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Faculty Honored Across Tufts for Excellence in Teaching and Research

The list of faculty honored by the university's schools for the 2024-25 academic year

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

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

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

Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award

The Fletcher School

James L. Paddock Teaching Award

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