Linda Bartoshuk came to the University of Florida in 2005 from the surgery department at the Yale University School of Medicine. She is interested in genetic variation in the sense of taste as well as pathologies of taste. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, Bartoshuk has served as president of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), the Eastern Psychological Association and the Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association. In 1998, she received the AChemS Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Chemical Senses. This year she was recognized by the Association for Psychological Science with its highest honor, the William James Lifetime Achievement Award for basic research.