Faculty Awards & Promotions 2025

The Department of Pathology

Brooke Howitt, MD

Assistant Professor of Pathology
Irene Adler Endowed Scholar

Dr. Brooke Howitt has been awarded the "Irene Adler Endowed Scholar". The Irene Adler Endowed Scholar fund was established in 2024 with a gift from Alan Adler to support an early career faculty member in the Stanford Cancer Institute. An appointment as a faculty scholar is the highest academic honor at Stanford University School of Medicine to recognize and celebrate early career accomplishments and also the promise of continued future achievements.


Paul Mischel, MD

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology; Institute Scholar, ChEM-H, Stanford University; Fortinet Founders Endowed Chair

Dr. Paul Mischel has been awarded the "Fortinet Founders Endowed Chair". This endowed chair was established to support an investigator in ChEM-H who is an international leader in human biology.


Benjamin Pinsky, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Medicine (Infectious Diseases); Director, Clinical Virology Laboratory

Dr. Benjamin Pinsky has been elected a member of the American Academy of Microbiology. The Academy, the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology, recognizes excellence, originality, service and leadership in the microbial sciences.