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University of Rochester 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’re spotlighting their accomplishments.
Elizabeth Brown named Family Medicine Educator of the Year
The New York State Academy of Family Physicians has selected Elizabeth Brown, an associate professor of family medicine, as its 2025 Family Medicine Educator of the Year.
Brown, who has served as director of medical student education in family medicine, was nominated by students, patients, and colleagues for her commitment to family medicine and teaching the next generation of family physicians.
Diane Dalecki receives Joseph H. Holmes Basic Science Pioneer Award
Diane Dalecki, the Kevin J. Parker Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Engineering and director of the Rochester Center for Biomedical Ultrasound, received the 2025 Joseph H. Holmes Basic Science Pioneer Award from the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. The award was established to honor individuals who have significantly contributed to the growth and development of diagnostic ultrasound.
Dalecki’s laboratory is dedicated to advancing novel diagnostic ultrasound imaging techniques and discovering and developing new therapeutic applications of ultrasound for medicine, biology, and biotechnology. A particular focus of her research is on advancing innovative ultrasound technologies for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. As an internationally recognized leader in biomedical ultrasound, Dalecki is a fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the Acoustical Society of America, and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.
Get Real! Science program receives Inspiring Programs in STEM Award
The Warner School of Education and Human Development’s Get Real! Science program received the 2025 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from Insight Into Academia magazine. The national award recognizes individual programs and initiatives that encourage and support the recruitment and retention of students of various backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
The program will be featured alongside 57 other award recipients in the June 2025 issue of Insight Into Academia magazine.
Now in its 22nd year, the Get Real! Science program empowers all students to explore, pursue, and succeed in STEM careers through initiatives such as the annual Environmental Action Camp and the Science STARS after-school club.
Wilmot Future Deaf Scientists Program codirectors recognized
Ruth O’Regan, the Charles Ayrault Dewey Professor of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine, and Wyatte Hall, an assistant professor of public health sciences, the Center for Community Health & Prevention, of obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics, received a National Champion Awards from the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf.
O’Regan and Hall are codirectors of the Wilmot Future Deaf Scientists Program, which introduces deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students to the world of science and medicine, focusing on cancer research.
Ann Marie White honored as ‘Woman of Distinction’
Ann Marie White, director of the Office of Mental Health Promotion and an associate professor of psychiatry, was recently recognized, along with nine other influential women, with a Woman of Distinction Award by State Assembly member Jen Lunsford. White is also a joint faculty member with the Center for Community Health & Prevention.
White directs local and national training activities in collaborative research to infuse scientific inquiries with mental health-related policy and program activities of communities.
The award highlights women who have made profound impacts on our community. Women are nominated by their peers, colleagues, friends, or family.
