Faculty Awards
Emelia Benjamin, MD, received the Gold Heart Award from the American Heart Association (AHA)
Jeffrey Samet, MD, received AMERSA’s John P. McGovern Award for 2016. The award is given to an individual who has made significant contributions to substance use education and research
Tom Perls, MD, received Gerontological Society’s Joseph T. Freeman Award. This distinguished award is a lectureship in geriatrics and is awarded to a prominent physician in the field of aging, both in research and practice. The Freeman Lecture is one of the highlights of the Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting.
Katya Ravid, DSc, PhD, was selected by the Pharmaceutical Company Pharmaxis for 2016-2017 Grant Award to be used for testing modalities for controlling bone marrow myelofibrosis.
Katrina Traber, MD, PhD, received a K08 award titled The Role of Oncostatin M in Pneumonia from the NIH, designed to transition her physician-scientist career to the role of principal investigator and to elucidate immune signaling pathways important to defending the lung against infection. Nahid Bhadelia has been recognized by two awards from Tufts: The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy’s Women’s Leadership Award (FWLA) which honors outstanding women graduates who are making a meaningful impact in the world in the private, public and NGO sectors. And Tufts Alumni Active Citizenship and Service Award- This award is presented to an individual alumna/us or an alumni group that develops and implements and/or participates in a program, event, or special outreach effort that contributes to improving the lives of others. Karen Jacobson has been awarded a new RO1 “The Impact of Alcoholism on TB Treatment Outcomes” which expands her research in the Western Cape Joshua Campbell, PhD, has been chosen for the Ralph Edwards Career Development Professorship at Boston University