暗网吃瓜 faculty have received national honors for accomplishments in research, healthcare, and mentorship.
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暗网吃瓜 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, we鈥檙e spotlighting their accomplishments.
Louis Constine receives Pediatric Oncology Award
, the Philip Rubin Professor of Radiation Oncology, received the聽聽from the聽, the world’s leading cancer clinical research organization.聽He was recognized for .
ASCO is a charitable, educational, and scientific organization with a membership of 50,000 oncologists from 170 countries. Constine is the third radiation oncologist in ASCO鈥檚 history to receive this award, following two others who served as mentors throughout his career.
Over the last half-century, Constine has devoted his life to understanding how cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy impact normal tissue in both adults and children.聽At Wilmot Cancer Institute, he helped start the Long-Term Cancer Survivors Program within the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology in 1987 and served as director of聽聽from its inception in 2013 through 2024.
James Druckman named American Academy of Political and Social Science fellow
, the Martin Brewer Anderson Professor of Political Science, has been elected the .聽 He is one of three to receive a 2026 fellowship from AAPSS.
Druckman has made seminal contributions to research on political psychology and the public鈥檚 understanding of political communication, the AAPSS said in the announcement.
Each year, the APSS selects a small group of scholars and public intellectuals as fellows, in recognition of their contributions to social research and public policy. The 2026 fellows will be inducted at a ceremony in Washington, DC, in fall 2027.
Elaine Hill selected for prestigious leadership fellowship聽
, Dean鈥檚 Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine & Public Health Sciences, . The program prepares women for senior leadership roles.
Hill, who is also a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and of economics, focuses on clinical and policy-relevant research across the life course, with a particular emphasis on maternal and child health.
Pulmonary leaders recognized for outstanding research, mentorship
Pulmonary researchers聽, , and聽 have been committed to helping people of all ages breathe easier for decades. Their dedication and outstanding contributions to pulmonary medicine and respiratory science , the world鈥檚 leading medical society advancing global respiratory health.
The trio received awards during the 2026 ATS International Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Rivera, chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine and a聽, received the聽聽for her transformative work in thoracic oncology and dedication to advancing women鈥檚 careers in pulmonary medicine.
Litonjua, director of pediatric pulmonology, received the聽聽from the ATS Environmental, Occupational, and Public Health Assembly for his foundational research on the developmental origins of asthma and lung disease.
Pryhuber, a professor of neonatology, received a聽聽for her contributions to聽.
Emile Rossouw named American Board of Orthodontics president
, a professor of dentistry, and liaison to professional organizations, including the American Association of Orthodontists and the World Federation of Orthodontists.
Rossouw is chair and program director of Eastman Institute for Oral Health鈥檚 Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.
Al Uy receives honor from American Ornithological Society
The 聽(AOS) has awarded聽, Dean鈥檚 Professor of Biology and chair of the Department of Biology, the聽. The AOS annually recognizes individuals and groups whose ornithological research, contributions to the science and practice of ornithology, and service to the AOS merit special distinction.
Uy was honored for his research that explores the origin of species, combining genomic approaches with field data to uncover the molecular basis of reproductive isolation. In announcing the award, the AOS highlighted the research by Uy and his team on Darwin鈥檚 finches of Gal谩pagos, seedeaters, tanagers, and hummingbirds of the Neotropics, and honeyeaters and flycatchers of the Solomon Islands. Uy also partnered with indigenous communities to establish conservation areas, culminating this year in the declaration of the Yato Protected Area鈥攖he largest protected forest in the Solomons.
