2018 Superior Accomplishment Award winners named
Pictured from left to right at a ceremony honoring the 2018 UF Superior Accomplishment Award winners are Danny Sanetz, Dean Jim Lloyd, Jaime Wilson, Andrea Miller, Barbara DuPont, Sharon Carter and Alice Bliss-Dodd. Not pictured are Kelly Higgs-Rick and Mike Artaud Del Valle. (Photo courtesy of Shannon Pettit)
Seven employees of the UF College of Veterinary Medicine have received 2018 Superior Accomplishment Awards in the UF Health Science Center’s Division 5 category, which includes all six health-related colleges. Each winner will receive a cash award of $200, a framed certificate and a commemorative coffee mug, and will be considered as nominees for university-level awards, which offer eight $1,000 and six $2,000 cash prizes.
On Feb. 9, an awards banquet was held at the Wyndham Garden Gainesville (formerly the Paramount Plaza Hotel) to honor the winners and to recognize their nominators, supervisors and college deans. And the winners are:
EMPLOYEE CATEGORY 1 – CLERICAL/OFFICE SUPPORT:
Alice Bliss-Dodd, Purchasing Assistant
Sharon Carter, Administrative Support Assistant 3
Jaime Wilson, Veterinary Receptionist
EMPLOYEE CATEGORY 3 – SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL:
Michael Artaud Del-Valle, Veterinary Technician 2
EMPLOYEE CATEGORY 4 – ADMINISTRATIVE/SUPERVISORY:
Barbara DuPont, Administrative Specialist 2
Kelly Higgs-Rick, Veterinary Hospital Manager
EMPLOYEE CATEGORY 5 – ADMINISTRATIVE/PROFESSIONAL:
Andrea Miller, Veterinary Hospital Health Information
January-February 2018
College names new IDI department chair
Dr. Julie Moore, a malaria expert, will join the college as the new chair of infectious diseases and immunology.
2018 Superior Accomplishment Award winners named
The college’s 2018 Superior Accomplishment Award winners have been named.
UF study: Rare genetic mutation causes resistance to antibiotic used to treat UTIs
This study, authored by Dr. Mary Brown and others, was also the first to evaluate antibiotic resistance levels in 180 college-aged women with their first UTIs.
College names new senior director of advancement and alumni affairs
Katie Boudreau, who joined the UFCVM’s advancement team in 2015, has been promoted to senior director.
UF scientist studies unique receptor’s relationship to immune system disease
Dr. Liang Zhou studies immune system disease at the cellular level, with particular interest in a receptor that is best known for its role in detecting environmental contaminants inside the body.
UF veterinarians perform electrochemotherapy on sea turtles
UF veterinarians recently performed the first electrochemotherapy on sea turtles in the United States, with promising results.
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- College names new IDI department chair
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- College names new senior director of advancement and alumni affairs
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