JSSOM December 2025 Faculty Accolades

Erez Lieberman Aiden, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Pei-Yong Shi, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Named on the list of 2025 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate. Learn more.

Fernanda Laezza, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology; Director, Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine

Accepted the Michael E. DeBakey Memorial Life Science Award as founder of the neurotherapeutics company IonTX, Inc., at the Texas Life Science Forum

Susan McLellan, MD, MPH
Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Received the 2025 Martin S. Wolfe Mentoring Award from the American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health

David H. Walker, MD
Professor in the Department of Pathology; Executive Director, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease

Received the 2025 Walter Reed Medal from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Scott C. Weaver, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Director, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity

Recipient of the 2025 Richard M. Taylor Award from the American Committee on Arthropod-Borne Viruses