Cheers to the New Year Winners: 2022


Pete Turner, Ph.D.

UF Health Cancer Center Basic Science Research Staff Member of the Year Award: 
Pete Turner, Ph.D., Lab Manager, Renne Lab


Erin Monari, Ph.D., CCRP

UF Health Cancer Center Clinical Research Staff Member of the Year Award: 
Erin Monari, Ph.D., CCRP, Assistant Director, Project Management and Network Operations, UF Health Cancer Center, Clinical Research Office


Tianchen Lyu, MS

UF Health Cancer Center Population Sciences Research Staff Member of the Year Award: 
Tianchen Lyu, M.S., Application Programmer II, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics


Shirley Bloodworth

UF Health Cancer Center Community Outreach Award: 
Shirley Bloodworth, M.S.N., Citizen Scientist and Community Advocate


Zeina Al-Mansour, M.D.

UF Health Cancer Center High Enroller Award:
Zeina Al-Mansour, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology & Oncology


Diana Wilkie, Ph.D., RN, FAAN

UF Health Cancer Center High Enroller Award:
Diana Wilkie, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Prairie view Trust–Earl and Margo Powers Endowed Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science


Melissa Vilaro, Ph.D., MPH, CPH

UF Health Cancer Center Principal Investigator Award: 
Melissa Vilaro, Ph.D., MPH, CPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Youth & Community Sciences


Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D.

UF Health Cancer Center Top Influencer Award: 
Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Co-leader, Cancer Therapeutics and Host Response Research Program, UFHCC


Colette Cimino

UF Health Cancer Center Administration Staff Member of the Year Award: 
Colette Cimino, Administrative Specialist, UFHCC Clinical Research Office


Ting-Yuan Cheng, Ph.D.

UF Health Cancer Center Rising Star of the Year Award:
Ting-Yuan (David) Cheng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology


Paul Castillo, M.D

UF Health Cancer Center Rising Star of the Year Award:
Paul Castillo Caro, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology & Oncology


Zsolt Toth, Ph.D.

UF Health Cancer Center Rising Star of the Year Award:
Zsolt Toth, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Biology


Beth Joyner, BSN

UF Health Cancer Center Nurse of the Year Award: 
Beth Joyner, BSN, Registered Nurse, Adult Medical Oncology Clinic


Yinka Ogedegbe, MSN, FNP

UF Health Cancer Center Advanced Practice Provider of the Year Award: 
Yinka Ogedegbe, MSN, FNP, Nurse Practitioner, Adult Medical Oncology Clinic


Lisa Spiguel, M.D.

UF Health Cancer Center Physician of the Year Award: 
Lisa Spiguel, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Surgery


Kathryn Hitchcock, M.D., Ph.D.

UF Health Cancer Center Golden Gator Award: 
Kathryn Hitchcock, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology

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