Honors & Recognition
2011
Shalender Bhasin, MD
• Appointed Chair of American Board of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism subspecialty board.
• Appointed to Council of the Endocrine Society.
Alan Jette, PhD
• Won the Excellence in Rehabilitation of Aging Persons Award from the Gerontological Society of America.
Christine Liu, MD
• Successfully defended her thesis entitled: “The impact of sarcopenia on the response to a physical activity intervention in older adults” on Friday May 20, 2011 in partial fulfillment of requirements for her Master’s degree in Epidemiology.
Devyani Misra, MD
• Received an Arthritis Foundation Clinical to Research Transition Award (CRTA) for her application titled “Association of Knee Osteoarthritis and Frailty”
Kieran Reid, MS, MPH
• Received the 2011 NOMA Award for Excellence in Multicultural Aging from the American Society on Aging (ASA) for the Fit-4-Life Program.
2010
Camellia Banerjee, Monty Montano, PhD
• First place, Evans Day Research, “Biomarkers for aging and anabolic response.”
Shalender Bhasin, MD
• Received an R01 from NIA for their project titled “Optimizing Protein Intake in Older Americans with Mobility Limitations”. Drs Bhasin and Apovian are Co-PIs on this study.
• Awarded a renewal R01 from NIA for his grant titled “Mechanisms of Androgen Action” (competing renewal)
Angela Jefferson, PhD
• Received funding from NIA for her project titled “Ethnic Differences among research subjects in Willingness to Assent to Brain Donation”
• Received renewal funding from the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center for “Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center PAIRS Program”
Alan M. Jette, PhD
• Awarded the 2010 Distinguished Public Service Award from the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
• Received R24 Grant to establish the Boston Rehabilitation Outcomes Center
Thomas W. Storer, PhD
• Keynote speaker: Gave a presentation titled “Prevention vs. Rehab in Cardiovascular Exercise” at Harvard Medical School’s 24th Annual International Conference on Practical Approaches to the Treatment of Obesity.
Tom Travison, PhD
• Named an International Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sydney’s ANZAC Institute.
Robert Wagenaar, PhD
• Received grant funding from the Coulter Translational Partners program for “Continuous monitoring of functional activities and movement disorders in individuals with Parkinson’s disease”
Chenchen Wang, MD
• Received funding from NIH-NCCAM for R01005521-01A1 grant application titled “Tai Chi and knee osteoarthritis” beginning in September 2010.
Daniel K. White
• Received a ‘Geriatric Research Grant’ from the Foundation for Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association.
• Received a ‘Rheumatology Investigator Award’ from the Research and Education Foundation of the American College of Rheumatology.
2009
Lisa Ceglia, MD
• Tufts CTSI KL2 Research Career Development Award 7/1/2009-6/30/2011
Robert Friedman, MD
• NCRR CTSA supplement titled “Research Workforce Development and Dissemination: Informatics Training for Social and Behavioral Scientists Engaged in Clinical and Translational Research.”
Ravi Jasuja, PhD
• 2009-10 Evans Junior Faculty Merit Award
Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD
• 2009-10 Evans Junior Faculty Merit Award
• Delta Omega Honor Society, elected member: academic record
• Conferred PhD in Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health
• Co-Director of Evidence Based Medicine and Critical Thinking, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program, Boston University School of Medicine
Rebecca A. Silliman, MD, PhD
• Boston University Department of Medicine Mentoring Award recognizing excellence in research mentoring
2008
Shalender Bhasin, MD
• Chair of the Endocrine Society’s Clinical Guidelines Subcommittee
James Collins, PhD
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
• Boston University’s Distinguished Professor Award
Alan Jette, MPH, PhD
• Darrel J. Mase Leadership Award from the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions
Chattanooga Research Award
Simin Meydani, DVM, PhD
• Director of Human Nutrition Research Center in Aging at Tufts University
• Robert H. Herman Memorial Award from the American Society of Nutrition
Amy Wagers, PhD
• Early Career Award from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
• Smith Family Medical Foundation Prize
