HONORS & AWARDS

1985 – Present
Member, Tri Beta: Honorary Biological Society

1985 – 1986
Gettysburg College
– Departmental Honors in Biology
– Senior Scholar’s Seminar

1988
Graduate Student Research Forum – Pennsylvania State University Medical Center at Hershey
– First Place, Short Oral Presentation

1995
Finalist, Baladimos Award
– American Diabetes Association of Massachusetts

1998
ARVO/Retina Research Foundation
– Travel Fellowship Grant Recipient

2004
Jules Francois Prize for Young Investigator in Ophthalmology
– Awarded at Ophthalmologia Belgica 2004, Brussels

2007
The Hinkle Society
– Mid-Career Translational Research Award, Penn State College of Medicine

2009
Most Inspirational Teacher Award
– Graduate Education, Class of 2008

2011
Jules and Doris Stein Professorship
– Research to Prevent Blindness

2019
Roger W. Kittendorf Research Professor
– Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences