2026 Faculty Honors Convocation Honorees

At the Faculty Honors Convocation, the University of Pittsburgh gathers to pay tribute to the outstanding achievements of our faculty members that characterize the quality of academic life at the University of Pittsburgh.

We also applaud the many contributions that these individuals make to the institution and the local community.

University Awards and Honors

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Distinguished Faculty and Endowed Chair Honorees

The following University of Pittsburgh faculty members have been newly appointed as distinguished professors and named/endowed chairs during the 2025 calendar year.

Distinguished Faculty and Endowed Chair Honorees

The following University of Pittsburgh faculty members have been newly appointed as distinguished professors and named/endowed chairs in 2025.

alphabetical by honoree's last name

Scott Biggins   
UPMC Endowed Chair for Patient Centered Care   
School of Medicine

Melissa Bilec   
George M. and Eva M. Bevier Endowed Chair   
Swanson School of Engineering

Ronald Buckanovich   
Endowed Chair in Immunotherapy   
School of Medicine

William Carter, Jr.   
Judge J. Quint Salmon and Anne Salmon Chair   
School of Law

Anita Courcoulas   
Distinguished Professor of Surgery   
School of Medicine

George K. Gittes   
Mark M. Ravitch Chair in Surgery   
School of Medicine

Sara Goodkind   
Phillip Hallen Chair in Community Health and Social Justice   
School of Social Work

John Greenamyre   
Distinguished Professor of Neurology   
School of Medicine

Francis Guyette   
ERMI Chair in Healthcare Quality   
School of Medicine

Tamara Kay   
Andrew Mellon Professorship   
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Christine Leeper   
Roberta G. Simmons Assistant/Associate Professorship   
School of Medicine

Peng Liu   
Richard King Mellon Chair of Chemistry   
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Kevin Mollen   
CHP - Benjamin R. Fisher Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery   
School of Medicine

Satdarshan Pal Singh Monga   
SVC Chair in Pathobiology and Therapeutics   
School of Medicine

David Nace   
Thomas P. Detre Chair of Geriatric Medicine   
School of Medicine

Vu Nguyen   
Health Sciences Chair in Plastic Surgery Education   
School of Medicine

Enrico Novelli   
Classical Hematology Leadership Chair   
School of Medicine

Patricia Opresko   
Dr. Bernard F. Fisher Professor of Breast Cancer Discovery Science   
School of Medicine

Kyle Orwig   
Marcus Allen Hogge Chair in Reproductive Genetics   
School of Medicine

Jennifer Picarsic   
CHP - Marjory K. Harmer Chair in Pediatric Pathology   
School of Medicine

Narayan Ramasubbu   
Samuel A. McCullough Chair   
School of Business

Hooman Rashidi   
Lombardi and Shinozuka Experimental Pathology Research Chair   
School of Medicine

Joseph Rubin   
Distinguished Professor of Plastic Surgery   
School of Medicine

Senthilkumar Sadhasivam   
UPMC Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology Research Excellence   
School of Medicine

Chandan Sen   
Bartley Griffith Chair in Regenerative Medicine   
School of Medicine

Jennifer Shang   
Roger Sheridan Ahlbrandt, Sr. Chair   
School of Business

Norihisa Shigemura   
Brack G. Hattler Professorship in Cardiothoracic Transplantation   
School of Medicine

Alejandro Soto Gutierrez   
Endowed Chair for Experimental Pathology   
School of Medicine

Chad Taylor   
William S. Dietrich II Chair of Jazz Studies   
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Rebecca Thurston   
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry   
School of Medicine

Quoc-Dien Trinh   
Frederic N. Schwentker M.D. Endowment in Urological Surgery   
School of Medicine

Nam Vo   
Ruby and James Kang, MD Chair in Orthopaedic Spine Surgery   
School of Medicine

David Vorp   
Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering   
Swanson School of Engineering

Harold Wiesenfeld   
Kanbour Chair in Gynecology   
School of Medicine

Linwah Yip   
UPMC Professorship in Clinical Surgery   
School of Medicine

Dan Zandberg   
Tom W. Olofson Chair in Head and Neck Cancer Research   
School of Medicine

Chancellor's Distinguished Awards

2026 Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award

For outstanding contributions to the community at large by members of the faculty using their academic expertise, as determined by colleagues and community leaders.

Caitlin Bruce
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Kevin Conley
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Andrew McCormick
School of Medicine

Sheila Velez Martinez
School of Law

Sylvanus Wosu
Swanson School of Engineering

2026 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award

For excellence in teaching as evidenced by students, colleagues, and department chairs or deans.

JUNIOR SCHOLARS

Diana Khoi Nguyen
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences 

Evan Schneider
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences 

Stephen Smagula
School of Medicine 

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SENIOR SCHOLARS

Corrine Richards-Zawacki
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences 

Daniel Shaw
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences 

Wen Xie
School of Pharmacy 

2026 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award

For excellence in teaching as evidenced by students, colleagues, and department chairs or deans.

Jennifer Corbelli
School of Medicine

Brandon Grainger
Swanson School of Engineering

Nancy Kaufmann
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Robert Kerestes
Swanson School of Engineering

Sandhya Rao
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Provost's Award

2026 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring

For outstanding mentoring of graduate students seeking a research doctoral degree.

Michael Gunzenhauser
School of Education, Educational Foundations

Steffi Oesterreich
School of Medicine

Lisa Rohan
School of Pharmacy

Albert To
Swanson School of Engineering

Prestigious International, National, and Notable Awards

For faculty whose innovation and creativity have been nationally or internationally recognized by their peers and who have each contributed to the continuing success of Pitt’s research enterprise. These honorees received their recognition during the 2025 calendar year.

Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences

BETTYE J. AND RALPH E. BAILEY DEAN ADAM LEIBOVICH

Tia-Lynn Ashman
Distinguished Fellow of the Botanical Society of America   
Botanical Society of America

Caitlin F. Bruce
James A. Winans - Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address   
National Communication Association

Sophia Crane Choukas-Bradley
Early Career Impact Award
Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences

G. Bard Ermentrout
Jurgen Moser Lecture   
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

Graham F. Hatfull
Royal Society Fellows and Foreign Members
The Royal Society

Eric H. Moe
MacDowell Fellowships
MacDowell Colony

Evan Schneider
Sloan Research Fellowship-Physics
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Fernando Tormos-Aponte
Distinguished Early Career Award for Contribution to Social Movements   
American Sociological Association

Colin Vize
APS Rising Star
Association for Psychological Science

David H. Waldeck
Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry
American Chemical Society

Randall P. Walsh
Publication of Enduring Quality Award
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

School of Business

HENRY E. HALLER, JR. DEAN EUGENE ANDERSON

Peggy Liu
Fellow
Association for Psychological Science

School of Computing and Information

DEAN BRUCE R. CHILDERS

Morgan Frank
Senior Fellow
Microsoft AI Economy Institute 

James Joshi
Honorary Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Research Innovation Award
IEEE Technical Community on Services Computing

Angela Stewart   
SIGCHI/Best of CHI Paper Awards
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Erin Walker
SIGCHI/Best of CHI Paper Awards
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

School of Dental Medicine

DEAN MARNIE OAKLEY

Sarah Grafton
Inducted Fellow
American College of Dentists  

School of Education

RENÉE AND RICHARD GOLDMAN DEAN EBONI M. ZAMANI-GALLAHER

Eboni Zamani-Gallaher
President of Association for Study of Higher Education
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)

Presidential Citation of Excellence Award
Council for the Study of Community Colleges

Swanson School of Engineering

DEAN MICHELE MANUEL

Bopaya Bidanda
SME College of Fellows
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) 

Kent Alexander Harries
Delmar L Bloem Distinguished Service Award 
American Concrete Institute

Fang Zheng Peng
NAE Membership 
National Academy of Engineering 

Gelsy Torres-Oviedo
AIMBE Emerging Leader
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

INTERIM DEAN DAVID C. BECK

Pamela Dunlap
Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member
American Physical Therapy Association

Kristen Koltun
ACSM Fellowship
American College of Sports Medicine

Tim Suchomel
NSCA Fellowship
National Strength and Conditioning Association

School of Medicine

JOHN AND GERTRUDE PETERSEN DEAN ANANTHA SHEKHAR

Tullia C. Bruno
V Scholar Grant
V Foundation for Cancer Research

John Byrd
NAM Member
National Academy of Medicine

Juan Carlos Celedon
J. Burns Amberson Lecture   
American Thoracic Society

Stephen Chan
Elected 2027-28 President
American Society for Clinical Investigation  

Yuan Chang
ASM Award for Basic Research
American Society for Microbiology 

Charles Dela Cruz
Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments 
American Thoracic Society 

Terence Dermody
NAM Member
National Academy of Medicine

Amy Houtrow
Frank H. Krusen, MD Lifetime Achievement Award   
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Paul Jacob Joudrey
NIH MERIT Award (R37)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) 

John Kellum
Elected a Fellow 
National Academy of Inventors

Samira Kiani
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)   
President of the United States of America

Octavia Gregora Melvina Palmer 
AACC Past Presidents Award   
Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine

Paul (Satdarshan) Monga   
Elected Member   
Association of American Physicians 

Anuradha Ray 
Distinguished Fellow of AAI
American Association of Immunologists  

Kate Rubins 
NAM Member   
National Academy of Medicine

Jose Alain Sahel   
Member of the Academia Europaea   
Academia Europaea 

Amr Hakam Sawalha   
Elected Member   
Association of American Physicians

Gerard Vockley   
Rare Impact Awards   
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)

School of Nursing

DEAN CHRISTINE E. KASPER

Sheila Alexander
Fellow
American Academy of Nursing

Joseph Goode
Edith Moore Copeland Award for Excellence in Creativity and Innovation
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

Brayden Kameg
Fellow
American Academy of Nursing

Young Ji Lee
Fellow
American Academy of Nursing

Teresa Hagan Thomas
Fellow
American Academy of Nursing

Judy Zedreck
Fellow   
American Academy of Nursing

School of Pharmacy

DEAN AMY L. SEYBERT

Simone Brixius-Anderko
2025 Bench Research Excellence Award
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

Edward Horn
Fellowship
American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Amy Seybert
Distinguished Fellow
National Academies of Practice

School of Public and International Affairs

DEAN CARISSA SCHIVELY SLOTTERBACK

Sabina Dietrick
2025 Mary Helen Callahan Distinguished Service Award
Urban Affairs Association (UAA)

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili   
Fulbright U.S. Scholar   
U.S. Department of State

School of Public Health

DEAN MAUREEN LICHTVELD

Tiffany Gary-Webb 
Dr. Felicia Hill-Briggs Health Equity Trailblazer in Diabetes Award
American Diabetes Association

Maureen Lichtveld
Elected to Governing NAM Council
National Academy of Medicine

Natalie Smith
Early Scholars Award in Health Policy
Society for Medical Decision Making

School of Social Work

DEAN ELIZABETH FARMER

Sara Goodkind
Community-Research Partnership Award
Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)

Nev Jones
Member
National Academy of Social Insurance