UIC External Awardees

Associate Professor, Disability and Human Development

2024 Fellow, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Professor, Physical Therapy

2024 John P. Maley Award, Academy of Physical Therapy Research

Professor, Biomedical and Health Information Sciences

2024 Clinical Informatics Physician Innovator Award, American Medical Informatics Association

Clinical Professor, Occupational Therapy

2024 Distinguished Fellow in Occupational Therapy, National Academies of Practice

Associate Professor, School of Design, Industrial Design

2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award, U.S. Department of State

Associate Professor, Managerial Studies

2023 Sage Publications/RMD/Lawrence R. James Early Career Achievement Award, Research Methods Division (RMD), Academy of Management

Assistant Professor, Accounting

American Accounting Association (AAA) Competitive Manuscript Award

Professor, Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences

2024 William J. Gies Award for Outstanding Innovation Dental Educator, ADEAGies Foundation

Professor, Oral Biology

President, International Conferences on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues

Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric Dentistry

40 Under 40 Award, National Dental Association; 10 Under 10 Award, American Dental Association; 2024 Jerome B. Miller “For the Kids” Award, American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

2023 Donald B. Osbon Award for Outstanding Educator in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2024 International Fellow, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine; 2024 Fellow, International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineers

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Member, Engineering, Science, and Technology Policy (ESTeP) Committee, International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)

Clinical Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

2024 Ray W. Fahien Award, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Chemical Engineering Division

Clinical Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Theo C. Pilkington Outstanding Educator Award, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Biomedical Engineering Division

Professor, Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering

2024 IEEE Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems Best Paper Award, Intelligent Transportation System Society

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Chao and Trigger Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED)

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2024 Fellow, Optica (formerly OSA)

Professor, Computer Science

2024 IEEE CIS Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems Outstanding Paper Award

Professor, Sociology

2023-2024 Robin M. Williams Jr. Distinguished Lectureship Award, Eastern Sociological Society

Professor, Computer Science

Fellow, Warren S. McCulloch Professorship of Computer Science, Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)

Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science

Sloan Research Fellowship, Sloan Foundation

Professor, Communication

Frederick Williams Prize for Contributions to the Study of Communication Technology, International Communication Association

Professor, Biological Sciences

2024 AAAS Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science

Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award, U.S. National Science Foundation

Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

2024 Paul Ehrlich Lectureship Award, International Eosinophil Society

Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2024 International Fellow, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine; 2024 Fellow, International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineers

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Member, Engineering, Science, and Technology Policy (ESTeP) Committee, International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)

Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Lifetime Achievement Award and 2024 Laureate, TAKREEM America

Clinical Professor, Surgery

2023 Richard C. Lillehei Memorial Lecture Award, International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (IPITA)

Associate Professor, Radiology

2024 Distinguished Reviewer – Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)

Assistant Professor, Medical Education

2023 M. Brownwell Anderson Award, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Central Group on Educational Affairs

Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine

Excellence in Education Award, American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP)

Professor, Family and Community Medicine

President, American College of Sports Medicine Foundation

Associate Professor, Medicine

2024 Physician Leader of the Year, Illinois State Medical Society

Clinical Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Theo C. Pilkington Outstanding Educator Award, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Biomedical Engineering Division

Associate Professor, Otolaryngology

George L. Adams, MD, Young Faculty Award, Triological Society

Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

2024 Taylor Smith, M.D., Medal and Lecture, New England Ophthalmology Society

Professor, Psychiatry

Vivian W. Pinn Award for Excellence in Women’s Health Research, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)

Distinguished Professor, Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine

Earl P. Benditt Award, North American Vascular Biology Organization

Professor, Psychiatry

James H. Tharp Award, Research Society on Alcoholism

Professor, Medical Education

2023 Fellow, Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education (KIPRIME)

Clinical Professor, Psychiatry

Karl F. Heiser APA Presidential Award for Advocacy, American Psychological Association (APA)

Professor, Physiology and Biophysics

2023 Anna-Monika Prize for Depression Research, Anna-Monika-Foundation

Professor, Medicine

2024 IOMC Global Humanitarian Award, Institute of Medicine of Chicago (IOMC)

Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

2024 AAAS Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Professor, Psychiatry

2023 Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI)

Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

2024 Secretariat Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology

Professor, Emergency Medicine

Member, National Academy of Medicine

Professor, Otolaryngology

Vice Presidential Citation, Triological Society

Clinical Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine

Reviewer of the Year, Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings (JCPMS)

Associate Professor, Surgery

2023 Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)

Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2024 Fellow, Optica (formerly OSA)

Professor, Radiology

President, American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP)

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

State Emerging Leader Award, American Osteopathic Foundation

Clinical Instructor, RN-BSN Program

2023 Nurse Influencer of the Year, ANA-Illinois

Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing Science

International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, Sigma Nursing

Clinical Professor, Populational Health Nursing Science

2024 Fellow, American Academy of Nursing

Associate Professor, Human Development Nursing Science

Excellence in Teaching Award, American College of Nurse-Midwives; Fellow, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (FAWHONN)

Clinical Associate Professor, Population Health Nursing Science

2024 Fellow, National Academy of School Nursing

Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice

Presidential Citation, Pediatric Pharmacy Association

Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

2024 AAAS Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

College of Fellows, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

Clinical Professor, UIC Law

2024 Virginia S. Mueller Outstanding Member Award, National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)

Professor, Health Policy and Administration

Stephen P. Hooker Research Award, American Public Health Association (APHA) Physical Activity Section

Professor, Health Policy and Administration

2023 Human Rights Forum Oral Abstract Award, American Public Health Association (APHA)

Professor, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Committee on State-of-the-Science & the Future of Cumulative Impact Assessment, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Associate Professor, Community Health Science

2023 Innovative Curriculum Award, Delta Omega

Assistant Professor

2023 Kate Raftery Emerging Leader Award, Women of Peace Corps Legacy (WPCL)