Photographs by Tom Altany
At the University of Pittsburgh’s 2025 Faculty Honors Convocation on April 3, celebrating outstanding academic accomplishment and leadership, 63 of the 126 honorees were from the schools of the health sciences.
Health sciences faculty members represented 69% of those appointed to distinguished and endowed chairs in 2024 and 52% of the faculty who won prestigious awards in 2024.
The full list of honorees is here, with those in the health sciences listed below.
CHANCELLOR’S DISTINGUISHED AWARDS
Jamie Zelazny, School of Nursing
Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award
Thomas Karikari, School of Medicine
Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award, Junior Scholar category
Rebecca Thurston, School of Medicine
Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award, Senior Scholar category
PROVOST’S AWARDS
Heidi Donovan, School of Nursing
Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring
Ashley Yarabinec and Mario Browne, School of Pharmacy
Max Hurwitz, School of Medicine
Provost’s Award for Diversity in the Curriculum
PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL AND NOTABLE AWARDS
School of Medicine:
John Alcorn
Fellow
American Thoracic Society
Ivet Bahar
Fellow
Biophysical Society
Corina Bondi
2024 Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Leah Byrne
Senior Member
National Academy of Inventors
Stephen Chan
Fellow
American Thoracic Society
Yuan Chang
Member
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Greg Delgoffe
Senior Member
National Academy of Inventors
George Michalopoulos
Distinguished Achievement Award
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Patrick Moore
Member
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Michael Munin
Distinguished Researcher Award
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Abby Olsen
Jon Stolk Award in Movement Disorders for Young Investigators
American Academy of Neurology
Anuradha Ray
Fellow
American Thoracic Society
Babak Razani
Member
American Society for Clinical Investigation
José-Alain Sahel
Wolf Prize Laureate in Medicine
Wolf Foundation
Mark Shlomchik
Distinguished Fellow
American Association of Immunologists
School of Pharmacy:
Raman Venkataramanan
Distinguished Investigator Award
American College of Clinical Pharmacology
Wen Xie
Fellow
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
School of Nursing:
Yvette Conley
Faye Glenn Abdellah Award
Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research
Jill Demirci
Fellow
American Academy of Nursing
Brayden Kameg
Fellow
International Academy of Addictions Nursing
John O'Donnell
2024 John F. Garde Researcher of the Year Award
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology Foundation
Jamie Zelazny
Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
School of Public Health:
Jeanine Buchanich
Elected Fellow
American College of Epidemiology
Michael Deem
Signature Course Fellowship
University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Advanced Study
Meredith Hughes
Inaugural State Health Policy Fellow
National Academy of Medicine
Andrea Rosso
Fellow
Gerontological Society of America
Lucy Savitz
Department of Health Policy & Management Distinguished Alumni
UNC Gillings School of Public Health
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences:
Rory Cooper
Member
National Academy of Engineering
Leah Fabiano
Fellow
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Katya Hill
Fellow
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Bradley Nindl
Fellow
National Academy of Kinesiology
Juleen Rodakowski
Fellow
Gerontological Society of America
School of Dental Medicine:
Elia Beniash
IADR Distinguished Scientist Award in Basic Research in Biological Mineralization
International Association for Dental Research
Deborah Polk
Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Robert Weyant
IADR Distinguished Scientist Award in Global Oral Health Research
International Association for Dental Research
Distinguished or Endowed Professorships:
In recognizing the 32 University of Pittsburgh faculty members appointed to distinguished or endowed professorships in 2024, Anantha Shekhar, senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and John and Gertrude Petersen Dean, School of Medicine, said: “Appointment to a Distinguished Professorship at Pitt constitutes the highest honor the University can bestow on a member of our faculty. Likewise, appointment to an endowed chair or professorship recognizes outstanding contributions to a field of study on an international scale.”
Silva Arslanian
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
Marlene Behrmann
John and Clelia Sheppard Chair in Ophthalmology
School of Medicine
Wendie Berg
Dr. Bernard F. Fisher Breast Cancer Research Endowed Chair
School of Medicine
Franklyn Cladis
Health Sciences Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology
School of Medicine
Tracey Conti
UPMC Andrew W. Mathieson Chair for the Department of Family Medicine
School of Medicine
Joanne Flynn
Health Sciences Chair in Microbiology
School of Medicine
Avihu Gazit
Patrick Dick Memorial Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
School of Medicine
Jesse Goldstein
Endowed Chair of Pediatric Plastic Surgery Research
School of Medicine
Constantinos Hadjipanayis
L. Dade Lunsford, MD Chair in Neurological Surgery
School of Medicine
MaCalus Hogan
David Silver Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine
Anne Marie O’Broin Lennon
Jack D. Myers, MC, Chair in Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
Song Li
David and Betty Brenneman Endowed Professorship
School of Pharmacy
Radhika Muzumdar
Allan L. Drash, MD, Endowed Chair in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
School of Medicine
Matthew Neal
Watson Fund in Surgery Chair
School of Medicine
Liron Pantanowitz
Maud L. Menten Professor of Pathology
School of Medicine
Margaret Rosenzweig
Nancy Glunt Hoffman Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing
School of Nursing
Frederick Roth
John K. Vries Chair in Computational Biology
School of Medicine
Robert Schoen
UPMC Endowed Chair in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
School of Medicine
Amit Tevar
Robert J. Corry Chair in Transplantation Surgery
School of Medicine
Flordeliza Villanueva
Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Coronary Atherosclerosis Imaging
School of Medicine
Victor Villemagne
Levidow-Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Disorders
School of Medicine
Daniel Weiner
CHP - Antonio J. and Janet Palumbo Endowed Chair in Cystic Fibrosis
School of Medicine
