Scholarly SocietyAmerican Academy of Arts & Sciences · 2020Area: Biological Sciences; Specialty: Microbiology and ImmunologyMore about this award
Edward Novitski Prize
InternationalGenetics Society of America · 2019Edward Novitski Prize, Genetics Society of America, honoring work on human fungal pathogens and identifying molecular targets of widely-used immunosuppressive drugs, a seminal contribution to discovery of TOR, which regulates cell growth in response to nutrients (2019)
ASM Award for Basic Research
InternationalAmerican Society for Microbiology · 2019ASM Award for Basic Research, American Society for Microbiology, for discoveries fundamental in advancing understanding of the microbial world (2019)
Fellow and Co-Director
InternationalCanadian Institute for Advanced Research program · 2019Fellow and Co-Director, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research program, Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities (2019-2024)
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring
UniversityDuke University · 2018Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Graduate School, Duke University (2018)
Faculty member of the year
InternationalFaculty of 1000 · 2018
Rhoda Benham Award
InternationalMedical Mycological Society of the Americas · 2018Rhoda Benham Award, Medical Mycological Society of the Americas, for continuous, outstanding, meritorious contributions to medical mycology (2018)
Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award
InternationalAmerican Society for Clinical Investigation · 2018Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award, American Society for Clinical Investigation, for key contributions to understanding how microbial pathogens evolve, cause disease, and develop drug resistance and discovery of TOR and FKBP12 as targets of rapamycin (2018)
Outstanding faculty member of the year
InternationalFaculty of 1000 · 2017
Visiting International Professorship
InternationalRuhr University, Germany · 2015Visiting International Professorship, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (2015-2019)
Faculty member of the year
InternationalFaculty of 1000 · 2015
Elected Member
SchoolAlpha Omega Alpha (AOA) · 2014Elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honorific society as a faculty member (2014)
Outstanding faculty member of the year
InternationalFaculty of 1000 · 2014
Faculty member of the year
InternationalFaculty of 1000 · 2013
Research Mentoring Award for translational research
SchoolDuke University · 2012
MERIT Award
NationalNational Institutes of Health · 2011NIH/NIAID for discovery of, and studies on, fungal unisexual reproduction (2011-2021)
Faculty member of the year
InternationalFaculty of 1000 · 2011
Presidential Meritorious Service Award
SchoolDuke University · 2007Presidential Meritorious Service Award in Executive Leadership
AAP Fellow
InternationalAssociation of American Physicians · 2006
AAM Fellow
InternationalAmerican Academy of Microbiology · 2004
NationalAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science · 2004
Oswald Avery Award
NationalInfectious Diseases Society of America · 2003
Squibb Award
NationalInfectious Diseases Society of America · 2003in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of infectious diseases
ASCI Fellow
InternationalAmerican Society for Clinical Investigation · 2003
AMGEN Award
NationalAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2002for significant achievements in the understanding of human disease, including studies in model yeasts defining targets and modes of action for immunosuppressive drugs
Burroughs Wellcome Scholar in Molecular Pathogenic Mycology
