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2024 Faculty Awards Recipients and Years of Service Recognition

President's Awards

David L. Boren Professorship

 

 

 

David Ross Boyd Professorship

Michael Cookson, MD, Professor, Department of Urology, College of Medicine

Michael S. Cookson, M.D. is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and holds the Donald D. Albers Endowed Chair in Urology. He also serves as the Chief Surgical Officer for OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center. Focusing on oncology and education, he has led efforts in integration of EBM in clinical pathways, enhanced guidelines, and improved education as a member of the AUA/ABU Exam Committee and the SUO OKAT Committee. He is currently on the Editorial Board of the AUA Update Series. He is co-editor of the Urology Times. He has served as Chair of the AUA’s CPRC Guidelines Panel and Vice Chair of the AUA-SUO Advanced Prostate Cancer Guidelines Panel. He was the 2019-2021 President of the Society of Urologic Oncology, and the 2020-2021 President of the South-Central Section of the AUA. He has been nationally and internationally recognized for his outstanding contributions to the field of urologic oncology.

Vesper Grantham, MEd, Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, College of Allied Health

Professor Vesper Grantham joined the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, College of Allied Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 1998 as Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator in the Nuclear Medicine Technology Program, with promotion to Professor in 2015. She also serves as Nuclear Medicine Technology Program Director (2006), Department Chair (2016) and Assistant Dean for Faculty Development.  Although she serves administratively, she maintains a significant teaching load in addition to her educational service and scholarly contributions. Her contributions have been recognized at the college and university levels with multiple teaching and service awards, most recently the Presidential Professorship in 2019.
 

George Lynn Cross Research Professorship

Priyabrata Mukherjee, PhD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine

Dr. Priyabrata Mukherjee studies the interface between biology and materials science to find treatments for human illnesses. In particular, he works with nanoparticles, which his research group constructs to analyze and combat the molecular defects of diseased cells.  Dr. Mukherjee conceived the idea of “self-therapeutic” nanoparticles, challenging the dogma that these materials have no biologic effects. He has also shown that by adding gold to a type of nanoparticle called liposomes, genes can be more effectively turned off. Pioneering these and other approaches, Dr. Mukherjee has furthered our understanding of how cancers arise and can be treated.

Presidential Professorship

Lancer D. Stephens, PhD, Associate Professor, Health Promotion Sciences, Hudson College of Public Health Presbyterian Health Foundation Presidential Professor

Lancer Stephens, an enrolled member of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and descendant of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, is an Associate Dean and Associate Professor at the Hudson College of Public Health in the department of Health Promotion Sciences. Since 2013, Dr. Stephens has regularly taught the core course, Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health, which all students complete. He also teaches a diversity course entitled, Health and the American Indian, that brings in multiple guest speakers from a wide range of public health fields and government organizations, including tribal nations. Lastly, Dr. Stephens teaches the Practicum in Cross Cultural Research for residents and fellows that anticipate future research with diverse populations.

Resham Bhattacharya , PhD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine President’s Associates Presidential Professor

Dr. Bhattacharya is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the co‐leader of the Cancer Biology program at the Stephenson Cancer Center. Dr. Bhattacharya is an accomplished scientist who has translated her bench‐side work into clinical trials in gynecologic cancers. Dr. Bhattacharya runs a multidisciplinary laboratory, continues to mentor multiple students and junior faculty, and has been continuously funded by multiple NIH R01 and DOD grants since 2012. Dr. Bhattacharya has served on more than 20 Institutional or Departmental Committees. With an h‐index of 51 her work has been cited more than 24000 times. 

Catherine Hunter, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor

Catherine Hunter, MD, is the Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery, and Program Director for the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship and the Research Scholars Program in Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Hunter is a highly accomplished surgeon, scientist, program builder and mentor. She has a longstanding history of federal funding for her research on necrotizing enterocolitis and has published 98 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. She prioritizes mentorship and initiated a novel program for trainees to participate in a GME approved surgical research program. She has received numerous teaching and mentor awards, and serves in leadership positions on more than one professional committees. Dr. Hunter has developed and supported the development, of clinical programs and partnered with her gastrointestinal colleagues to ensure that The Pediatric GI and GI surgery service was ranked consistently in the top 50 programs by the US News and World Reports.

 

Grant Skrepnek, PhD, Professor, Professor, Clinical and Administrative Sciences, College of Pharmacy, President’s Associates Presidential Professor

Grant H. Skrepnek, Ph.D., M.Sc., R.Ph. has been a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy since 2013 and is currently a tenured Professor in the Department of Pharmacy: Clinical and Administrative Sciences. He serves as Director of Academic Research within Pharmacy Management Consultants (a service unit of the College of Pharmacy) which provides operational, consultant, and educational services to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (Oklahoma Medicaid) to administer pharmacy benefits to over one million SoonerCare members and to achieve Federal OBRA requirements related to Drug Utilization Review. Dr. Skrepnek has held numerous service roles across Department, College, and University levels and is the chair OUHSC’s Research Council and Information Technology and Research Committee, and has been a TSET Cancer Scholar within the Stephenson Cancer Center. He teaches across OUHSC’s Colleges of Pharmacy, Medicine, and Public Health in the area of pharmaceutical economics, outcomes, and policy and is the chair of the Pharmacy Administration Ph.D. program in the Graduate College. His research contributions has allowed funding to be secured from numerous federal, industry, and foundation sponsors including PCORI, CMS, AHRQ, OSCTR, and the CDC.

University Hospitals Authority and Trust Faculty Excellence Awards

Katrin Kuhn, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Hudson College of Public Health University Hospitals Authority and Trust Professor

Katrin Gaardbo Kuhn, MSC, MBBS, PhD is an Associate Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Dr. Kuhn is actively involved with teaching and mentoring graduate students as well as mentoring and supporting medical, public health, epidemiology and microbiology faculty and professionals, including city and community leaders. She has been awarded upwards of $15m to support her research interests in infectious disease surveillance, climate and environmental change and One Health collaborations. Notably, Dr. Kuhn is one of the founders and the lead epidemiologist of the University of Oklahoma Wastewater Surveillance Team which monitors infectious pathogens in wastewater throughout the State of Oklahoma.

Regents' Awards

Superior Teaching

Joshua Williams, DPT, Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Allied Health

Since starting his time with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 2015, Dr. Joshua T. Williams has been recognized as an exemplary educator by his students and colleagues. He is known not only for creating organized, supportive, innovative, and inclusive learning environments, but having a deep and compassionate commitment to the growth and well-being of his students. This passion is further evidenced by his pursuit of personal growth as well as the development of other faculty in the mission of teaching. Josh humbly and selflessly serves his students and the University as he envisions teaching and learning as a means to improve the quality of life of others and help individuals and communities thrive.

Wei Yue, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

Dr. Wei Yue joined the faculty of OUHSC in 2012 and is a tenured Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy. She was awarded the 2021 Provost Teaching Award-early career faculty and is a member of OUHSC Educators for Excellence. She teaches four professional pharmacy (PharmD) and six graduate courses, coordinating Clinical Toxicology and Drug Metabolism courses. Her directly mentored trainees have received prestigious awards alongside successful career development. She is principal investigator of an NIH R01 award, Vice Chair of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Drug Transporter Community, and an elected member of the International Transporter Consortium.

Superior Research and Creative/Scholarly Activity

Karina Shreffler, PhD, Professor, Department of Child and Family Health Sciences, College of Nursing

Dr. Karina Shreffler is a Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Scholarship, and PhD Studies in the Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and she holds the Fran and Earl Ziegler Endowed Chair in Nursing Research. A social demographer, Dr. Shreffler’s work focuses on the psychosocial consequences of stress and trauma; reproductive health and decisions; and maternal mental and behavioral health. She is PI of an NIHCD-funded U54 Center of Excellence focused on Indigenous maternal health and coinvestigator on projects funded by NIDA, NIGMS, HRSA, and PCORI.

 

Superior Professional and University Service and Public Outreach

Melissa Craft, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Allied Health

Melissa Craft is the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Outreach and Practice Innovation at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing.  Dr. Craft’s life-long work has been focused on enhancing care for oncology patients and optimizing professional opportunities for nurses. In her current academic role, she has created an innovative faculty practice which increased the number of CON faculty practicing within their academic position from one to 29 in two years. Dr. Craft is very active in inter-professional education and practice and professional and community service. Dr. Craft continues to teach and maintain a program of research focused on using expressive writing/storytelling to assimilate thoughts and feelings about particularly intense or traumatic events such as cancer and cognitive challenges after chemotherapy.

 

Regents' Professorship

 
Lynn Jeffries, PhD , Department of Biobehavioral Health Science, College of Nursing
 
Lynn Jeffries was born and raised a Sooner. She is a physical therapist who has a passion for service and leadership at the Department, College, and University levels, as well as her profession’s State and National organizations. Her foundational philosophy is that of a servant leader where she seeks to support others in their growth. Dr. Jeffries believes service links a faculty member’s scholarship and teaching and grounds the individual in their profession. She has taught both students and community members through didactic coursework, innovative online programs, and continuing education courses. Dr. Lynn Jeffries sets the gold standard of servant leadership for everyone who knows her.

Provost's Award

Research - Junior Faculty (Basic Sciences Research)

Stefano Tarantini, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine

Dr. Stefano Tarantini has been a full-time faculty member at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences since 2019, currently in the role of Assistant Professor. His research program focuses on the role of microvascular mechanisms in the development of cognitive decline in aging and age-related diseases.  He has published 97 original research articles and 22 review articles in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to a book chapter for the Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials.  Dr. Tarantini has secured funding from federal agencies and foundations, including NIH R03 and K01 awards, as well as an award from the American Heart Association. He was also awarded an NIH R21 grant to study the effect of time-restricted eating in healthy older adults in September 2023.  Dr. Tarantini’s research and scholarly efforts have gained national and international recognition among his peers. His work has significant implications for understanding cognitive decline in aging and age-related diseases. We are pleased to award Dr. Stefano Tarantini with the Provost Research Award for Junior Faculty in Basic Science.

 

Research - Junior/Senior Faculty (Clinical/Translational Research)

Sydney Martinez, PhD, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Hudson College of Public Health

Dr. Sydney Martinez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. As a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, she is uniquely poised to work with tribal populations and has demonstrated a commitment to health disparities, tribal engagement, and patient-centered outcomes. Her research focuses on understanding and addressing commercial tobacco- and cancer-related health inequities; the intersection between commercial tobacco and diabetes; and the natural history and patient experiences of intestinal malrotation.  She has secured funding for 9 research projects as Principal Investigator (PI) or Program Director (PD) for a total of more than $1.1 million in direct costs. Dr. Martinez has published 25 peer-reviewed publications, 9 as first author. Dr. Martinez co-directs two summer undergraduate research programs, the Native American Research Center for Health (NARCH) program and the Cancer Research Immersion Summer Program (CRISP). Her mentorship of students across multiple levels contributes to building a cadre of public health, clinical, and translational professionals.  Dr. Martinez’s research and scholarly efforts have gained national and international recognition among her peers. Her work has significant implications for addressing health disparities in both tribal- and patient-centered contexts. 

Jeanie Tryggestad, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine

Dr. Jeanie Tryggestad is an Associate Professor and the Paul and Ruth Jonas Endowed Chair in the Section of Diabetes and Endocrinology in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences.  She has built a robust research program focused on Type 2 diabetes in youth, leading to innovative discoveries. Dr. Tryggestad has been a key member of the NIH funded Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents & Youth (TODAY) study. Her work with the Native American community in Oklahoma has been crucial to the TODAY clinical trials.  Dr. Tryggestad is an author on 51 peer-reviewed publications, many of which have been in high-profile journals. She is a sought-after mentor for learners at all levels.   She has secured extramural funding to support her research, including an NIH U01 grant, an R03 award, and a Team Science Grant sponsored by the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center.  Dr. Tryggestad’s research has illuminated the accelerated pace of pancreatic beta-cell decline and ensuing microvascular damage that occurs in youth with Type 2 diabetes, and the critical need for new therapies and approaches to head off the deleterious long-term complications of this devastating disease. Thus, her research has the potential to result in tangible advances that could well alter the health span of countless youth with Type 2 diabetes worldwide.  We are pleased to award Dr. Jeanie Tryggestad with the Provost Research Award for Senior Faculty in Clinical Science/Translational Research.

Teaching - Early Career Faculty

Leah Anderson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Allied Health

Dr. Leah Anderson, Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Allied Health, OUHSC, joined the university in 2014, with teaching responsibilities in approximately 24 didactic credit hours a year. Dr. Anderson provides exceptional education and training and mentorship to undergraduates, graduate, and colleagues. She is recognized for her innovative active teaching strategies and ability to make difficult concepts manageable. Each step of her course design strategically and deliberately guides students’ learning based in the scholarship of teaching and learning. She is recognized by her colleagues, as an expert with the university’s learning management systems, with invitations to share her innovative teaching strategies with faculty at the College and University level through faculty development and Education Grand Rounds. Dr. Anderson’s experiential teaching contributions through the Mediterranean Diet and Culture course, taught in Arezzo, Italy is the second longest running summer program with the University of Oklahoma; consistently running at maximum capacity every year. This course is described by participants as the “ultimate act of learning” as every aspect of the course engages thoughtful pedagogy to motivate the learner. In addition to her university teaching, Dr. Anderson is recognized as an expert educator in her profession being invited to develop the “Instructor’s Manual for: Nuturition and Diagnosis Related Care” 9th edition, a resource widely used by students and experienced practitioners in nutritional sciences and dietetics. Dr. Anderson’s excellence in teaching is recognized at the national, state, and college levels, including her profession’s prestigious, “Nutrition and Dietetics Educators and Preceptors Outstanding Dietetics Educator Award” (2020).

 

Teaching - Seasoned Faculty

Dominic C. Frimberger, MD, Professor, Department of Urology, College of Medicine

 Dr. Dominic C Frimberger, Professor in the Department of Urology in the College of Medicine, OUHSC, joined the University in 2004, serving as an outstanding clinician, surgeon, and educator for over 19 years. Since 2015, he has served as the Chief of the Pediatric Section and has enhanced and expanded the education of urology residents, post graduate fellows and medical students. Dr. Frimberger was instrumental in partnering with the Urology Residency Program Director to restructure the didactic educational sessions for residents to optimize the learning experience to cover core competencies and all domains of urology in-depth during the five-year training program. Still today, conferences are structured to include new and current urologic information, current standards of care protocols, translational research, and clinical applications. Dr. Frimberger understands the importance of a balanced and well-rounded education. He is vigilant in creating a professional, nondiscriminatory, and supportive learning environment. As Section Chief, he has successfully created an environment of continual improvement and cohesiveness. The success of this approach can be seen by the many positive and enthusiastic comments that he received over the years along with the prestigious Education Hero Award, recognizing excellent mentors and those exhibiting hard work, dedication, and excellence in support of the efforts of the College of Medicine. He continually encourages junior faculty to specialize within their practice, especially in robotics, cancer, reconstruction, and stone disease. He is considered invaluable to resident education, allowing appropriate autonomy, and providing honest criticism of resident strengths and weaknesses to develop excellent future urologists. Outside the hospital, Dr. Frimberger has served as a board member for the Oklahoma Adaptive Sports Association (OKASA) for over 15 years, helping to organize annual wheelchair basketball games between the Oklahoma wheelchair team “The Rolling Thunder” and up to 10 different teams from the OU Health system including physicians, nurses, administration, and staff. This event draws over 150 visitors each year and has raised over $200,000 over the last 15 years. For his dedication to his community, he received the Frist Humanitarian Award. It is important to him that residents and students participate in the event to be firsthand witnesses to the important role that community work plays in becoming a well-rounded physician. Dr. Frimberger is a true champion of education who personifies the physician-educator model.

Other Awards

University Distinguished Teaching Award

Kimetha Broussard, DNP, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health and Health Systems Science, College of Nursing

I have 34 service years as an Oklahoma Registered Nurse with 18 of those years as a nursing educator and assistant professor with the OU Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing. I graduated from the OUHSC-College of Nursing in 2004 as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with a degree in Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist with a Case Management Focus. I have been either a faculty member, course lead or course coordinator in the Human Experience of Disability, Clinical I, II, III, IV, Leadership and Community Health courses since 2005. I graduated in 2017 with a doctorate in nursing practice.

David L. Boren Governance Award

Patsy Smith, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Nursing

Dr. Patsy Smith started with the Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing in August of 2001.  Over the years, Dr. Smith has been a constant advocate for Faculty Governance within the College of Nursing and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.  Dr. Smith was elected as an alternate OUHSC Faculty Senator in 2008 and again in 2011.  In 2012 she became a Faculty Senate Representative and has been an active and consistent member of the University faculty governance structure ever since.  Dr. Smith was elected Secretary Elect in 2014 and served as Secretary in 2015.  She went on to be elected as Chair Elect in 2016, serving as Chair in 2017, and Immediate Past Chair in 2018.  In 2020-2022, Dr. Smith served Faculty Senate as the College of Nursing Faculty Representative, only to be elected Secretary Elect again in 2023.  She will continue her service as Secretary for the 2024-2025 academic year.  From 2022-2024 Dr. Smith has simultaneously served as the College of Nursing Faculty Governance Board Chair and will be moving into the role of Past Chair for the 2024-2025 Academic Year. 
Dr. Smith works tirelessly to help all Faculty members understand the governance process as it relates to the College of Nursing and the University as a whole.  She is extremely knowledgeable and encourages all Faculty to participate so that shared governance can work and benefit the Faculty, the Staff and most importantly, the Students.  She is energetic, positive, and patient in her explanations and ensures that Faculty have a voice in decisions impacting them.  She is always willing to go the extra mile to answer questions or find resources for Faculty concerning governance.  Dr. Smith is very deserving of the David L. Boren Award for Faculty Governance for more than a decade of dedication to faculty governance at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences campus.

Patent Awards

Courtney Houchen, MD
George Lynn Cross Research Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine
Regents’ Professor of Medicine
Eason Chair of Oncology
Chief, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition

US Patent 11,672,789 Radiation Mitigator and Method Of Use Thereof
US Patent 11,655,307 Anti-Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 Antibodies and Methods of Use
JP Patent 7366755 Anti-Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 Antibodies and Methods of Use
HK Patent 62020017684.5 Anti-Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 Antibodies and Methods of Use
CN Patent CN111010867 Anti-Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 Antibodies and Methods of Use
JP Patent 7409669 Anti-DCLK1 Antibodies and Chimeric Antigen Receptors, and Compositions and Methods of Use Thereof


 

H. Anne Pereira, Ph.D.
Dean, Graduate College
David L. Boren Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

US Patent 11,884,710 Peptide Compounds and Methods of Use in Wound Healing
 

Anne Kasus-Jacobi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

US Patent 11,884,710 Peptide Compounds and Methods of Use in Wound Healing
 

Fernando Luis Esteban Florez, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Sciences, College of Dentistry
Division Head of Dental Biomaterials
Director of Faculty Development

US Patent 11,857,651 Compositions with Doped Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Methods of Use
 


Sharukh Soli Khajotia, B.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
Professor, Department of Restorative Sciences, College of Dentistry

US Patent 11,857,651 Compositions with Doped Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Methods of Use
 

Jason Lees, MD, FACS
Robert D. Gordon, Jr. Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine
Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Residency Program Director
Interim Section Chief of Acute Care Surgery

US Patent 11,744,565 Surgical Evacuation Apparatus and Method
 

Dongfeng Qu, PhD
Professor of Research, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine

US Patent 11,655,307 Anti-Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 Antibodies and Methods of Use
JP Patent 7366755 Anti-Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 Antibodies and Methods of Use
HK Patent 62020017684.5 Anti-Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 Antibodies and Methods of Use
CN Patent CN111010867 Anti-Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 Antibodies and Methods of Use
 

William Berry, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine

US Patent 11,655,307 Anti-Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 Antibodies and Methods of Use
JP Patent 7366755 Anti-Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 Antibodies and Methods of Use
HK Patent 62020017684.5 Anti-Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 Antibodies and Methods of Use
CN Patent CN111010867 Anti-Doublecortin-Like Kinase 1 Antibodies and Methods of Use
 


Chinthalapally Rao, PhD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine

UP Patent EP3324959 Licofelone Derivatives and Methods of Use
Issued as Unitary Patent and in United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland, and Switzerland
 

Hariprasad Gali, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

UP Patent EP3324959 Licofelone Derivatives and Methods of Use
Issued as Unitary Patent and in United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland, and Switzerland
 

Rodney Tweten, PhD
George Lynn Cross Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine

IN Patent 509799 Pneumolysin Mutants and Methods of Use Thereof
 

Robert A. Magarian Faculty Award

Susan Sisson, PhD, Professor, Nutritional Sciences, College of Allied Health

In 2008, HSC Student Government Association created the concept of a Faculty Award derived totally from student nominations and selected by students. Students were asked to nominate a faculty member that they considered to be outstanding in the areas of teaching, mentoring, service or professional activities, and representing the same characteristics exhibited by Dr. Robert A. Magarian, HSC Professor Emeritus and active community leader.

Dr. Sisson is described by the following statements:

•    She provides guidance, empathy, understanding, and patience to her students.
•    She is committed to the academic journeys of students, mentoring and assisting in building professional networks.
•    She brings out the best in those around her and leads by example. 

Years of Service Recognition