Faculty recognition
| Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 2 |
| Presidential National Medal of Science | 2 |
| Presidential Early Career Award | 6 |
| Canada Gairdner Foundation Awards | 6 |
| Lasker Foundation Awards | 4 |
| National Academy of Medicine | 28 |
| National Academy of Sciences | 12 |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 2 |
Dr. E. Donnall Thomas receiving the Nobel Prize, 1990