Perrie O’Tierney-Ginn, PhD
2023, Appointed Permanent Executive Director, Mother Infant Research Institute
2023, Awarded Liley Lectureship at the 2023 PAS Annual Meeting
2022, Received TMS Women in Medicine and Science Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Development Award
2021, Elected Chair of Tufts PO Women in Medicine and Science Committee
2021, Appointed Interim Executive Director, Mother Infant Research Institute
2020, Joined Tufts Institute for Global Obesity Research (TIGOR) Steering Committee
2020, Appointed Chair-Elect of Tufts PO Women in Medicine and Science Committee
2019, Appointed member, Society of Reproductive Investigation Global Outreach Committee
2019, Elected Basic Science Representative of Perinatal Research Society Council
2016, Mary Hellerstein Junior Faculty Professional Development Award, sponsored by Women Faculty of the School of Medicine, CWRU. Cleveland, OH.
2012, 5th Isotope Tracers in Metabolic Research Course Travel Award, Little Rock, AK
2011, Outstanding Trainee of the Year Award for oral presentation at the Heart Research Center’s 13th annual retreat. Portland, OR.
2010, NIH-NICHD New Investigator Award at the Perinatal Biology Symposium, Aspen, CO
2010, Outstanding Trainee of the Year Award for poster presentation at the Heart Research Center’s 12th annual retreat. Portland, OR.
2007, Travel Award at the Perinatal Research Society Meeting. Savannah, GA
2007, NIH Young Investigator Travel Award at the Perinatal Biology Symposium. Aspen, CO
2006, Honorable mention for “Outstanding Trainee of the Year Award” for outstanding presentation at the Heart Research Center’s 9th annual scientist retreat. Portland, OR
2006, Spring/Summer Thesis Completion Bursary, Queen’s University
2006, Christopher Knapper Award for Excellence in Teaching, Queen’s University. Nominated for teaching in Gross Anatomy for Medical Students. This award honors Teaching Assistants who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the education of students. The selection process is entirely student-administered.
2005, Travel Award at the Ontario Hypertension Society Annual Spring Meeting. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
2003 Travel Award at the Annual Meeting of the CAANCB. Ottawa, Canada (46th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies)
2001, C.P. Leblond Research Presentation Award in recognition of the best poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Anatomy, Neurobiology, and Cell Biology (CAANCB) Ottawa, Canada (44th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies)
2001, Award for poster presentation at the Ontario Hypertension Society Annual Spring Meeting, Huntsville, Canada
Patrick Catalano, MD
2023, Appointed Committee Member, "Review of Evidence on Alcohol and Health", National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine
2023, Awarded Visiting Professorship from the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy
2021, Received secondary appointment as Professor, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
2021, "Top Doctor", Boston Magazine
2020, Planning Committee for Nutrition during Pregnancy and Lactation -Exploring New Evidence- A Workshop, National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine
2019, Data Safety Monitoring Board, Maternal Fetal Medicine Units
2019, Perinatal Research Society 50th anniversary meeting, March of Dimes Nutrition Lecture
2018, Gail Anderson-Phil Manning Invited Lecture; Endocrine Disease in Pregnancy
2014, Appointed Inaugural Dierker-Biscotti Professor of Women’s Health and Wellness
2012, Macy Nigh-Whitener Professorship, Children’s Hospital Foundation, University of Oklahoma
2012, University of Toronto Charles H Best Lecture, for outstanding contributions to research in diabetes Toronto Canada
2012, University of Toronto, Henderson lecture, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2011, Jorgen Pederson Lecturer, Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
2011, March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award, in Recognition of Service to the Cause of Improved Maternal Nutrition
2010, Elected by peers for inclusion in the “Best Doctors in America” from 2001-2012 Co-Chair of the NICHD Vision Workshop: pregnancy
2010, Group leader of the NICHD Vision Workshop; Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
2005, Distinguished Academic Achievement Award from the Medical Alumni Association of the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, VT
2004-2006, Chair, American Diabetes Association, Pregnancy and Women’s Health Council
2001-2012, Elected by peers for inclusion in the “Best Doctors in America”
2000, Norbert Freinkel Lecture Outstanding Research in the Field of Diabetes in Pregnancy
1997, President, Perinatal Research Society
1994, National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education, Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology
1993, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Teacher of the Year Award
1983 American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal Fetal Medicine Sam Seeds Research Fellowship Award
1982 Junior Fellow of American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Research Award Sponsored by Mead Johnson
1975 Moses Dyer Carbee Prize
Michael House, MD
2024, "Top Doctor", Boston Magazine
2023, Keynote Lecturer, International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE), Paris, France
2021, Appointed Member, Intramural - Extramural Collaboration for Drug Screening with Biofabricated 3-D Disease Tissue Models (UH2/UH3) NIH Study Section
2020, Appointed to the Board of the Perinatal Quality Foundation (ex-officio)
2016-2021, "Top Doctor," Boston Magazine
2013, Elected President of New England Perinatal Research Society
2012, Elected Vice-President of New England Perinatal Research Society
2012, Award for Best Poster at 32nd Annual Meeting, SMFM
2008, Elected member, Perinatal Research Society
2007, Reproductive Scientist Development Program, K12 Award, NICHD
2006, Best Oral Presentation at SMFM
2005, Best Oral Presentation at SMFM
2002, AAAOGF - SMFM Scholarship Award
Elizabeth Yen, MD
2024, Appointed Associate Director, Mother Infant Research Institute
2023, Accepted to the AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
2022, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Council member
2022, Tufts University School of Medicine Standing Academic Research Awards Committee
2022, Leadership Development Program for Physicians in partnership with Boston University Questrom School of Business
2022, Became Member of Reviewer Board for Advances in Drug & Alcohol Research, Frontiers Publishing Partnerships
2022, Received Tufts CTSI Blue Star Investigator Certificate
2021, WiMS Mentorship Seed Award 2021 Recipient
2020, Sydney Gellis Young Physician Award - awarded to an early career faculty who seeks to improve treatments, outcomes, and the quality of life of sick children.
2020, Member, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Planning Committee.
2020, Abstract reviewer, 2020 annual Pediatric Academic Society and Eastern Society for Pediatric Research meetings.
2020, Manuscript reviewer for Journal of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research, Clinical Therapeutics, Respiratory Research
2018-2020, Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) Young Investigator Coaching Program
2020, Selected participant, American Pediatric Society/Society for Pediatric Research Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research at the 2020 PAS Meeting
2019, Selected participant at the NICHD/NIH-funded 50th Anniversary of the Perinatal Research Society Young Investigator Grant Writing Workshop
2019, Newborn Medicine Excellent in Teaching Award
2018, Saltonstall Travel Award to attend Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Conference
2018, National Institute of Drug Abuse scholarship to attend “Short Course on the Genetics of Addiction” at JAX (Jackson Laboratory).
2017, Selected participant at the 29th Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Young Investigator Conference on Maternal-Fetal-Neonatal-Reproductive Medicine