| 1986 | MD with honors. University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. Chicago, Illinois Research Advisor: Hidesaburo Hanafusa, PhD, Rockefeller University |
| 1981 | AB in Biology with general and special honors, University of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois |
| 1993–1994 | Fellow in Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Children's Hospital. Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1988–1994 | Postdoctoral Fellow, The Whitehead Institute. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Postdoctoral Advisor: Gerald Fink, PhD |
| 2003 | The Ted Williams Senior Investigator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
| 2001 | Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School |
| 1995 | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School |
| 1991 | Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School |
| 2001 | The American Society for Clinical Investigation |
| 2000 | BASF Bioresearch Award, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
| 2000 | Scholar Award, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America |
| 1999 | Graduate Student Mentoring Award, Harvard Medical School |
| 1998 | Kimmel Scholar Award |
| 1996 | Damon Runyon Scholar Award |
| 1994 | Claudia Adams Barr Investigator, DFCI |
| 1986 | Catherine Dobson Prize for Research; University of Chicago |