Awards

-Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine
-Elected Member, National Academy of Inventors
-Samuel Rosenthal Prize for Excellence in Academic Pediatrics, Samuel Rosenthal Foundation
-Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award, American Society for Clinical Investigation
-Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
-Best Academic Research Team, 11th Annual Vaccine Industry Excellence Awards, World Vaccine Congress
-Future Insight Prize; Merck KGaA; 1 million Euro scientific prize for Pandemic Protection, shared with Pardis Sabeti, 2019
-10 Superheroes Fighting COVID-19, MediFind, 2020
-Golden Goose Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science “For scientific contributions with great societal benefit” 2021
-Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award. 2021
-Founders Award, Project C.U.R.E. Nashville, 2021
-Expertscape Expert in Human Influenza (top 1% of scholars writing about human influenza over the past 10 years, 2021
-Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate™ (researchers who produced top 1% paper by citations), 2021
-The Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine, Harrington Discovery Institute and the American Society for Clinical Investigation, awarded to an inventive physician-scientist who has helped move science forward with novel research that has potential for clinical application. Shared with Michel Nussenzweig, 2022
-R&D100 award and a R&D100 Gold Medal for a COVID-19 special recognition category from the R&D100 Awards (“Oscars of Innovation”), San Diego, CA, 2022
-Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate™ (researchers who produced top 1% paper by citations), 2022
-TIME, The Best Innovations of 2022. For tixagevimab and cilgavimab antibodies for COVID-19, 2022
-Building the Foundation Award 2023, Research!America, recognizes one or more individuals whose basic research discoveries have played a pivotal role in advancing public health, 2023
-Distinguished Alumnus Award, Davidson College. The John W. Kuykendall Award for Community Service, 2023
-Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2023
-Award for Applied and Biotechnological Research, American Society for Microbiology, 2024
-Mentor of the Year Award, Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association
-Norman J. Siegel New Member Outstanding Science Award, American Pediatric Society
-Chancellor's Research Award, Vanderbilt University
-Ernest W. Goodpasture Faculty Research Award, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
-F. Peter Guengerich Award for Mentoring Postdoctoral Fellows, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
-Outstanding Investigator Award, American Federation for Medical Research
-E. Mead Johnson Award for Excellence in Pediatric Research, Society for Pediatric Research
-Oswald Avery Award for Early Achievement, Infectious Diseases Society of America
-Teacher of the Year Award, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
-Judson Daland Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Patient-Oriented Clinical Research, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA
-Young Investigator Award, Society for Pediatric Research
-Young Investigator Award, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
-Turner Scholar Award, Vanderbilt University
-Dade MicroScan Young Investigator Award, American Society for Microbiology
-Basil O’Connor Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes