Meet the 2024 Winner: Maha Farhat, MD
Maha Farhat is a physician scientist and completed her training at the McGill University Faculty of Medicine (2005), Massachusetts General Hospital (2012) and the Harvard Chan School of Public Health (2015). Dr. Farhat's research focuses on the development and application of methods for associating genotype and phenotype in infectious disease pathogens, with a strong emphasis on translation to better diagnostics and surveillance in resource-poor settings. To date, Farhat's work has focused on the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis and spans the spectrum from computational analysis to field studies. She is PI and Co-Investigator on several projects funded by NIH including the NIAID and the BD2K initiative.
Description
This award is given to a PI-TB member with a clear commitment to PI-TB and ATS, advancing their missions, and with a contribution(s) to the PI-TB Assembly and/or ATS in the area(s) of research, clinical care, teaching or service (may include leadership).
Criteria
- Late Assistant or Associate Professor, or equivalent
- Between 10 and 20 years from having completed postdoctoral or clinical training, excluding time off for personal circumstances.
- PI-TB Assembly Member (primary or secondary)
- Contribution(s) to the PI-TB Assembly in basic science, translational science, epidemiology, public health and/or “bedside to the community” (implementation) research, clinical care, teaching, or service, frequently including evidence of leadership.
Submission
- Nomination letter from sponsor(s) (2-page limit)
- Updated candidate CV