work    
2023

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Distinguished Professor of Philosophy    

Stephen Engstrom, PhD    
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences    
2023

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Thomas H. O’Brien Chair of Information Systems    

Dennis Galletta, PhD 
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration     
2023

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Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics    

Joseph C. Glorioso III, PhD    
School of Medicine    
2023

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Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering    

Prashant Kumta, PhD    
Swanson School of Engineering    
2023

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Nancy J. Minshew, MD, Chair in Autism Research    

Carla Mazefsky, PhD    
School of Medicine    
2023

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Henry B. Higman Chair in Neurology    

Page Pennell, MD    
School of Medicine    
2023

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Distinguished Professor of Psychology    

Michael Sayette, PhD    
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences    
2023

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Gordon J. Vanscoy Endowed Chair of Pharmacy    

Amy Seybert, BS, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, CHSE    
School of Pharmacy    
2023

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Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Chair of Radiation Oncology    

Heath Skinner, MD, PhD    
School of Medicine    
2023

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Richard S. Caliguiri Endowed Chair in Amyloidosis & Heart Failure    

Prem Soman, MD, PhD    
School of Medicine    
2023

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George H. Taber Chair in General Internal Medicine    

Carla Spagnoletti, MD    
School of Medicine   
2023

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William S. Dietrich II Endowed Chair of Africana Studies     

Kamesha Spates, PhD
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences    
2023

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Distinguished Service Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences    

Raman Venkataramanan, PhD    
School of Pharmacy    
2023

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UPMC Endowed Chair in Emergency Medicine    

Donald M. Yealy, MD, FACEP    
School of Medicine    
2023

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Dr. Eugene N. Myers Chair in Otolaryngology    

Jose Zevallos, MD, FACS    
School of Medicine    
2023

Chancellor's Distinguished Awards

Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award

For outstanding contributions to the community at large by members of the faculty using their academic expertise, as determined by colleagues and community leaders.

2024

Thuy Duc Bui
School of Medicine

Christine Dahlin
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Leonora Anyango
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili  
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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2021

Paul Harper
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration

Timothy Holler
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

Margaret Rosenzweig
School of Nursing

Doris Rubio
School of Medicine

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2020

Betty Braxter
School of Nursing

Kent Harries
Swanson School of Engineering

Ray Jones
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration

Christi Kolarcik
School of Engineering

Jules Lobel
School of Law

Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award

For excellence in research as evidenced by colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh and national and international leaders in their respective fields.

2024

JUNIOR SCHOLARS

Mehret Birru Talabi
School of Medicine

Peggy Liu
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration

Christopher Wilmer
Swanson School of Engineering
 

SENIOR SCHOLARS

Alexander Deiters
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Anne B. Newman
School of Public Health

Jennifer Whiting
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

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2021

JUNIOR SCHOLARS

Heath Cabot
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Michael Hatridge
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Rebecca Price
School of Medicine    
 

SENIOR SCHOLARS

Robert Friedlander
School of Medicine

Heng Huang
Swanson School of Engineering

Lise Vesterlund
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences     

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2020

JUNIOR SCHOLARS

Maria Chikina
School of Medicine

Jules Gill-Peterson
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Peng Liu
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
 

SENIOR SCHOLARS

Daniel Buysse
School of Medicine

Yvette Conley
School of Nursing

Yan Dong
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award  

For excellence in teaching as evidenced by students, colleagues, and department chairs or deans.

Taryn Bayles
Swanson School of Engineering

Ljiljana Duraskovic
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Andrew Lotz
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Marie Norman
School of Medicine

John Whitefoot
Swanson School of Engineering

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2021

Chris Bonneau
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Lisa Borghesi
School of Medicine

Lori Delale-O’Connor
School of Education

Zsuzsa Horvath
School of Dental Medicine

Barry Mitnick
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration

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2020

Salah Al-Zaiti
School of Nursing

Jeff Aziz
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Jennifer Cousins
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

David Sanchez
Swanson School of Engineering

Carla Spagnoletti
School of Medicine

Provost's Awards

Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring

For outstanding mentoring of graduate students seeking a research doctoral degree.

Giannis (Yanni) Mpourmpakis
Swanson School of Engineering

Caterina Rosano
School of Public Health

Sunil Saxena
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences  

Elizabeth Skidmore
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Provost's Diversity in the Curriculum Award

In recognition of faculty for excellence in integrating diversity and inclusion into their courses and curricula in areas such as updated curricula, expanded cultural awareness, development of teaching methods that are especially inclusive and interactive, consciously created learning environments that are welcoming and inclusive, and other changes that positively impact aspects of diversity and inclusion in the classroom.

Kurt E. Beschorner
Swanson School of Engineering

Linda DeAngelo
School of Education

Jill Demirci
School of Nursing

James Egan
School of Public Health

Abimbola Fapohunda
School of Public Health  

Orquidia Torres
School of Medicine

Prestigious International, National, and Notable Awards

Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences

Bettye J. and Ralph E. Bailey Dean Adam Leibovich

Angie Cruz
MacDowell Colony: MacDowell Fellowships

Toi Derricotte
Poetry Foundation: Pegasus Award for Service in Poetry

Graham Hatfull
European Society of Mycobacteriology: Gardner Middlebrook Lifetime Achievement Award

Jennifer Laaser
American Chemical Society: PMSE - Young Investigator

Adam S. Lowenstein 
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: Guggenheim Fellowship

Ruth Ann Mostern
Association for Asian Studies: AAS CIAC Levenson Prizes for Books in Chinese Studies (2 categories)

Adam B. Shear
Renaissance Society of America: RSA Digital Innovation Award

Peter Wipf
American Chemical Society: ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business & College of Business Administration

Henry E. Haller, Jr. Dean Eugene Anderson

Sharon Alvarez     
American Management Association: President

Vicky Hoffman
American Accounting Association: Outstanding Audit Educator Award

John Jeffrey Inman
American Marketing Association: AMA Fellows

Peggy Liu
American Marketing Association: Emerging Scholar Award

School of Computing and Information

Dean Bruce R. Childers

Xiaowei Jia
National Science Foundation (NSF): Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

James Joshi
National Science Foundation (NSF): NSF Director's Award for Superior Achievement

Lingfei Wu
National Science Foundation (NSF): Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

School of Education

Renée and Richard Goldman Interim Dean Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher

Heather Nicole McCambly
National Academy of Education: NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow Fellow

Khirsten Scott
Campus Compact: Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement

Eboni Zamani-Gallaher
Association for the Study of Higher Education: President-Elect

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Dean Anthony Delitto

Rory A. Cooper
National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation: National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees
President of the United States: Presidential National Technology & Innovation

Catherine Palmer
American Academy of Audiology: Honors of the Academy

Jonathan Pearlman
National Academy of Inventors: Senior Elite Member

Ahmad Tafti
Oracle: Oracle Eureka Award

School of Law

Interim Dean Mary Crossley

Mary Crossley
American Society of Law, Medicine, & Ethics: Jay Healey Distinguished Health Law Teacher Award

John Linarelli
American Bar Foundation: Fellow

Christian Powell Sundquist
American Bar Foundation: Fellow

School of Medicine

John and Gertrude Petersen Dean Anantha Shekhar

Kaleab Z. Abebe
Society for Clinical Trials: Fellow

Howard Jay Aizenstein
American College of Psychiatrists: Geriatric Award

Marco Capogrosso
Society for Neuroscience: Young Investigator Award

Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis
NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award: NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award

Stephen Yu-Wah Chan
Association of American Physicians: Elected Member
Association of University Cardiologists: Member

Maria D. Chikina
National Science Foundation: Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award: NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award

Michele N. Insanally
Association for Research in Otolaryngology: Geraldine Dietz Fox Young Investigator Award

Nathan Dale Lord
NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award: NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award

Pamela A. Moalli
Association of American Physicians: Elected Member

Ana Lucia Mora
American Thoracic Society: Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments

Mary Louise Phillips
Association of American Physicians: Elected Member

Jose Alain Sahel
National Academy of Inventors: NAI Fellow

Ora Anna Weisz
American Society for Cell Biology: Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award

School of Nursing

Dean Christine E. Kasper

Denise Charron-Prochownik
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

Marci Lee Nilsen
National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH MERIT Award (R37)

School of Pharmacy

Dean Amy L. Seybert

Neal Benedict
American Associate of Colleges of Pharmacy: Distinguished Teaching Scholar Award

Lucas Berenbrok
Pharmacy Leadership and Education Institute: Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award

Sandra Kane-Gill
American Associate of Colleges of Pharmacy: Paul R. Dawson Award for Excellence in Patient Care Research

Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

Dean Carissa Schively Slotterback

Jennifer Murtazashvili
American Political Science Association: Outstanding Civic Engagement Project Award

School of Public Health

Dean Maureen Lichtveld

Thomas J. Songer
American Public Health Association: Abraham Lilienfeld Award

Samaneh Farsijani
Gerontological Society of America (GSA): GSA Health Sciences Research Award

Swanson School of Engineering

Interim U.S. Steel Dean Sanjeev G. Shroff

Amir Alavi
National Science Foundation: Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

Mostafa M. Bedewy
National Science Foundation: Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

Tracy Cui
National Academy of Inventors: NAI Fellow

Peyman Givi
Combustion Institute: Fellow of The Combustion Institute

Prashant N. Kumta
National Academy of Inventors: NAI Fellow

Xiayun Zhao
National Science Foundation: Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

President Rick Esch

Helma de Vries-Jordan
American Political Science Association’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Caucus: Mid-Career Service Award