Lengacher Awarded ResearchOne Outstanding Researcher Achievement Award

(Left to Right) University of South Florida President, Dr. Judy Genshaft, Dr. Cecile Lengacher and USF Vice President for Research, Dr. Karen Hollbrook.

College of Nursing Professor and Director of the BS-PhD program, Cecile Lengacher, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN is one of only ten researchers at USF, and one of only three researchers from USF Health who received and Outstanding Researcher Achievement Award at Monday’s award ceremony as part of USF ResearchOne week.

“The USF Office of Research & Innovation recognized 10 USF faculty members on the first day of ResearchOne 2010 for excellence in research and innovation with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards. The Outstanding Research Achievement Award rewards faculty who have received truly exceptional recognition of their research with preeminent awards, grants or publications in top journals during the 2009 calendar year. The awards were presented on Monday Oct. 11, during the Research Exhibition & Faculty Awards Reception in the Interdisciplinary Research Building (IDRB) Galleria”

Dr. Lengacher received a 5-year NIH R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute and received supplemental ARRA funding, with total funding in excess of $3 million dollars.

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