Professional Service

• International Zebrafish Conference, Suzhou, China. Organizing Committee. 01/2019 - present
• 4th Zebrafish for Personalized/Precision Medicine Conference, Toronto, Canada. Organizer. 01/2019 - present
• NIH CounterACT Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Organizer. 01/2017 - present
• 3rd Zebrafish for Personalized/Precision Medicine Conference, Toronto, Canada. Organizer. 01/2017 - present
• 2nd Zebrafish for Personalized/Precision Medicine Conference, Toronto, Canada. Organizer. 01/2015 - present
• 249th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver, CO. Organizer, Division of Biological Chemistry Session. 01/2014 - present
• Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference—Genetics, Genomics, and Phenomics of Fish, Suzhou, China. Organizer. 01/2014 - present
• Medicine Promotions Committee. MGH Department. 01/2012 - 01/2017
• NIH-NICHD . Scientific Vision Taskforce. 01/2011 - present
• Days of Molecular Medicine Annual Meeting. Organizer. 05/2006 - 05/2010
• Partners Center. Drug Discovery Steering Committee. 01/2006 - 01/2009
• NIH Molecular Libraries and Imaging Roadmap Initiative. Consultant. 01/2005 - present
• Harvard Medical School. MD/PhD Program Subcommittee on Admissions. 01/2005 - 01/2014
• Massachusetts General Hospital. ECOR Subcommittee for Review of Research Proposals (SRRP). 01/2004 - 01/2012
• Massachusetts General Hospital. Executive Committee on Research (ECOR). 01/2004 - 01/2010
• Massachusetts General Hospital. Research Council Executive Committee. 01/2004 - 01/2010
• Massachusetts General Hospital. PhD Steering Committee. 01/2004 - 01/2006

Internal Service

• Chair, Search Committee – University of Utah Vice President for Research. 01/2023 - present. University service.
• Search Committee – University of Utah President. 01/2021 - present. University service.
• Search Committee – University of Utah College of Nursing Dean. 01/2020 - present. College service.
• Global Health Executive Board. 01/2020 - present. University service.
• Search Committee – University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine Chair. 01/2020 - present. Department service.
• Global Health Steering Committee. 01/2018 - present. University service.
• Chair, Commercialization Policy Task Force. 01/2018 - 12/2019. University service.
• Utah Genome Project Scientific Advisory Board. 01/2017 - present. University service.
• Executive Committee, Neuroscience Initiative. 01/2017 - present. University service.
• Search Committee – University of Utah Senior Vice President for Health Sciences. 01/2017 - present. University service.
• Health Sciences Research Council. 01/2017 - present. University service.
• Advisory Board, Center on Aging. 01/2017 - present. University service.
• Executive Steering Committee, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center. 01/2017 - present. University service.

Honors & Awards

• The Svedberg lecture, Uppsala University, Sweden. 01/2023
• ZebraPeutics Chemical Biology Award ($10,000). 01/2019
• L. S. Skaggs Presidential Endowed Chair; 2017-Present. 01/2017
• The Charles and Ann Sanders MGH Research Scholar; 2011-2016. 01/2016
• Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Endowed Chair; 2014-2016. 01/2016
• Nature Biotechnology SciCafe Award for Outstanding Research Achievement. 01/2010
• Third prize – New England Cardiovascular Research Competition. 01/2003
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellow; 1996-2000. 01/2000
• Derek Bok Distinction in Teaching Award; 1998-1999. 01/1999
• National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (declined). 01/1996
• Ezra Taft Benson Scholar (Brigham Young University full-ride); 1989-1995. 01/1995
• Phi Kappa Phi. 01/1995
• Ezra Taft Benson Scholar (Brigham Young University full-ride); 1989-1995. 01/1995
• BYU Research and Creative Work Fellow; 1993-1994. 01/1994
• National Merit Scholar. 01/1989