University of Florida Research Foundation Professorships (UFRF)
University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professorships are awarded to tenured faculty members who have a distinguished current record of research. The purpose of these awards is to recognize recent contributions and to provide incentives for continued excellence in research.
Past Awardees
2017
Barry J. Byrne, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Michael J. Haller, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Suming Huang, PhD
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Stephanie M. Karst, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Desmond A. Schatz, MD
Department of Pediatrics
2016
Yuqing Li, PhD
Department of Neurology
Clayton Mathews, PhD
Department of Pathology, Immunology, & Laboratory Medicine
Leonid Moroz, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
Laura P.W. Ranum, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
John Wingard, MD
Department of Medicine
2015
Scott Berceli, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
Martin J. Cohn, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Roland W. Herzog, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Sara Jo Nixon, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
Elizabeth A. Shenkman, PhD
Department of Health Outcomes & Policy
2014
Chen Liu, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology, Immunology, & Laboratory Medicine
Lauren McIntyre, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Lyle Moldawer, PhD
Department of Surgery
Rolf Renne, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Mark Segal, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine
2013
David C. Bloom, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Jorg Bungert, PhD
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Thomas C. Foster, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
Frederick S. Southwick, MD
Department of Medicine
Arun Srivastava, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
2012
Arthur Edison, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Kelli Komro, PhD
Department of Health Outcomes & Policy
Grant McFadden, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Colin Sumners, PhD
Department of Physiology & Functional Genomics
David Weiner, MD
Department of Medicine
2011
David Borchelt, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
Steven Ghivizzani, PhD
Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD
Department of Aging & Geriatric Research
Desmond Schatz, PhD
Department of Medicine
Maurice Swanson, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
2010
Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, PhD
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chris Baylis, PhD
Department of Physiology & Functional Genomics
Herwig-Ulf Meier-Kriesche, MD
Department of Medicine
Gregory Schultz, PhD
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Alexander Wagenaar, PhD
Department of Epidemiology & Health Policy Research
2009
Martin Cohn, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Robert McKenna, PhD
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lyle Moldawer, PhD
Department of Surgery
Nicholas Muzyczka, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Edward Scott, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Roland Staud, MD
Department of Medicine
2008
Laurence Morel, PhD
Department of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine
David Nelson, MD
Department of Medicine
Dietmar Siemann, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology
Sankar Swaminathan, MD
Department of Medicine
Charles Wingo, MD
Department of Medicine
2007
Marylou Behnke, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Donald A. Novak, MD
Department of Pediatrics
David S. Sheps, MD
Department of Medicine
Stephen P. Sugrue, PhD
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
I. David Weiner, MD
Department of Medicine
2006
Frank J. Bova, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
Daniel J. Driscoll, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Fonda Eyler, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Westley H. Reeves, MD
Department of Medicine
Elizabeth Shenkman, PhD
Department of Epidemiology & Health Policy Research
2005
Mark Atkinson, PhD
Department of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine
Richard Condit, MD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Terence Flotte, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Kenneth Heilman, MD
Department of Neurology
John Wingard, MD
Department of Medicine
2004
William W. Hauswirth, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology
Marian Limacher, MD
Department of Medicine
Reuben Ramphal, PhD
Department of Medicine
Maurice S. Swanson, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
2003
Barry J. Byrne, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Alfred S. Lewin, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Jawaharlal M. Patel PhD
Department of Medicine
Peter W. Stacpoole, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine
Margaret R. Wallace, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
2002
Frank J. Bova, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery
Maureen M. Goodenow, PhD
Department of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine
Harry S. Nick, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
Desmond A. Schatz, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Colin Sumners, PhD
Department of Physiology & Functional Genomics
2001
Saeed R. Khan, PhD
Department of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine
Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi, PhD
Department of Neurology
Dietmar W. Siemann, PhD
Department of Radiation Oncology
Frederick S. Southwick, MD
Department of Medicine
Charles E. Wood, PhD
Department of Physiology & Functional Genomics
2000
Edward R. Block, MD
Department of Medicine
Robert D. Christensen, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Nicholas Muzyczka, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Ammon B. Peck, PhD
Department of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine
David N. Silverman, PhD
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
1999
Ben M. Dunn, PhD
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Satya P. Kalra, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
J. L. Mehta, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine
Carl J. Pepine, MD
Department of Medicine
M. Ian Phillips, PhD
Department of Physiology & Functional Genomics
1998
Mark A. Atkinson, PhD
Department of Pathology, Immunology, & Laboratory Medicine
James B. Flanegan, PhD
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Paul A. Hargrave, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology
Mohan K. Raizada, PhD
Department of Physiology & Functional Genomics
Don W. Walker, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
1997
Kenneth M. Heilman, MD
Department of Neurology
Luiz Belardinelli, MD
Department of Medicine
William W. Hauswirth, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology
Richard W. Moyer, PhD
Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Edward K. Wakeland, PhD
Department of Pathology, Immunology, & Laboratory Medicine
Michael Kilberg, PhD
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology