was an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was also elected into the UK's Royal Society as a Foreign Member. In September 2008, Falkow was awarded the Lasker Award for medical research. In May, 2016, Falkow was awarded by Barack Obama the National Medal of Science for his monumental contributions toward understanding how microbes cause disease and resist the effects of antibiotics, and for his inspiring mentorship that created the field of molecular microbial pathogenesis. Trainees Stanley Falkow is known for training many experts in the field of molecular microbiology who then became prominent professors and scientists all over the world, including; Manuel Amieva - Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), Stanford University School of Medicine Igor Brodsky - Professor of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine Carleen Collins - Professor of Microbiology, University of Washington Gordon Dougan - Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge Brett Finlay - Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia Karen Guillemin - Professor of Biology, University of Oregon Carlton Gyles (sabbatical) - Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Guelph Fred Heffron - Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University Joan Skerman Knapp - Scientist, Venereal Disease Control Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Michael Koomey - Professor of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oslo Donald J. LeBlanc - Professor of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Ralph Isberg - Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine Leonard Mayer - Senior Scientific Advisor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Denise Monack - Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine Stephen L. Moseley - Professor of Microbiology, University of Washington at Seattle Peter Piot - Professor of Global Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Daniel Portnoy - Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology & Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley Lalita Ramakrishnan - Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge David Relman - Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine Richard P. Silver - Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical School Magdalene Yh So - Director of the Microbial Pathogenesis Program, University of Arizona College of Medicine