AWARDS CELEBRATION AWARDS CELEBRATION
MAY 8, 2026 MAY 8, 2026 Florida
LETTER FROM THE DEAN
On behalf of everyone in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, I want to welcome you to the Pharm.D. Graduate Awards Celebration. Our Doctor of Pharmacy graduates have navigated through a challenging curriculum to reach this pinnacle moment of their educational careers. They have continually excelled in the classroom and represented the college with poise and professionalism on the national stage. Many of their accomplishments go above and beyond the expectations of a pharmacy student, and this award ceremony provides a meaningful way to recognize their outstanding achievements. For those receiving preceptor and faculty awards, I offer my heartfelt thanks and appreciation for all you do to encourage, educate and motivate our pharmacy students to excel. Your dedication to advancing their knowledge and skills will benefit the patients they serve and the lives they touch throughout their careers.
Congratulations to the class of 2026! You have made us proud in so many ways.
Peter W. Swaan, Ph.D., M.Pharm. Dean and Professor, UF College of Pharmacy
AGENDA
WELCOME
Dr. Karen Whalen
Associate Dean for Professional Advancement and Assessment
SPECIAL REMARKS
Dr. Peter W. Swaan
Dean and Professor
PRECEPTOR AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Carinda J. Feild
Associate Director of Experiential Programs
CIPPE Preceptor of the Year
HIPPE Preceptor of the Year
Inpatient APPE Preceptor of the Year
Outpatient APPE Preceptor of the Year
Distinguished Preceptor Service Award
FACULTY AWARD PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Karen Whalen
Associate Dean for Professional Advancement and Assessment
Teacher of the Year
Faculty Recognition Award
Faculty Advisor of the Year
Outstanding Student Org Advisor
TA Recognition Award
Dr. Robin Moorman Li
Professionalism Committee Chair
AGENDA
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS RECOGNITION
Dr. Karen Whalen
Associate Dean for Professional Advancement and Assessment
Leadership Certificate
Personalized Medicine Certificate
Medication Therapy Management Certificate
GAINESVILLE STUDENT SPEAKER
Ciera Isaman
APhA/ASP SENIOR RECOGNITION
Dr. Karen Whalen
Associate Dean for Professional Advancement and Assessment
AIHP HISTORY OF PHARMACY AWARD
Dr. Janet Schmittgen
ALACHUA COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACISTS VIDAL MEMORIAL AWARD
Dr. Leslie Brown
Alachua County Associate Pharmacists President
STUDENT
AMBASSADOR RECOGNITION
GNV Campus – Dr. Teresa Cavanaugh, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
JAX Campus – Dr. Carol Motycka, Associate Dean and Campus Director
ORL Campus – Dr. Lisa Miller, Associate Dean and Campus Director
ORLANDO STUDENT SPEAKER
Matthew Todd
AGENDA
COLLEGE IMPACT AWARD
Dr. Jodi Taylor
Assistant Dean for Curricular Affairs
COMBINATION DEGREE RECOGNITION
Dr. Karen Whalen
Associate Dean for Professional Advancement and Assessment
WALGREENS PHARMACY AWARD
Dr. Teresa Cavanaugh
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
EXPERIENTIAL STUDENT AWARDS
Dr. Stacey Curtis
Assistant Dean for Clinical Education
Ronald B. Stewart Award for Excellence in Clinical Pharmacy
Facts & Comparisons Award for Excellence in Professional Communications
VIATRIS Excellence in Pharmacy Award
STUDENT AWARDS
Dr. Teresa Cavanaugh
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Merck Award for Outstanding Research
Dean’s Excellence Award
Monteen Johnson Gold Merit Award
Lydia Foote Service Award
Lilly Medal
Townes R. Leigh Award
Perry A Foote Award
D.W. Ramsaur Award for Distinguished Scholarship
Devanand Umesh Adhin
Hannah Austin
Sarah Avans
Syed Azeem
Francheska Barreto Rivera
Fernanda Bayer
Kelly Bishop
Jenny K. Blanc
Mackenzie Brennan
Nicholas Ethan Brito
Hayden Broadwater
Meliza Charlot
Nicole Chediak
Stacy Clark
Gabrielle Cohen
Eve Marie De Rosa
Cali Maria Diaz
Stephany Diaz
Jealeanet Diez Rodriguez
Abigail Douglas
Kyah Draper
Shakira Fadus
Antonella Ferrucho
Jared Foster
Alexis Fraser
Eman Abdelfattah Gabal
Sophia Diana Garcia
Emily Gavin
Lemay Gonzalez
Callista Hall
Charles Hang
Miriam Hope-Sao
Olivia Rose Humbard
RESIDENCIES
Sachio Tobias Hunter
Lindsey Hyer
Isabella Fe Ico
Tessa Ilagan
Ciera Madeline Isaman
Rachel Laine Jarvis
Wen Jiang
Hannah Jones
Erica Noel Kaelin
Erica Kim
Michelle Kim
Lucy Yue Li
Bryana Marie Lopez
Andrés López Reyes
Ryan Lopez Torres
Huniya Masood
Michael May
Abigail Grace McCloskey
Lara Juan McKeown
Matthew McKinney
Lindsey Meeks
Angelica Melo
Janeliz Mercado Santana
Morgan Mitchell
So Young Moon
Elizabeth Morgan
Amanda Morningstar
Morad Nafea
Alejandra Carolina Nogueira
Emily O’Connors
Acadia Ong
Anjali Paragji
Shilynne Virginia Parker
Dylan Payne
Andrew William Pedroff
Sophia Pliego
Vanessa Quinn
Fabian Quiroga
Paige Rhein
Katelin Rockey
Annemarie Rodriguez
John Matthew Rodríguez-Díaz
Stacey Rubi
Sameh Samaan
Javier Alejandro Santiago Pagan
Kaitlyn Heather Sassaman
Kirsten Allyssa Seely
Emma Sewell
Anais Isabella Solomon
Brooke Lee Stamey
Ashley Stephens
Alexis Jeanne Thomson
Adhya Tripathi
Gustavo Ujaque-Santiago
Melanie Valderrama
Jonathan David Valladares
Caela Vasquez
Tony Vo
Samuel John Walker
Kimberly Walters
Kierra LeAnn Weber
Makayla Weiskircher
Kaylee Whytal
Arelly Zapata
FELLOWSHIPS
Ruth Adeyemi
Darlene Adirika
Titilayo Ajibola
Gabrielle Gorwitz
Yasmine Ibrahim
Darian Kaneil Phidd
Seejah Stephens
Matthew Todd
Samantha Tournesy
DIRECTLY INTO PRACTICE
Christina Sarah Alansari
Krisslee Y. Andino Semprit
Trixia Mae Buenvenida Balangue
Richard Scott Baumgartner Jr.
Merial Chatila
Terrance Cripe
Cristina Cruz-Alvarez
Kanchana Lis Davis
Ryan Daniel Ealy
Carol Ann Dougherty
Caitlyn English
Diane Criselle Julio Galindo
Madelynn Gordon
Jessica Henson
YiuTing Huang
Mikaela Ivy
Kaelyn Jackson
Madison Jones
Elise Kamphaus
Makayla Kapalczynski
Hyeonjin Kim
Sulady Marie Medina Vargas
Nicholas Khemai Mohan
Anthony Morales
Michael Morillo
Setareh Mosavi
Kyra Alexa Muhar
Tina Marie Mumley
Mannal Ismail Musa
Melissa Ann Nadal
Christina Nguyen
Khanh Nguyen
Jessica Ni
Mary-Pearl Ojukwu
David Joel Pizarro
Olivia Roberson
Haven Rogers
Mariam Sabbagh Chatila
Allen Thomas Scott
Lora Sellers
Aileen Shin-Ann
SENIOR CLASS REPRESENTATIVE
CIERA ISAMAN GAINESVILLE CAMPUS
Ciera Isaman is a first-generation college graduate who earned her Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Florida in 2022. As a PrePharmacy Early Assurance Program, or PEAP, scholar, she began cultivating her passions for leadership, advocacy and compassionate patientcentered care within the profession of pharmacy.
During pharmacy school, Isaman distinguished herself as a dedicated leader among her peers and within the Gainesville community. She proudly embraced her love for the Gators while serving as chief ambassador for the Student Ambassadors Program on the Gainesville campus, where she spearheaded the organization’s first general body meeting to strengthen member engagement and expand community outreach. As a lead teaching assistant for the First-Year Professional Practice Skills Laboratory, Isaman especially cherished the opportunity to mentor pharmacy students as they took their first steps toward becoming pharmacists. Her enthusiasm for leadership development and community service earned her membership in the Iota Chapter of the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society.
As a student who is unilaterally deaf, Isaman is deeply passionate about promoting accessibility and creating inclusive health care environments. Her dedication to serving vulnerable populations is highlighted through her founding of the University of Florida Health Professional Clothes Closet, a program providing free professional attire to students across seven health science colleges to help prevent financial barriers from limiting students’ professional opportunities.
Isaman’s dedication to advancing patient care extends into her research, where she has focused on improving patient health literacy and promoting pediatric pharmacogenomic testing. In December, she presented her work in two poster presentations at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting in Las Vegas
Isaman looks forward to continuing her commitment to lifelong learning and community advocacy as she pursues a residency at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, to further develop her clinical knowledge with the goal of specializing in transplant pharmacy.
SENIOR CLASS REPRESENTATIVE
EMAN GABAL JACKSONVILLE CAMPUS
Eman Gabal received her Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from the University of Florida before attending the UF College of Pharmacy, where she is proud to be a Double Gator.
Gabal has demonstrated a strong commitment to leadership throughout her pharmacy education
She served as founder and president of the Jacksonville chapter of the Industry Pharmacists Organization and as patient care vice president of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists. She has also contributed to her campus community as a class representative, Pharmily Village leader and campus ambassador
Gabal has gained a diverse range of experiences across multiple pharmacy settings. She currently works as a pharmacy intern at UF Health Jacksonville and previously served as a medical communications intern with ECIR Medical Communications, as well as in various technician roles in both hospital and community pharmacy settings. She has also been actively involved in research with the UF College of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmacy Education and Practice and the emergency medicine and critical care departments at UF Health Jacksonville.
Her achievements have been recognized through numerous honors, including the Campus ImpactAward, induction into the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society, designation as a Crisafi Scholar and multiple Best Practices of Professionalism distinctions.
After earning her Pharm.D., Gabal plans to pursue a career in clinical pharmacy.
SENIOR CLASS REPRESENTATIVE
MATTHEW TODD ORLANDO CAMPUS
Matthew Todd is a native(ish) Californian graduating from the Orlando campus. He earned his Bachelor of Science in biology from William Jessup University in Sacramento in 2022. Born in Mississippi and raised in a military family across seven different states, Todd spent a decade in Northern California before moving to Florida to pursue his Pharm.D. at the University of Florida. WithintheCollegeofPharmacy,heisknownforhisdedicationtoeducating himselfandhispeerswithauniqueblendofrigorandwitthatearnedhimthe nickname“ProfessorTodd”fromfacultyandstudentsalikeinhisfirst semester.
Balancingapassionforbothpharmacyandthemeparks,Todd’sproudest pharmaceuticalaccomplishmentishisadvocacyforthereinstatementofan EPCOTpharmacyrotation,whichhadnotbeenofferedforoveradecade beforehearrivedtocampus.Hispersistence(i.e.pestering)camefullcirclein summerof2025whenhebecameoneofthefirststudentsplacedonthe reinstatedrotation,andtodayheservesover40,000Disneycastmembersat theonlypharmacywithabackstageviewofEPCOT’siconicgeodesicsphere (betterknownbyitsfriendsas“thegolfball”).
ThroughouthistimeatUF,Todddistinguishedhimselfasadedicated researcherintheDepartmentofPharmaceutics.Underthementorshipof AssistantProfessorsSarahKim,Ph.D.,andFrancineAzeredo,Ph.D.,he appliedmachinelearningapproachestobetterunderstandclinicaltrialtrends inDuchennemusculardystrophy.Hiscommitmenttohispeerswasequally evidentinhiscreationofautomaticallygradedpracticequizzesforover95% ofthecurriculum’sexams,afeatofacademicservicethatcontributedtohis recognitionasthe2025StudentoftheYear.
Inhisfinalyear,Toddexpandedhisexpertiseinclinicalpharmacologythrough anAdvancedPharmacyPracticeExperiencewithJohnson&Johnson,focusing onpharmacokineticandexposure-responseanalyses.Healsoservedas OrlandoStudentCouncilpresidentandaregionalleaderwithintheKappaPsi pharmaceuticalfraternity
Followinggraduation,Toddwillbeginapostdoctoralresearchpositionin quantitativediseasemodelingwiththeDepartmentofPharmaceuticsatthe LakeNonacampus.Helooksforwardtoacareerinthepharmaceutical industry,translatingcomplexscienceintoinnovationsthatadvancepatient careonaglobalscale.
