Awards & Recognitions
Dr. Yazan Juma Appointed as Clinical Assistant Professor
| New Role/Position
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Yazan Juma Appointed as Clinical Assistant Professor
| New Role/Position
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
PhD Student Awarded the LCRC Travel Award to Present at Annual Liver Meeting
| Award
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
PhD Student Awarded the LCRC Travel Award to Present at Annual Liver Meeting
| Award
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Charles Collins, MD Joins Pathologists' Assistant Program as a Full-Time Instructor
| New Role/Position
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Charles Collins, MD Joins Pathologists' Assistant Program as a Full-Time Instructor
| New Role/Position
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
New Program Director of the Pathologists’ Assistant Program
| New Role/Position
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
New Program Director of the Pathologists’ Assistant Program
| New Role/Position
Pathology Laboratory Medicine

Pathology Student Accomplishments
| Major Accomplishment
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Pathology Student Accomplishments
| Major Accomplishment
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Yi-Ping Li Honored by Tulane
| Award
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Yi-Ping Li Honored by Tulane
| Award
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Chad Roy, MSPH, PhD Spotlighted at Tulane Innovation Institute
| General Recognition
TuCAiTS
Chad Roy, MSPH, PhD Spotlighted at Tulane Innovation Institute
| General Recognition
TuCAiTS

Tulane Researchers Showcase AI-Driven Airborne Transmission Research at AI Demystifying Symposium
| General Recognition
TuCAiTS
Tulane Researchers Showcase AI-Driven Airborne Transmission Research at AI Demystifying Symposium
| General Recognition
TuCAiTS
Raoul Rodriguez, MD, honored with Lifetime Achievement and Legacy Award
| Award
Orthopaedics
Raoul Rodriguez, MD, honored with Lifetime Achievement and Legacy Award
| Award
Orthopaedics

Tammy Naramore Makes 20 Years of Service at Tulane
| General Recognition
TuCAiTS
Tammy Naramore Makes 20 Years of Service at Tulane
| General Recognition
TuCAiTS

Venicia L. Stewart Joins Tulane’s Emerging Leaders Program
| New Role/Position | Major Accomplishment
TuCAiTS
Venicia L. Stewart Joins Tulane’s Emerging Leaders Program
| New Role/Position | Major Accomplishment
TuCAiTS
Postdoctoral Fellow Chinmaya Mutalik Selected to Present at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall Meeting
| General Recognition | Major Accomplishment
TuCAiTS
Postdoctoral Fellow Chinmaya Mutalik Selected to Present at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall Meeting
| General Recognition | Major Accomplishment
TuCAiTS
Dr. Erin Boh Receives Presidential Citation from the American Academy of Dermatology
| Award | General Recognition
Dermatology
Dr. Erin Boh Receives Presidential Citation from the American Academy of Dermatology
| Award | General Recognition
Dermatology

Miran-Qi Yan and Yiran Song Receive ASBMR Award
| Award
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Miran-Qi Yan and Yiran Song Receive ASBMR Award
| Award
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Welcome Dr. Ugo, Adjunct Assistant Professor
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Welcome Dr. Ugo, Adjunct Assistant Professor
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Welcome Dr. Enrique Diaz-Guzman Zavala, Associate Professor, Tulane Lung Center Director and Lung Transplant
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Welcome Dr. Enrique Diaz-Guzman Zavala, Associate Professor, Tulane Lung Center Director and Lung Transplant
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Welcome Dr. Renat Shaykhiev, Associate Professor of Medicine
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Welcome Dr. Renat Shaykhiev, Associate Professor of Medicine
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Welcome Dr. Diana Espinoza Barrera, Assistant Professor, Interventional Pulmonary
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Welcome Dr. Diana Espinoza Barrera, Assistant Professor, Interventional Pulmonary
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Welcome Dr. Harsh Patel, Adjunct Assistant Professor
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Welcome Dr. Harsh Patel, Adjunct Assistant Professor
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Zhou on his outstanding success in receiving NIH grant funding!
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Zhou on his outstanding success in receiving NIH grant funding!
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Saito on his outstanding success in receiving NIH grant funding!
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Saito on his outstanding success in receiving NIH grant funding!
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Harriet Hammond Receives 2025 TNBRC Career Enhancement Grant
| Grant
TuCAiTS
Dr. Harriet Hammond Receives 2025 TNBRC Career Enhancement Grant
| Grant
TuCAiTS
Harriet Hammond, PhD, receives Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
| Award
Deming Medicine | TuCAiTS
Harriet Hammond, PhD, receives Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
| Award
Deming Medicine | TuCAiTS
John Baker, MD, recognized by TREO Foundation
| Award
Surgery
John Baker, MD, recognized by TREO Foundation
| Award
Surgery
Dr. Blesilda Ellis Named Educator of the Year
| Award
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Blesilda Ellis Named Educator of the Year
| Award
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Arunava Saha Receives Pulmonary's Fellow of the Year award
| Award
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Arunava Saha Receives Pulmonary's Fellow of the Year award
| Award
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Charles Zeanah, Jr. honored by Center for Mental Health Promotion
| Award
Psychiatry | Psychiatry Child Adolescent
Dr. Charles Zeanah, Jr. honored by Center for Mental Health Promotion
| Award
Psychiatry | Psychiatry Child Adolescent
Dr. Yong Zhou Joins Tulane Pulmonary Section as Tenured Professor and Associate Chief for Research
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Yong Zhou Joins Tulane Pulmonary Section as Tenured Professor and Associate Chief for Research
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Eva Otoupalova Named Tulane PSPP Scholar and Awarded Wetmore Foundation Grant for Tuberculosis Research
| Grant | Award
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Eva Otoupalova Named Tulane PSPP Scholar and Awarded Wetmore Foundation Grant for Tuberculosis Research
| Grant | Award
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Nereida Parada Launches First Pulmonary Service Line at St. Thomas Community Health Center
| Major Accomplishment
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Nereida Parada Launches First Pulmonary Service Line at St. Thomas Community Health Center
| Major Accomplishment
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Welcome Dr. Deepak Tripathi, New Assistant Professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Environmental Medicine
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Welcome Dr. Deepak Tripathi, New Assistant Professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Environmental Medicine
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Yasin Khan Appointed Medical Director of UMC’s Busiest Intensive Care Unit
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Yasin Khan Appointed Medical Director of UMC’s Busiest Intensive Care Unit
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Jerry Zifodya Receives Wetmore Grant for Post-TB Lung Disease Research
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Jerry Zifodya Receives Wetmore Grant for Post-TB Lung Disease Research
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Christine Bojanowski Awarded $500K Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Grant to Advance Airway Immunity Research
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Christine Bojanowski Awarded $500K Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Grant to Advance Airway Immunity Research
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Derek Pociask Receives NIH R21 Grant to Study T Cell Role in Viral Pneumonia and Pandemic Outcomes
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Derek Pociask Receives NIH R21 Grant to Study T Cell Role in Viral Pneumonia and Pandemic Outcomes
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Jerry Zifodya Awarded a Firland Foundation Research Grant
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Jerry Zifodya Awarded a Firland Foundation Research Grant
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Clinical
Dr. Arunava Saha Appointed to APCCMPD Fellows In-Training Committee
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Research
Dr. Arunava Saha Appointed to APCCMPD Fellows In-Training Committee
| New Role/Position
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Research
Dr. Blesilda Quiniones Ellis Named Top Clinical Teacher by East Jefferson Trainees
| General Recognition
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Research
Dr. Blesilda Quiniones Ellis Named Top Clinical Teacher by East Jefferson Trainees
| General Recognition
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Research
Dr. Shigeki Saito Awarded LA CaTS Pilot Grant for Pulmonary Fibrosis Research
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Research
Dr. Shigeki Saito Awarded LA CaTS Pilot Grant for Pulmonary Fibrosis Research
| Grant
Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine Research

Dr. Chiung-Kuei Huang Awarded NIAAA Grant
| Grant
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Chiung-Kuei Huang Awarded NIAAA Grant
| Grant
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
NCI Awards R01 Grants to Drs. Wu and Zhang
| Grant
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
NCI Awards R01 Grants to Drs. Wu and Zhang
| Grant
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Akannsha Singh Joins Pathology Department as Instructor
| New Role/Position
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Akannsha Singh Joins Pathology Department as Instructor
| New Role/Position
Pathology Laboratory Medicine

Brady Jin-Smith recently named a recipient for the 2024 Goldwater Scholarship
| Award
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Brady Jin-Smith recently named a recipient for the 2024 Goldwater Scholarship
| Award
Pathology Laboratory Medicine

Dr. Chiung-Kuei Huang, Ph.D. Awarded a $2 Million Grant
| Grant
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Chiung-Kuei Huang, Ph.D. Awarded a $2 Million Grant
| Grant
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Gang Liu Receives 2023 ASIP Junior Faculty Scholar Award
| Award
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Gang Liu Receives 2023 ASIP Junior Faculty Scholar Award
| Award
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Welcome New Staff Members
| New Role/Position
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Welcome New Staff Members
| New Role/Position
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Welcome New Faculty Members
| New Role/Position
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Welcome New Faculty Members
| New Role/Position
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Di Tian and the COVID Testing Team Awarded the Tulane Spirit Award
| Award | General Recognition
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Di Tian and the COVID Testing Team Awarded the Tulane Spirit Award
| Award | General Recognition
Pathology Laboratory Medicine
Jeffrey Han, PhD Awarded $2 Million Grant to Study Biology of “Jumping Genes”
| Grant
Tulane Cancer Center | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jeffrey Han, PhD Awarded $2 Million Grant to Study Biology of “Jumping Genes”
| Grant
Tulane Cancer Center | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dr. Andrea Murina Receives Two Excellence Awards
| Award
Dermatology
Dr. Andrea Murina Receives Two Excellence Awards
| Award
Dermatology

Dr. Leah Jacob Joins the Tulane Department of Dermatology
| New Role/Position
Dermatology
Dr. Leah Jacob Joins the Tulane Department of Dermatology
| New Role/Position
Dermatology