2025

• Girls Inc of Monroe County “SMART” Award

• Inducted Member, Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, Gamma Beta Chapter

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2023​

• A. Clifford Barger Underrepresented Minority Mentorship Award, American Physiological Society

• Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington’s Outstanding Senior Researcher Award

• Indiana University Latino Faculty and Staff Council Faculty Award

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2022

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• Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington’s Distinguished Service Award

• Anthony D. Pantaleoni Eminent Scholar, Indiana University School of Public Health

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2021

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• Elected Fellow of the American Thoracic Society

• Selected for the second cohort of New Voices in Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

• Outstanding Pulmonary Researcher Award, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences Program

• Diversity Scholarship to attend the American Physiological Society New Trends in Sex and Gender Medicine conference

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2020

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• SACNAS Outstanding Research and Professional Mentor

• World Laureates Forum, selected as top 100 outstanding young scientists worldwide

• National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Forum

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2019

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• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Junior Faculty Development Award

• Invitee to the Tsukuba Conference for future shapers as a young researcher and speaker

• Invitee to the Science and Technology in Society Forum Young Leaders Program

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2018

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• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Faculty Excellence Professional Exploration and Growth Grant

• Selected for the initial cohort of New Voices in Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, National Academies of Sciences as co-chair

• American Physiological Society Respiration Section New Investigator Award

• Sex and Gender Health Education Summit Travel Award

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2017

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• Penn State College of Medicine Distinguished Early-Stage Investigator Award

• Penn State College of Medicine Inspired Together Community Award

• Harrell Health Science Library READ Poster Recognition Award

• Advanced Leadership Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics, and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

• American Physiological Society Dale J. Benos Early Career Professional Service Award

• American Physiological Society Respiration Section Outstanding Trainee Award

• “All In” at Penn State: An Achievement Award for Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

• The Extra Mile Award, Leadership Harrisburg Area

• Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD)-BSD prize for best paper published in Biology of Sex Differences in 2016

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2016

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• Latina Leadership Award, The Conference for Women

• Linton-Poodry SACNAS Leadership Institute, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

• Hershey Rotary Club Community Service Award

• YWCA “Tribute to Women of Excellence” Award

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2015

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• Gordon Research Conference “Lung Development, Injury and Repair” Travel Award

• Invitee to NHLBI Programs to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (PRIDE) “Functional and Applied Genomics of Blood Disorders”

• NIDDK Network of Minority Health Research Investigators (NMRI) Travel Award

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2014

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• SACNAS Conference Travel Award

• FASEB/MARC Travel Award for APS Professional Skills Training Course

• Penn State Commission for Women Faculty “Achieving Women Award”

• Paul Harris Fellow Award, The Rotary Foundation, Rotary International

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2013

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• GRC Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship

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2012

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• American Thoracic Society Minority Trainee Travel Award

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2011

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• Bond and Bradley Outstanding Postdoctoral Award

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2009

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• American Society for Cell Biology Postdoctoral Travel Award

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2008

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• The Rotary Foundation Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarship

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2007

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• Summa cum laude Doctoral Thesis dissertation

• Argentinean Physiological Society Student Travel Award

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2006

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• Argentinean Society for Clinical Investigation Travel Award

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2005

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• Argentinean Society for Clinical Investigation Travel Award

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​2004

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• Argentinean Society for Clinical Investigation Travel Award

• Argentinean National Research Council Doctoral scholarship

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2003

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• Argentinean Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology Doctoral scholarship