The Office of Research is proud of the Research Rainmakers whose sponsored research awards in fiscal year 2024 placed them in the top 25% of earners at UC. Those recognized are from the arts, humanities, and social sciences as well as from the sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical fields.

Below is the full list of the researchers, by college, and the number of times they have been recognized for this accomplishment since FY16. Also, see below for the top awards given to collaborative teams, both cross-college and cross-department. Congratulations, Rainmakers!

College of Allied Health Sciences

Pierce E Boyne, 7
Jennifer Vannest, 4
Dana Michelle Harley, 4
Lesley Becker, 2
Lina Motlagh Zadeh, 1
Amy Pratt, 1

College of Arts and Sciences

Richard J. Harknett,7
Sarah W Whitton, 7
Ryan White, 5
Ashley Ross, 4
Joshua Benoit, 3
Wei Liu, 3
Annette Rowe, 3
Colin Bischoff, 2
Hairong Guan, 2
Yujie Sun, 2
Dieter Vanderelst, 2
Adam Aurisano, 1
Anthony Grillo, 1
John Layne, 1
Evgeny Mikheev, 1
Stephanie Rollman, 1

Clermont College

James Cullen, 8 Emily Aleshire, 1

Hoxworth Blood Center

Jose A. Cancelas-Perez, 9

College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services

Benjamin M Kelcey, 9
Victoria Carr, 8
Debora Telfer, 7
Kathie J Maynard, 6
Paula H. Smith, 6
Jennifer Scott, 5
Orville McDonald, 4
Hazem Said, 4
Anna DeJarnette, 3
Cory Haberman, 3
Sarah Manchak, 3
Rebekah M Michael, 3
Jennifer Ottley, 3
Tammy Dean, 2
Hye Pae, 2
Juwan Bennett, 1
Christina Campbell, 1
Brittany Hays Tsygansky, 1
Sean Kelley, 1
John Leverso, 1
Youn Seon Li, 1
George Richardson, 1

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Ephraim J Gutmark, 8
Jason Heikenfeld, 8
Kelly Cohen, 7
Frank M Gerner, 7
Marty Emmert, 5
Lilit Yeghiazarian, 5
Marc Cahay, 4
Whitne B. Gaskins, 4
Leyla Esfandiari, 3
Prashant Khare, 3
Sam Anand, 2
Daniel Cuppoletti, 2
Joo-Youp Lee, 2
Yoonjee Park, 2
Rajnikant Sharma, 2
Ying Sun, 2
Jingjie Wu, 2
Mohamed Ahmed, 2
Gregory Beaucage, 1
Kishan Bellur, 1
Hans Breiter, 1
Donghoon Kim, 1
Manish Kumar, 1
Ou Ma, 1
Munir Nazzal, 3
Ashley Paz y Puente, 1
Jonathan Pham, 1
Jing Tang, 1
Jing Shi, 1
Sarah Walla, 1
Amanda Webb, 1
Justin Zhan, 1

College of Medicine

Joseph P. Broderick, 9
Robert M. Cohen, 9
Melissa P Delbello, 9
Carl J. Fichtenbaum, 9
Michael D Goodman, 9
Jun-lin Guan, 9
Pooja Khatri, 9
Francis X. McCormack, 9
William Miller, 9
Diego Perez-Tilve, 9
Thomas B. Thompson, 9
T John Winhusen, 9
Daniel Woo, 9
W. Sean Davidson, 8
George Deepe, 8
Guochang Fan, 8
Brett M. Kissela, 8
Timothy A. Pritts, 8
Thomas C Blakeman, 7
Kelly Jo Brunst, 7
Sakthivel Sadayappan, 7
Jane J. Yu, 7
Jun-Ming Zhang, 7
Xiaoting Zhang, 7
Pamposh D. Kaul, 6
Ardythe Morrow, 6
Jason Winnick, 6
Kristin Hudock, 5
Yu Luo, 5
Susan M. Pinney, 5
Teresa M Reyes, 5
Jeffrey R Strawn, 5
Achala Vagal, 5
Trisha Wise-Draper, 5
Yanbo Fan, 4
James P. Herman, 4
Hyacinth Hyacinth, 4
Gurjit Khurana-Hershey, 4
Aram Zabeti, 4
John Byrd, 3
Maria Czyzyk-Krzeska, 3
Alberto J. Espay, 3
Moises Huaman Joo, 3
Onur Kanisicak, 3
Tahir Latif, 3
Jareen Meinzen-Derr, 3
Devendra Sohal, 3
Dorothy Supp, 3
Michael Thomas, 3
Eric Wohleb, 3
Rekha Chaudhary, 2
Jean Elwing, 2
Edward Faber, 2
Alan Fleischer, 2
Lawrence Goldstick, 2
Nishant Gupta, 2
Bryan Hambley, 2
R. Duncan Hite, 2
Igal Ifergan, 2
Maria Indihar, 2
Amanda Jackson, 2
Jennifer Leddon, 2
Satish Madala, 2
Fabiano G. Nery, 2
Charles Prestigiacomo, 2
Michael Privitera, 2
Atsuo Sasaki, 2
Wei Shi, 2
Katherine Vest, 2
Caleb Adler, 1
Saad Ahmad, 1
Jonathan Bernstein, 1
Temugin Berta, 1
Asheley Cattran, 1
Karthickeyan Chella Krishnan, 1
Jennifer Cook, 1
Kermit Davis, 1
Rachel Foot, 1
Robert Franklin, 1
Aaron Freidman, 1
Umama Gorsi , 1
Prakash Gudsoorkar, 1
Xiaowei Hou, 1
Wei Huang, 1
Susan Kasper, 1
Michael Knopp, 1
Christopher Lemmon, 1
Chia-Yang Liu, 1
Sara Medek, 1
Eva Mistry, 1
Meredith Pensak, 1
Leeya Pinder, 1
Russell Sawyer, 1
Amanda Wasylishen, 1
Gregory Wilson, 1
Ervin Woodle, 1

College of Nursing

Tamilyn Bakas, 3
Donna Green, 2
Samantha Boch, 1

Office of Research

Steven D Lange, 6
Bryan Kowalczyk, 1
Justin Ouwerkerk, 1

College of Pharmacy

Timothy Phoenix, 5
Yuhang Zhang, 5
Bingfang Yan, 2
Pankaj Desai, 2
Nanlinikanth Kotagari, 2

Academic Affairs

Aaron Burdette, 2

Top Collaborative Awards

Cross-College

Cyber Range 2023-2024 - $5,300,000

CECH: Hazem Said, CEAS: Marc Cahay, A&S: Richard Harknett

Ohio Persistent Cyber Improvement for Local Government ecosystem - $4,350,620

A&S: Richard Harknett, CECH: Rebekah Michael, Hazem Said

S-STEM TYPE 2: Southwest Ohio Scholars: (Re)defining Academic Belonging for Computer Science Students and Families - $2,462,801

CEAS: Justin Zhan, Whitney Gaskins, CECH: Youn Seon Lim

Cross-Department

Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training - $4,520,152

College of Medicine: Psychiatry, Radiology & Pediatrics
Jeffrey Strawn, Achala Vagal, Jareen Meinzen-Derr

NIH StrokeNet National Clinical Coordinating Center - $2,863,371

College of Medicine: Neurology, Radiology, Internal Medicine
Pooja Khatri, Laura Benken, Joseph Broderick, Jamey Frasure, Mike Linke, Eva Mistry, Achala Vagal

Validation of Early Prognostic Data for Recovery Outcomes after Stroke for Future - $2,408,658

College of Medicine: Radiology & Neurology
Pooja Khatri, Achala Vagal, Lily Wang

Treatment with Endovascular Intervention for Stroke Patients with Existing Disability - $1,829,708

College of Medicine: Radiology & Neurology
Eva Mistry, Pooja Khatri, Mary Gaskill-Shipley, Achala Vagal