{"id":150065,"date":"2026-03-25T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=150065"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:08:16","slug":"deborah-beidel-named-big-12-conferences-2025-faculty-of-the-year-from-ucf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/deborah-beidel-named-big-12-conferences-2025-faculty-of-the-year-from-ucf\/","title":{"rendered":"Deborah Beidel Honored at Founders&#8217; Day as a Big 12 Faculty of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pioneering Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ RESTORES Director Deborah Beidel of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/sciences\/\">College of Sciences<\/a> is Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s 2025 Big 12 Faculty of the Year Award recipient. The annual honor highlights exceptional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/research\/\">researchers<\/a>, innovators and difference makers at each of the athletic conference&#8217;s 16 universities.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Beidel will be recognized for this honor during <strong>Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s 2026 Founders\u2019 Day<\/strong>, which takes place Wednesday, <strong>April 1<\/strong>, in the Pegasus Ballroom of the Student Union.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Beidel founded Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ RESTORES as a clinical research center dedicated to changing how post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is understood, diagnosed and treated. A psychologist and international leader in her field, Beidel\u2019s use of virtual reality to treat PTSD among veterans, first responders and emergency workers has led to treatments that are two to three times more effective than standard psychological treatments.<\/p>\n<p>In May, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-restores-unveils-first-of-its-kind-resiliency-command-center-to-support-floridas-first-responders\/\">Beidel and Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Restores unveiled a first-of-its-kind mobile Resiliency Command Center<\/a> to provide safe on-site treatment of first responders at crisis scenes, such as natural disasters, line-of-duty tragedies and mass casualty events. The center originated from a partnership with the Florida Legislature, the Florida Division of State Fire Marshal and Lockheed Martin (a Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Pegasus Partner).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Beidel innovates with purpose and the unwavering belief that no one should bear the weight of trauma or PTSD alone,\u201d says Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ President Alexander N. Cartwright. \u201cShe brings that vision to life every day through Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ RESTORES by turning compassion into action and research into hope. This recognition from the Big 12 honors her extraordinary impact and leadership in creating solutions that transform lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Big 12 award adds to the major honors Beidel has earned since joining Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ in 2007. She is a trustee chair and Pegasus Professor, the highest faculty honor at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½.<\/p>\n<p>Over her career, Beidel has combined prolific scholarship with groundbreaking research. She has authored more than 300 scientific publications and secured more than $31 million in federal funding to develop and translate treatments for anxiety and PTSD into real-world clinical settings. State and federal governmental agencies and community organizations consult with her regularly on how to deal with the aftermath of mass violence.<\/p>\n<p>Big 12 institutions nominated their faculty of the year candidates in collaboration with faculty athletics representatives, provosts and other university leaders. Now in its second year, the award showcases the academic excellence, research breakthroughs and educational opportunities available to students at Big 12 institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ joined the Big 12 in 2023 as the youngest school among the nation\u2019s major athletic conferences. In the latest\u00a0<em>U.S. News &amp; World Report\u00a0<\/em>Best Colleges Rankings, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ ties for second among Big 12 public institutions and fifth overall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beidel is a Pegasus Professor internationally known for her ground-breaking research and effective treatments for veterans, first responders and emergency workers with PTSD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":149195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[982,14924,14751,14916],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-150065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","tag-college-of-sciences","tag-deborah-beidel","tag-faculty-excellence","tag-research"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Deborah Beidel Honored at Founders&#039; 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