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Five from College of Medicine honored at university faculty awards ceremony
The 2025 Florida State University Faculty Awards Ceremony, originally scheduled for April 22, was held Oct. 7 at the Augustus B. Turnbull Conference Center, and five from the College of Medicine were among the honorees.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences Robert Tomko Jr., Ph. D., earned two awards, including the university’ s most prestigious for teaching, the Distinguished Teacher Award. He also won the Developing Scholar Award.
Professor Antonio Terracciano, Ph. D., of the Department of Geriatrics, won the Distinguished Research Professor Award.
Associate Professor Debra Cole, Ed. D., PA-C, director of Didactic Education in the School of Physician Assistant Practice, and Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine and Yang Hou, Ph. D., assistant professor of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, were each honored with an Inclusive Teaching & Mentoring Award.( Read more about Hou on page 50.)
Ann DelRossi, program manager of the Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences bachelor’ s degree program, won the Outstanding Undergraduate Advising Award.