Teaching Awards & Recognition

2025 Fortin Foundation Bass Connections Showcase Winner

Awarding Body Duke University Bass Connections
Date April 2025

Awarded best showcase work for VR-HEAL (Virtual Reality Health Education for Advanced Learning), a project developing immersive VR simulations for training on tunneled catheter procedures. Recognized for innovation in medical education that reduces dependence on expensive cadaver labs and live patient observation.


Barr-Spach Medicine and Engineering Scholarship

Awarding Body Duke University
Date April 2025

Scholarship awarded for work at the intersection of space medicine, artificial intelligence, and medical education. Supports the completion of the Master of Engineering in AI at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering.


Donald B. Hackel Fellowship in Cardiovascular Pathology

Awarding Body Duke University School of Medicine
Date April 2024

Fellowship supporting research into coagulation risks in microgravity environments.


Media Recognition

Date Outlet Feature
Feb 2025 Duke School of Medicine Profile feature
Aug 2024 BackTable Podcast Ep. 476: Medical Innovations: IR in Space
2021 Duke SOM Magnify Staying Healthy in Space
2021 CBS News Final Frontier: Duke professors teaching medicine in space
2021 Duke Chronicle Undergraduate-led Coursera course
2025 Bass Connections Can Virtual Reality Simulate Medical Procedures?