Dr. Fan Zhang Named UF Health Cancer Center Rising Star of the Year

UF researcher Fan Zhang, Ph.D., an assistant professor of pharmaceutics in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, is a 2025 recipient of the UF Health Cancer Center Rising Star of the Year Award.

The award, which recognizes early-stage investigators whose accomplishments distinguish them as possible future leaders in the Cancer Center, was bestowed upon Zhang during a Jan. 10 ceremony at the Cade Museum in Gainesville. As one of four winners selected from each of the Cancer Center’s research programs, Zhang represented the Cancer Targeting and Therapeutics program, which is led by Jatinder Lamba, Ph.D., and Timothy Spicer, Ph.D.

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