Honors and Awards
National Academy of Sciences; Institute of Medicine; Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology; Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar in Global Infectious Diseases
Robert Koch Prize, Robert-Koch Stiftung, for "groundbreaking work which led to the elucidation of the mechanisms underlying antibacterial host defence notably against tuberculosis," October 30, 2009
Scholar of the Leukemia Society of America; Research Career Awardee, Irma T. Hirschl Trust; Scholar of the Rita Allen Foundation; Maria T. Bonazinga Award, Soc. Leukocyte Biology; Altmeier Lecturer, Surgical Infection Society; NIH Director's Seminar; Boxer Lecturer, Rutgers; Cannon Eley Lecturer, Harvard; Plenary lecturer, Japanese Society of Microbiology; University Lecturer, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Grenvik Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Irma T. Hirschl Foundation/Honors Program/John M. Lewis Memorial Lecturer, NYU School of Medicine; Innovator in Medicine Lecturer and Awardee, Millennium Pharmaceuticals; Norman Heatley Lecturer, Oxford University; Dean's Distinguished Lecturer, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Senior Vice Chancellor's Laureate Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Willison Lecturer, University of Michigan School of Medicine; Cleveland Clinic/Lerner Research Institute, Research Day Keynote Speaker, Stanford University, Frontiers in Biology speaker, 2009; Keynote speaker, joint Keystone Symposia on "The Macrophage: Intersection of Pathogenic and Protective Inflammation" and "Molecular Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis", Banff, 2010
American Association of Immunologists, American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Association of Physicians, American Soc. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society for Microbiology
Director, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program 1991-1994, Board of Overseers, Cornell University Medical College, 1995-1998, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Cornell University Medical College, 1995-1997, Acting Dean, Cornell University Medical College, July - December, 1996, Chairman, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1998-, Co-Chairman, Immunology Program, Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, 1999-, Member, Board of Trustees, Hospital for Special Surgery and Chair, Research Committee, 2002-
Journal of Experimental Medicine, Assistant Editor, 1981-88; Editor, 1988-; Journal of Immunology, Associate Editor, 1980-84; Cellular Immunology, Editorial Board, 1983-1991; Journal of Immunological Methods, Editorial Board, 1983-1991; Journal of Clinical Investigation, Editorial Committee, 1987-1992; Board of Consulting Editors, '98-; Blood, Editorial Board, 1988-1991; Arthritis and Rheumatism, Ed. Brd, 1989-1991; Nitric Oxide Biology and Chemistry, Ed Adv. Brd, 1997-; Molecular Medicine, Editorial Board, 1997-2002; SHOCK, Associate Editor, 2002-2008; Science Signaling, Board of Reviewing Editors, 2010-
Tumor Immunology Committee, National Cancer Institute, Chairman, 1979-80; Cancer Research Institute, Scientific Advisory Board, 1985-, Associate Director, 1989-, Chairman of Fellowship Committee, 1989-2003; NIAID Board of Scientific Counselors, 1998; Gordon Research Conferences, at-large member of the Council, 1999-2002, Gordon Research Conference on Cancer, Chairman, 1984; Gordon Research Conference on Phagocytes, Chairman, 1993; International Workshops on Macrophages, Organizing Committee, 1987-91; NIGMS National Advisory Council 1999; Scientific Advisory Panel, Wellcome Trust Centre for the Study of Molecular Mechanisms in Disease, Cambridge University, 2000-; Scientific Advisory Board, Aventis-Millennium Pharmaceuticals Joint Venture for Inflammation Research, 2001-2003; Scientific Advisory Board for Inflammation, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, 2004-5; Rita Allen Foundation Scientific Advisory Board, 2006-; Scientific Advisory Board, Sandler Program in Asthma Research, 2007-; International Review Committee, Genome Canada, 2008; GlaxoSmithKline, International Scientific Advisory Board for Immunology and Inflammation, 2008-9; FasterCures tuberculosis scientific advisory board, 2009; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Selection Committee, Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research, 2009; Lilly TB Drug Discovery Initiative, Scientific Steering Committee, 2009-; Health Impact Fund, scientific advisory group, 2010-; Board of Governors, Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation, 2010-
