Faculty distinctions: Fall 2023
Recognizing leaders for their breakthroughs and achievements
Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH
Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH
Professor, department of biostatistics; director of the division of quantitative sciences, UF Health Cancer Center
Recent achievement: Elected president of the American Statistical Association, the world’s largest community of statisticians, for its 2025 term
William Hauswirth, PhD
William Hauswirth, PhD
Professor emeritus, department of ophthalmology
Recent achievement: Among the 2023 inductees of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame for groundbreaking advancements in gene therapy with the development of the first gene therapy drug, Luxturna®, to treat both adults and children with inherited retinal disease, and for his work restoring vision to the functionally blind
Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr., MD
Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr., MD
Edward M. Copeland III and Ann & Ira Horowitz Chair, department of surgery
Recent achievement: Elected to serve a three-year term on the board of directors for the American Board of Surgery
