Awards and Recognitions

EXCELLENCE AMONG GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH

Award Winning Students

Graduate students in the UF College of Pharmacy are regularly recognized nationally and internationally for their excellence in research.

Sebastian Jugl

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Graduate Student Awards

The UF College of Pharmacy recognizes outstanding Ph.D. students who have excelled in their research, academics, and service to the community. Recipients of the award are nominated by faculty and students based on their accomplishments and selected by the Graduate Education Committee. 

The University of Florida College of Pharmacy awarded these graduate students with the college’s top honors in 2024-25.

Robert and Stephany Ruffolo Graduate Education & Research Fellowship

Huilin Tang

This award recognizes Ph.D. students who have exceptional research accomplishments, including extramural awards, publications and evidence of exemplary leadership, professional activity or service.

Huilin Tang

Ronald J. and Sally G. Brenner Fellowship

Yuzhao Zhang

This award recognizes Ph.D. students who have exceptional research accomplishments, including extramural awards, publications and evidence of exemplary leadership, professional activity or service.

Yuzhao Zhang

Bonnie Avery Advancing Women in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Endowment Award

Nina Erwin

This award is given in memory of our colleague and friend Dr. Bonnie Avery for a student who demonstrates leadership and professionalism, and has been engaged in activities that advance women in the pharmaceutical sciences.

Nina Erwin

Hartmut Derendorf Graduate Education Fellowship

Peter Ramdhan

This award is given in memory of the late Dr. Hartmut Derendorf and is for an entering student to the college who show promise in pharmaceutical research.

Peter Ramdhan

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Carrying On the Legacy

Lisa Wilson was the first recipient of the Dr. Bonnie Avery Advancing Women in Pharmaceutical Sciences Award.

Lisa Wilson