TRANSITIONS
Marian Liu (Faculty Associate) joined the 2023 - 24 Health and Aging Policy Fellowship as a residential fellow in Washington, DC. She was also promoted to Associate Professor of Nursing. Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth (Faculty Associate & Director of the Military Family Research Institute (MFRI)) received a $5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to support the MFRI until 2026. Her team of partners at the MFRI also received the Corps Engagement Award from the Purdue Engagement Awards. Dr. MacDermid Wadsworth was also the recipient of the Ernest W. Burgess Award, and was awarded a Lilly Endowment grant of $3.5 million for sustaining support for military families. She was also awarded grants from the Indiana Department of Mental Health and Addiction as well as the US Army Medical Research Acquisition totaling $2.2 million. Ranjini Mohan (Dual - title PhD, 2016) is now Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at Texas State University.
and the University of Pittsburgh for a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Physical Access and Transportation project that has been awarded $4.75 million.
Mari Plikuhn (Gerontology minor, 2010) earned a promotion to Professor of Sociology at the University of Evansville. She is the first woman in UE ’ s history to become a Professor of Sociology.
Libby Richards (Faculty Associate) was inducted into the Book of Great Teachers this past September. The Book of Great Teachers is a permanent display in the west foyer of the Purdue Memorial Union. The book bears the names of 428 faculty members, past and present, who have devoted their lives to excellence in teaching and scholarship chosen by their students and peers. She was also selected to be a Fellow in the Academy of Nursing Education. Madison Sauerteig - Rolston (Dual - title PhD Student) was awarded the 2023 - 24 Bilsland Fellowship through the Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs.
Brandon Pitts (Faculty Associate) received the 2023 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for a project entitled “ With Age Comes Wisdom: Leveraging Older Adults ’ Crystallized Decision - Making
Preeti Sivasankar (Faculty Associate) was appointed Assistant Vice President for Strategic Health Research for Purdue. She also received the 2023 College of Health and
Abilities to Develop Adaptive Human - Automation Interfaces for Dynamic Environments. ” He was also awarded the 2023 Stephanie Binder Young Professional Award by the Surface Transportation Technical Group (STTG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). Additionally, Dr. Pitts became Co - PI on a collaboration between Purdue
Human Sciences Career Research Achievement
Award. Additionally, Dr. Sivasankar was featured in the Westwood Lecture Series on “ Can you
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