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University of Rochester听faculty are leaders in their fields who are regularly recognized with 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 many and varied achievements.
Nursing faculty honored for research, clinical excellence in cardiovascular and stroke care
School of Nursing faculty members were recognized for their clinical and scientific contributions to heart attack and stroke care at the American Heart Association鈥檚 (AHA) annual Scientific Sessions.
, an endowed professor and the chair of cardiovascular nursing, received the AHA Council on Cardiovascular & Stroke Nursing鈥檚 (CVSN) 2024 糖心logo Article of the Year Award.听In collaboration with a national team of researchers, Al-Zaiti is developing a machine learning-based clinical decision-making support tool to better classify chest pain and identify hidden heart attacks among emergency department patients.
, an assistant professor of clinical nursing, won the Excellence in Clinical Practice Award. She was recognized for her work as program coordinator with the UR Medicine Comprehensive Stroke Program, which delivers the region鈥檚 most advanced stroke care and provides 24/7 support to 16 hospitals across Upstate New York.
School of Nursing听Dean Lisa Kitko, the听, presented both awards to Al-Zaiti and Leonhardt-Caprio during the AHA conference in Chicago in November.
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Three Rochester professors make Clarivate鈥檚 list of 鈥榟ighly cited researchers鈥�
The triumvirate of , a professor of and , , the Martin Brewer Anderson Professor of , and , the codirector of the University鈥檚听, has made it onto Clarivate鈥檚 2024 . Among other criteria, each selected researcher on the annual list has authored multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1 percent by citations for their field, according to Clarivate. The company is a global provider of analytics, data, and expert services in the areas of academia and government, intellectual property, and life sciences and health care.
Boyd is known for his pioneering work in nonlinear optical interactions and nonlinear optical properties of materials. Druckman鈥檚 research focuses on democracy and political polarization. Nedergaard is an expert on the brain鈥檚 unique waste removal system鈥攖he glymphatic system, discovered by her team鈥攁nd sleep鈥檚 role in its function.
Robert Foster named Paul Mellon Visiting Senior Fellow
, the Richard L. Turner Professor of Humanities in the听听and the听, has been awarded a听.
The fellowship provides scholars with two-month appointments to conduct research in residence full time at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. There, fellows have access to the notable resources of the museum, including its library and art collection.
Foster will conduct archival research for his project titled, 鈥淭racking 鈥楶rimitive Art鈥� from New Guinea: How Morton D. May Assembled Department Store Exhibition Sales for Middlebrow America (A Detective Story).鈥� May, who died in 1983, was the head of the May Department Stores Company, formerly one of the largest retail chains in the United States, and an ardent collector of so-called 鈥減rimitive art鈥� from New Guinea and elsewhere.
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Jennifer Grotz honored with poetry award
, a professor of , has received the Bogliasco Foundation/Van Cleef & Arpels award in poetry. The Van Cleef & Arpels Fellowships in Choreography and Poetry sponsors annual fellowships for choreographers and poets of any nationality.
Grotz is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Still Falling (Graywolf Press, 2023). Everything I Don’t Know, the selected poems of Jerzy Ficowski, which Grotz co-translated from the Polish with Piotr Sommer, received the 2022 PEN Award for Best Book of Poetry.
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Krystel Huxlin named Silver ARVO Fellow
, the James V. Aquavella, MD听Professor in Ophthalmology with the Department of Ophthalmology, the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, the Center for Visual Science, the Department of Neuroscience, and the Institute of Optics, has been selected as a by the Association for 糖心logo in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). This honor recognizes her outstanding contributions to advancing vision and ophthalmology research and her dedication to the ARVO community. As a fellow, Huxlin will continue to serve as a role model and mentor for individuals pursuing careers in vision and ophthalmology research.
Huxlin is currently president of the and a member of its board of directors.
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Sally Norton named New York鈥檚 top nursing researcher
, a senior associate dean for research and a nationally recognized expert in palliative care, was named the 2024 Distinguished Nurse 糖心logoer by the American Nurses Association鈥揘ew York and the听. The award is given every two years to a nurse researcher conducting studies that contribute to the advancement of nursing and patient care.
Norton, the Independence Foundation Chair in Nursing and Palliative Care, joined the School of Nursing in 2001 and has led its听听since 2019. Her groundbreaking research focuses on improving communication and care delivery for patients with advanced illness, particularly in palliative and end-of-life care.
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Steve Rozenski awarded Hagiography Society Book Prize
Medieval historian , an associate professor of , has been recognized with the 2024 Hagiography Society Book Prize for his book Wisdom鈥檚 Journey: Continental Mysticism and Popular Devotion in England, 1350鈥�1650听(University of Notre Dame Press, 2022).
The prize is awarded annually to the author of a first scholarly book that significantly contributes to the study of saints, virtue traditions, and sanctity.听In Wisdom鈥檚 Journey, Rozenski explores the English translations and adaptations of medieval devotional and mystical literature.
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Denise Yarbrough selected as a Sinai and Synapses Fellow
Denise Yarbrough, the director of religious and spiritual life and an associate professor in the Department of Religion and Classics, has been named a 2024鈥�26 Sinai and Synapses Fellow. The听听is a small interfaith group of clergy, scientists, and writers听committed to elevating the discourse听surrounding religion and science.
At 糖心logo Yarbrough works with staff chaplains and affiliated faith community leaders to create, articulate, and carry out the mission of the Interfaith Chapel, providing leadership by encouraging multi-faith understanding, interfaith dialogue, education, and cooperation through a variety of educational programs, spiritual offerings, and service projects in the University and the local off-campus community.
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