1. Faculty, Staff & Student
Awards and Honors
Our faculty, staff and students are an amazing group of
people. Their professional accomplishments are many,
but here is a sampling of their activities and awards in
the past academic year.

2. John Heilmann
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Assistant Professor
UWM Graduate School 2012-13
Research Committee Award for
"Developing Linguistic Profiles of
Children with Language Impairment"

3. Paula Rhyner
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
and Research and Professor
American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA) Fellow

4. Sherri Sieff
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Clinical Professor
“UWM Academic Staff
Outstanding Teaching Award”

5. Patricia Willis
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Clinical Associate Professor
Appointed by Wisconsin Governor
Scott Walker to Wisconsin Hearing
and Speech Examining Board

6. Susan Stalewski
Health Sciences: BioMedical Sciences
Clinical Associate Professor,
Director of eLearning,
Interim Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
“UWM Academic Staff Outstanding
Performance Award”
“Joanne Lazirko Award for Excellence in
Teaching with Technology”
Elected to American Society for Clinical
Lab Science-Wisconsin (ASCLS-WI) Board
of Directors
“First Year Student Success Award”

7. Carol Mitchell
Health Sciences: BioMedical Sciences
Assistant Professor and Diagnostic
Imaging Program Director
Fellow, Society of Diagnostic Medical
Sonography (SDMS)

8. Shahla Anders
Health Sciences: BioMedical Sciences
Clinical Assistant Professor
“Key to the Future” Award,
American Society for Clinical
Laboratory Sciences-Wisconsin
(ASCLS-WI)

9. Brad DePons
Health Sciences: BioMedical Sciences
Clinical Instructor and Lab Manager
“First Year Student Success Award”

10. Jay Kapellusch
Occupational Science & Technology
Assistant Professor
UWM Graduate School 2012-13
Research Committee Award for
"Removing Air Bubbles Generated in
the IV Lines during the Intravenous
Cancer Therapy"

11. Virginia Stoffel
Occupational Science & Technology
Associate Professor
President Elect,
American Occupational Therapy
Association (AOTA)
Milwaukee Business Journal
“Women of Influence”

12. Ying-Chih Wang
Occupational Science & Technology
Clinical Associate Professor
UWM Graduate School 2012-13
Research Committee Award for
"Removing Air Bubbles Generated in
the IV Lines during the Intravenous
Cancer Therapy"

13. Patricia Thomas
Therapeutic Recreation
Clinical Associate Professor and
Therapeutic Recreation
Certificate Coordinator
Elected Vice Chair to National
Council on Therapeutic Recreation
Certification (NCTRC)

14. Stephen Cobb
Kinesiology
Assistant Professor
2012 UWM Graduate School
Research Fellow

15. Kathryn Zalewski
Kinesiology: Physical Therapy
Associate Professor and Director of
Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Appointed a Commissioner to the
Milwaukee County Commission on
Persons with Disability

16. Jennifer Earl-Boehm
Kinesiology:
Athletic Training Education Program
Associate Professor and Athletic
Training Education Program Director
2012 Wisconsin Athletic Training
Association (WATA) “Outstanding
Educator Award”

17. Ryan Wilkinson
Kinesiology:
Athletic Training Education Program
Clinical Assistant Professor and
ATEP Director of Clinical
Education
President, Wisconsin Athletic
Training Association (WATA)

18. Rohit Kate
Health Informatics & Administration
Assistant Professor
2012 UWM Graduate School
Research Fellow
UWM Graduate School 2012-13
Research Committee Award for
"Extracting Evidence-based
Practical Guidelines for Laser
Phototherapy from Meta-analysis
Data"

19. Ron Cisler
Center for Urban Population Health
Director, Center for Urban
Population Health
2011 Aurora Greater Milwaukee
Collaborative Research Award

20. Chukuka Enwemeka
Dean and Professor
UWM Distinguished Professor

21. Sara Engelhardt
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Undergraduate Student
UWM Provost Study Abroad Diversity
Scholarship

22. Kobina Shaffa
Health Sciences: BioMedical Sciences
Undergraduate Student
1st Place: American Society for Clinical
Lab Sciences-Wisconsin (ASCLS-WI)
Faculty -Sponsored Research Category
of Poster Competition

23. Angela Yost
Health Sciences: BioMedical Sciences
Undergraduate Student
2nd Place: American Society for Clinical Lab
Sciences-Wisconsin (ASCLS-WI) Faculty-
Sponsored Research Category of Poster
Competition

24. Rachael Baumann
Occupational Science & Technology
Graduate Student
Advanced Opportunity Program
(AOP) Fellowship

25. Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA)
“Outstanding Student Organization”
UWM Center for Student Involvement

26. Anna Skrzyniarz
Occupational Science & Technology
Undergraduate Student
UWM Institute for Service Learning (ISL)
“Distinguished Service Learner Award”

27. Stacy Karls
Occupational Science & Technology
Undergraduate Student
UWM Institute for Service Learning (ISL)
“Distinguished Service Learner Award”

28. Robin Bauer
Kinesiology
Graduate Student
American Society of Biomechanics
Student Grant-in-Aid Award

29. Samantha Woodward
Kinesiology
Undergraduate Student
Business Writing Challenge

30. Kelsey George
Kinesiology
Undergraduate Student
1st Place: Office of Undergraduate Research
(OUR) Undergraduate Research Symposium

31. John Hawkins
Kinesiology
Undergraduate Student
2nd Place: Office of Undergraduate Research
(OUR) Undergraduate Research Symposium

32. Mark Schultz
Kinesiology: Physical Therapy
Undergraduate Student
Business Writing Challenge

33. Lian Horbinski
Kinesiology:
Athletic Training Education Program
Undergraduate Student
Wisconsin Athletic Training
Association (WATA) Mueller Sports
Medicine Undergraduate Scholarship

34. Phil Oblak
Kinesiology:
Athletic Training Education Program
Undergraduate Student
Wisconsin Athletic Training
Association (WATA) Writing Contest
Award for Best Original Research
Project
“National Athletic Training
Association (NATA) Bobby Gunn
Student Leadership Award”

35. Future Healthcare Executives (FHE)
“Outstanding Student Organization”
UWM Center for Student Involvement

36. Katie Bersch
Health Informatics & Administration
Undergraduate Student
“Outstanding Student Leadership
Award” UWM Center for Student
Involvement

37. Binal Motawar
Ph.D. Candidate
Asian Faculty and Staff
Association (AFSA) Honorary
Award

38. Aubri Rote
Ph.D. Candidate
“Dissertation Fellowship Award”
UWM Graduate School

39. William Massey
Ph.D. Candidate
“Dissertation Fellowship Award”
UWM Graduate School