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做厙勛圖 faculty regularly earn regional, national, and international awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.

As part of an ongoing series, were spotlighting their accomplishments.


Heather Busick chosen as Informatics Physician Leader of the Year

, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and internal medicine, was awarded the 2025 PINA Informatics Physician Leader of the Year Award.

This distinction from Physicians in AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) recognizes a physician who demonstrates the practical application of informatics through successes in implementations of technology, leading modernization efforts, change management, governance of data, quality, and technology, and/or advancing their organizations strategic position in the healthcare industry using informatics skills.

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Benjam穩n Casta簽eda receives Peruvian award for technological innovation

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Benjam穩n Casta簽eda. (做厙勛圖 photo / J. Adam Fenster.)

Professor from the was recognized in July with an award by the Peruvian government for technological innovation. On July 2, the nations first-ever Day of the Peruvian Inventor and Scientist, Casta簽eda and several other previous winners of the National Invention Competition were honored by el Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protecci籀n de la Propiedad Intelectual (Indecopi), Perus governmental office that oversees intellectual property and consumer defense.

Specifically, Casta簽eda was praised for his leadership in designing and manufacturing hundreds of mechanical ventilators to support critically ill patients in Peru during the COVID-19 Pandemic.


Daniel Gildea receives Test of Time Paper Award

The (ACL) selected a paper by Professor from the for its 25-year Test of Time Paper Award. Gildeas 2000 paper, Automatic Labeling of Semantic Roles, was published in Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics. The ACL called it a foundational paper that paved the way for semantic role labeling and beyond.

Each year, ACL selects up to two papers published 25 years earlier, and up to two papers published 10 years earlier, for contributions that have had a “long-lasting impact on the field of natural language processing and computational linguistics.” Gildeas research focuses on studying statistical approaches to natural language processing, particularly for the tasks of machine translation and language understanding.

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SMBE recognizes Amanda Larracuente

, the Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor of Biology, was named this years recipient of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution Mid-Career Excellence Award, a prestigious honor given to mid-career scientists who are recognized leaders in the field.

Larracuentes lab integrates genomic, cytological, and molecular approaches to study selfish DNA and its impact on genome evolution. Larracuente also advises the undergraduate program in Computational Biology and codirects the Genomic Intensive Data Science Research, Education, and Mentorship program.

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Michael Rotondo joins ABS Board of Directors

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Michael Rotondo.

, a professor of surgery and CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group, has been appointed to the American Board of Surgerys board of directors.

ABS is the national certifying body for general surgeons and related specialists. Rotondos three-year term began July 1.

Rotondos research focuses on trauma management strategies, and his work on damage control surgery has redefined the standard of care around the world.

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Melissa Sturge-Apple named APA fellow

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Melissa Sturge-Apple. (做厙勛圖 photo / J. Adam Fenster)

, interim dean of the Warner School of Education and Human Development, has been named a fellow of the , the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. The honor recognizes Sturge-Apples significant research contributions to the field of psychology.

Sturge-Apple is a longtime faculty member in the y in the School of Arts & Sciences and a researcher at the . Her research centers on parenting and child development, with a particular focus on families experiencing adversity.

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