UF College of Medicine Announces Clinical Science and Basic Science Faculty Research Awards
Michael Okun, MD, and Jiang Bian, Ph.D., were recently announced as the winners of the 2021 College of Medicine Clinical Science Research Award and the UF College of Medicine Basic Science Research Award, respectively. Each year the college presents an award to a clinical science and a basic science faculty member for outstanding achievement, productivity and research discovery.
An internationally recognized expert in movement disorders — particularly in the exploration of non-motor basal ganglia brain features — Okun is the recipient of the 2021 College of Medicine Clinical Science Research Award. This award recognizes outstanding research that has a close connection to clinical medicine and/or a significant impact on the delivery of patient care. He is a professor and chair of the Department of Neurology and director of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases.
With an expertise in developing informatic tools and systems, Bian is the recipient of the 2021 UF College of Medicine Basic Science Research Award. This award recognizes exceptional research that contributes to the understanding of the fundamental underlying principles of biology and medicine. Bian is an associate professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics and a member of the UF Health Cancer Center, focusing on machine learning, causal AI, natural language processing, network science, ontology development and evaluation, semantic web technology and software engineering.
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