Faculty Honored Across Tufts for Excellence in Teaching and Research
At the conclusion of each academic year, the university’s schools recognize excellence in research and teaching among the members of their individual faculties. This spring, the following faculty members were recognized, as listed below.
School of Arts and Sciences and School Engineering
The Faculty Research Awards Committee Distinguished Scholar Award
- Julian Agyeman, professor, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
Gerard R. Gill Distinguished Service Award
- Ellen Pinderhughes, professor, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development
The Faculty DEIJ Service Award
- Hugh Gallagher, professor, Physics and Astronomy
The Lillian and Joseph Leibner Award for Distinguished Teaching and Advising
- Virginia Drachman, professor, History
The A&S Seymour Simches Award for Distinguished Teaching and Advising
- Samuel Sommers, professor, Psychology (award presented to the family of Sam Sommers)
The Engineering Seymour Simches Awards for Distinguished Teaching and Advising
- Chorng Hwa Chang, associate professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Lenore Cowen, professor, Computer Science
The Henry and Madeline Fischer Award
- Angela Lai, assistant teaching professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Chris Rogers, professor, Mechanical Engineering
The Lerman-Neubauer Prize for Outstanding Teaching and Advising
- Richard Townsend, assistant teaching professor, Computer Science
The Recognition of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award
- Zarin Machanda, Usen Family Career Development Professor, Anthropology
- Srivalleesha Mallidi, assistant professor, Biomedical Engineering
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Artemis Award for Clinical Excellence
- David Hernke, D.V.M., assistant clinical professor, Department of Ambulatory Medicine and Theriogenology
Henry E. Childers, D.V.M., Award
Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence
- Elizabeth Byrnes, Ph.D., professor, Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award
- Yuki Nakayama, D.V.M., assistant clinical professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
The Fletcher School
James L. Paddock Teaching Award
- Michael J. Glennon, professor, Constitutional and International Law
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year
- Shibani Ghosh, research associate professor
Mozaffarian Family Award for Public Impact
- Jessica Sparks, assistant professor, Division of Agriculture, Food and Environment
School of Dental Medicine
The Provost’s Award For Outstanding Teaching And Service
- Riki Gottlieb, D.M.D., M.S., associate dean, Admissions and Student Affairs
The Dean’s Award For Excellence In Clinical Teaching
- Amalia Katsampoula, D.D.S., assistant professor, Department of Prosthodontics
The Dean’s Award For Excellence In Preclinical Teaching
- Carlos Kose Junior, Ph.D., D.D.S., M.S., associate professor, Department of Comprehensive Care
The Dean’s Award For Excellence In Basic Science Teaching
- Berri Jacque, Ph.D., professor, medical education, Tufts University School of Medicine
School of Medicine
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awards Presented by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
- Marc Kimball, MD, clinical assistant professor of family medicine
D. Jack Mitus Special Faculty Recognition Award
- Terrance Li, MD, neurology clerkship director
Outstanding Teaching in the Clerkship Years
- Eliza Bullis, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine
Outstanding Teaching in the Pre-Clerkship Years
- Rebecca Lufler, PhD, associate professor of medical education
Faculty selected to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) National Honor Medical Society
- Eliza Bullis, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine
- Sabrina Chaklos, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine
- Taimur Dad, MD, MS, assistant professor of medicine
- Sara Nelson, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine
- Andrea Zuckerman, MD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology
Faculty Awards for Excellence in Teaching
- Paul Abourjaily, Pharm, associate professor of medicine
- Laurence Bailen, MD, clinical associate professor of medicine
- Matthew Brown, MD, clinical instructor in surgery
- Scott Gilbert, MD, MS, professor of medicine
- Lee Hallagan, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery
- Maurice Joyce, MD, associate professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine
- James Kubilus, PhD, associate professor of medical education
- Claudia Lavin, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics
- Jeffrey Marchant, PhD, professor of medical education
- Anita Mathews, MD, clinical assistant professor of family medicine
- Jason Moran, MD, assistant professor of medicine
- Varsha Radhakrishnan, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry
- Neha Sharma, DO, associate professor of psychiatry
- Aimee Shen, PhD, associate professor of molecular biology and microbiology
- Daniel Spratt, MD, professor of medicine
- Monica Thim, DO, assistant professor of medicine
- Susana Wishnia, MD, clinical assistant professor of surgery
- MaryAlice Wolfe, MD
House Staff/Fellow Awards for Excellence in Teaching
- Christian Bennett, MD
- Elliot Delgado, MD
- Ariel Francois, DO
- Laura Knapik, DO
- Beatrice Mbaluka, MD
- Isabella McNamara, MD
- Chandler Moore, MD
- Jordan Santiago, MD
- S. Spencer Scott, MD
- Michael Talanian, MD
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