The University of Florida Health Science Center-Jacksonville’s annual research awards presentation and ceremony brought together faculty, fellows and residents to share their academic and scientific research accomplishments.
The program, held May 15 in the LRC Auditorium, featured platform presentations, poster viewing and award presentations. Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs Constance Haan, M.D., served as moderator. Guest speakers and award presenters included Assistant Dean for Research Alan Berger, M.D.; David Wood, M.D., M.P.H.; and the dean of the College of Medicine-Jacksonville’s regional campus, Robert C. Nuss, M.D.
The keynote speaker for the event was Norka Ruiz Bravo, Ph.D., the National Institutes of Health deputy director for extramural research. The highest faculty research award – the Faculty Researcher/Scholar of the Year – was presented by Dr. Nuss to Dominick J. Angiolillo, M.D., Ph.D., UF COM-J director of cardiovascular research. The honor, first awarded in 1996, is given to a faculty member displaying three scholarship qualities: discovery (research), dissemination (publication in journals) and application (presentation at regional and national professional meetings).
Of the 87 fellows and residents who submitted platform and poster presentations, six won platform presentation awards. Of the 29 faculty and post doctoral associates who participated, six received poster awards for their excellence.