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- ↑ Drexel University College of Medicine, 2014 International Symposium on Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease (PDF), Philadelphia, PA, USA; June 16–20, 2014. Pages: 2, 8-22, via direct download.
- ↑ Drexel University College of Medicine, Symposium to Address Treatment and Prevention of Infectious Inflammatory and Oncogenic Disease. June 5, 2014.
- ↑ Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami (2015), Translational Medicine Prize. The Drexel Prizes in Immunology, Infectious Disease, Cancer Biology, and Translational Medicine, along with the Hilary Koprowski Prize in Neurovirology, are prestigious awards given by the Drexel University College of Medicine Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease. The awards have achieved international recognition for their impact on the future of the given discipline.