Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

• Admissions Committee, Art as Applied to Medicine, Johns Hopkins SOM, 2006 – present
• Faculty Senate (formerly Medical School Council), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2007 – 2011
• Leadership Program for Women Faculty, OWISM, Johns Hopkins SOM, Cohort 2, 2010 – 2011

Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) 

• President, 2025 – 2026
• President Elect, 2024 – 2025
• Fellow, Inducted 2007
• Professional Member, 1999 – present, Student Member, 1997 – 1999
• Board of Governors, 2004 – 2008
• Council on Education, 1999 – 2000
• Mentorship Committee, 2016 – present, Vice Chair 2019, Chair 2020 – 2025
• Annual Salon Juror, 2004, 2009, 2021
• Communications Editorial Council, 2009 – 2011 First Timer’s Workshop Coordinator, 1999 – 2004
• Scholarship Committee Member, 2002 – 2006
• Corporate Sponsorship Committee Member, 2001, 2002
• Artist’s Rights Committee Member, 2004 – 2008
• CE Committee Member, 2007 – present
• Website Committee Member, 2006 – present, Vice-Chair 2008-2018
• PR Committee Member, 2006
• Source Book Editorial Committee, 2018-present

       AMI Meeting Planning:

• Program Committee Member, New Orleans, 2003
• Website Chair, Logo & Assistant Coordinator, Boston, MA 2006, Bozeman 2007 Website Chair, Indianapolis, IN 2008, Richmond, VA 2009, Portland, OR 2010, Baltimore, MD 2011, Toronto, ON, Canada 2012, Salt Lake City, UT 2013, Rochester, MN 2014, Cleveland, OH 2015, Atlanta, GA 2016, Austin, TX 2017, Newton, MA 2018, Milwaukee, WI 2019, Virtual Webinar Series 2020, Virtual Conference 2021, Des Moines, IA 2022, Henderson, NV 2023
• Online Salon, Cleveland, OH 2015, Atlanta, GA 2016, Austin, TX 2017, Newton, MA 2018 , Milwaukee, WI 2019, Virtual Webinar Series 2020, Virtual Conference 2021, Des Moines, IA 2022
• AMI History Exhibit – Virtual Conference 2021
• Program Committee Member, Grand Rapids, 2025

Vesalius Trust 

• Advisor, 2007 – 2008, 2014 – 2022
• Inez Demonet Scholar Trustee, 1999 – 2000
• Treasurer, 2012-2014
• Board Member, 2001 – 2004, 2004 – 2007, 2008 – 2011, 2011-2014
• Vesalius Scholars Moderator, 2002 – 2022, 2024
• Poster Session Moderator, 2008-2013
• Webmaster, 2000-2014

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI) 

• Member, 1994 – present
• Program Coordinator, Washington DC Chapter, 1996, 1997
• Regional Presenter, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2007
• National Presenter, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2016, 2017
• International Presenter, 2019, 2020

Graphic Artists Guild

• Member, 2000 – 2005
• Co-Treasurer, Boston Chapter, 2003, 2004
• Secretary, Boston Chapter, 2004

Other Organizations:         

• Illustrators Club of Washington DC, 2006 – present
• American Craft Council, Member, 2005 – 
• Artist Rights Society, Member, 2019 – present
• Society of North American Goldsmiths, Member, 2017 – present
• Howard County Arts Council, Member, 2019 – present
• Data Visualization Society, Member, 2023 – present
• Art Jewelry Forum, Member, 2023 – present 
• Society for Health Communication, Member, 2025 – present   

Regional                      

• 1994     Senior Summer Research Scholar – Smithsonian, Department of Undergraduate Studies, The University of Maryland
• 1997     William P. Didusch Scholarship, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• 1998     William P. Didusch Scholarship, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• 2001     Finalist, New England Web Design Awards, Best Promotional/Portfolio-Individual, Aquent
• 2006     Silver Award, Illustrators Club Thirteenth Juried Exhibition, Penguins of the World
• 2006     Certificate of Merit, Illustrators Club Thirteenth Juried Exhibition, HIF-1 Inhibition, published on the cover of the March issue of Cell Metabolism
• 2006     Honorable Mention, Mid-Atlantic Biocommunicators Meeting Salon, Systems of Pneumococcal Infection
• 2006     People’s Choice, Mid-Atlantic Biocommunicators Meeting Salon, Systems of Pneumococcal Infection
• 2008     Silver Award, Illustrators Club Fourteenth Juried Exhibition, The Genetic Journey: Following DNA from Cell to Society. Washington, DC
• 2008     Certificate of Merit, Illustrators Club Fourteenth Juried Exhibition, Systems of Pneumococcal Infection
• 2016     Graduate Professional Studies Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art

National                     

• 1992     Golden Key National Honor Society, The University of Maryland Chapter
• 1994     Member, Phi Sigma Biological Honor Society, University of Maryland Chapter, Vice President
• 1995     Fellow, James Smithson Society Grant, Smithsonian Institution, $25K
• 1996     Smithsonian Women’s Committee Grant, Smithsonian Institution, $10K
• 1999     Vesalian Research Grant, Vesalius Trust for Visual Communication in Health Science
• 1999     Inez Demonet Award, Vesalius Trust for Visual Communication in Health Science
• 2004     Silver Award – UrologyHealth.org, The Consumer Health Publishers Association and Online Health Association, Best Online Health Information
• 2009     Best Multispecialty Video, Transvaginal Extraction at Donor Nephrectomy, 18th Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting & Endoscopic Expo
• 2018     Up/Start Round 1 Finalist,  Illustr8science®, The Ratcliffe Foundation/Maryland Institute College of Art.
• 2018     Up/Start Round 2 Grand Prize Award ($30,000 seed funding), Illustr8science®, The Ratcliffe Foundation/Maryland Institute College of Art.
• 2019     Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal Award Winner (Health and Fitness), Independent Book Publishers Association; Diabetes Head to Toe: Everything You Need to Know about Diagnosis, Treatment, and Living with Diabetes, (Book Authors: Rita Kalyani, Mark Corriere, Thomas Donner, Michael Quartuccio, Illustrators: Jennifer E. Fairman, Tim Phelps) Johns Hopkins University Press, November 2018, ISBN: 9781421426488
• 2019     Best Book Award Winner (Health: Medical Reference) by the American Book Fest, Independent Book Publishers Association; Diabetes Head to Toe: Everything You Need to Know about Diagnosis, Treatment, and Living with Diabetes, (Book Authors: Rita Kalyani, Mark Corriere, Thomas Donner, Michael Quartuccio, Illustrators: Jennifer E. Fairman, Tim Phelps) Johns Hopkins University Press, November 2018, ISBN: 9781421426488
• 2019     Silver Book Award (Education) by the National Health Information Awards, Independent Book Publishers Association; Diabetes Head to Toe: Everything You Need to Know about Diagnosis, Treatment, and Living with Diabetes, (Book Authors: Rita Kalyani, Mark Corriere, Thomas Donner, Michael Quartuccio, Illustrators: Jennifer E. Fairman, Tim Phelps) Johns Hopkins University Press, November 2018, ISBN: 9781421426488
• 2019     Digital Health Award, Silver Winner , The Johns Hopkins Patient Guide to Diabetes Website, (Editor in-Chief: Rita Kalyani), Web-based Digital Health: Web based Resource/Tool, Health Information Resource Center, Johns Hopkins Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• 2020     Runner Up, “What the Sun Will Bring,” 2020 Halstead Design Challenge, Society of North American Goldsmith
• 2023     Best of Show, “Allergic Rhinitis,” Frank H. Netter School of Medicine, 10th Anniversary Symposium Juried Exhibit, Quinnipiac University.

 International

• 1998     Certificate of Merit, Student Medical Tone, Dissection of the Antebrachium and Manus of the Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 1998     Best of Show, Association of Medical Illustrators Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Richmond, VA
• 1999     Certificate of Merit, Student Medical Tone, Iguanid Cranial Myology, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA
• 2001     Certificate of Merit, Professional Editorial, Headache: Heading off Pain, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Asilomar, CA
• 2002     Certificate of Merit, Professional Editorial, Managing Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Austin, TX
• 2003     Certificate of Merit, Professional Marketing and Promotional, Balloons for Bones, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA
• 2007     Award of Excellence, Professional Editorial, The Genetic Journey: Following DNA from Cell to Society, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Bozeman, MT
• 2007     Max Brödel Award of Excellence, Professional Instructional Tone, Biliopancreatic Diversion with Lateral gastrectomy and Duodenal Switch, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Bozeman, MT
• 2007     Fellow (induction), Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Bozeman, MT
• 2007     Semifinalist Honor, Posters and Graphics Category, National Science Foundation, The Genetic Journey: Following DNA from Cell to Society, International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge
• 2008     Outstanding Service Award, Association of Medical Illustrators, Indianapolis, IN
• 2009     Max Brödel Award of Excellence, Professional Instructional Tone, Laparoscopic Gastric Band Placement, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Richmond, VA
• 2010     Award of Merit, Professional Editorial, Branched Tricarboxylic Acid Metabolism in Plasmodium falciparum, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Portland, OR
• 2010     Award of Merit, Professional Instructional Tone, Thoracoscopic Repair of Esophageal Diverticulum, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Portland, OR
• 2011     Award of Excellence, Professional Editorial, Killer in The Blood: Mapping Malaria’s Lethal Lifecycle, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD
• 2011     Ralph Sweet Member’s Choice Award, Killer in The Blood: Mapping Malaria’s Lethal Lifecycle, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD
• 2011     Muriel McLatchie Miller Fine Art Award, Exploring Flora – Cicada I
• 2011     Finalist Honor, Posters and Graphics Category, National Science Foundation, Killer in The Blood: Mapping Malaria’s Lethal Lifecycle, International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge
• 2015     Giliola Gamberini Award Selected Works, Finalist Honor, International Competition for Medical and Scientific Illustration, Sponsored by the Association Européenne des Illustrateurs Médicaux et Scientifiques in collaboration with Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences of Bologna University in collaboration with Instituto Ortopedico Rizzoli of Bologne and Maastricht University / Master in Scientific Illustration, Zuyd University), Bologna, Italy.
• 2015      Finalist Honor, Posters and Graphics Category, VIZZIES, National Science Foundation, International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge (Popular Science), Snip vs. Shred
• 2015     Finalist Honor, Illustration Category, VIZZIES, International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, National Science Foundation
• 2015     People’s Choice Award, Illustration Category, VIZZIES, International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, National Science Foundation and Popular Science, The FtsZ Ring: A Multilayered Protein Network
• 2015     Ralph Sweet Member’s Choice Award, Z-Ring Stabilization and Constriction Rate Modulation of the ZapA-ZapB-MatP Protein Network Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH
• 2016     Award of Excellence, Professional Editorial, Snip Vs. Shred, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA
• 2018     Award of Excellence, Professional Illustrated Book, The Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgical Operations, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Newton, MA
• 2019     Jurors’ Choice / Director’s Award (1 of 5 in an exhibition of 81 visuals in science and medicine), Snip Vs. Shred – Understanding CRISPR-Cas9 vs. Cas3 and Cascade, Images 3, RIT, Rochester, NY
• 2020     Citation of Merit, Graphic Media: Medical Illustration, Proton Power, BioImages 2020, BioCommunications Association Annual Juried Salon
• 2020     BCA Medical Education Award, Proton Power, BioImages 2020, BioCommunications Association Annual Juried Salon
• 2020     Citation of Merit, Graphic Media: Medical Illustration, Persistence of Change, BioImages 2020, BioCommunications Association Annual Juried Salon
• 2020     Award of Excellence, Graphic Media: Poster, Seeing the World through the Johns Hopkins Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, BioImages 2020, BioCommunications Association Annual Juried Salon
• 2020     Best Medical Illustration & Animation Studio – US, 5th Annual Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Awards, Global Health & Pharma (GHP)
• 2021     World Illustration Awards, Longlist (Science and Technology), Association of Illustrators, Science Vs. Virus
• 2021     Citation of Merit, Graphic Media: Medical Illustration, COVID-19 Testing – Swab Techniques, BioImages 2021, BioCommunications Association Annual Juried Salon
• 2021     Premier Award, Graphic Media: Poster, Science Vs. Virus, BioImages 2021, BioCommunications Association Annual Juried Salon
• 2021     Award of Excellence, Professional Editorial, Signal Transduction Waves in Cancer, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Virtual
• 2022     Image of Distinction, Illustration and Graphic Media Division, Graphic Design Media, Recent Advances in Microscale Electroporation, BioImages 2022, BioCommunications Association Annual Juried Salon
• 2023     Award of Excellence, Professional Editorial, Allergic Rhinitis, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Henderson, NV
• 2023     Citation of Merit, Graphic Design Media: Medical Illustration, Allergic Rhinitis, BioImages 2023, BioCommunications Association Juried Salon
• 2023     Citation of Merit, Multimedia, Interactive Learning and Websites Division: Animation, Gastric Cancer: Nutrition After Surgery, BioImages 2023, BioCommunications Association Juried Salon
• 2024     25 Year Certificate, Association of Medical Illustrators
• 2024     Outstanding Service Award, Association of Medical Illustrators, Rochester, NY
• 2025    BCA Medical Education Award/ Illustration and Graphic Media Division; Image of Merit, Illustration & Graphic Media Division | Graphic Design Media: Congenital Heart Defects, BioImages 2025, BioCommunications Association Juried Salon
• 2025    Image of Distinction, Illustration & Graphic Media Division | Graphic Design Media, Islet-Targeted, Antigen-Specific Immunotherapy for T1D, BioImages 2025, BioCommunications Association Juried Salon
• 2025    Image of Merit, Illustration & Graphic Media Division | Graphic Design Media, Guardians of Mitochondria: Dual Mitochondrial Fusion by Parkin-PINK1 and Oma1, BioImages 2025, BioCommunications Association Juried Salon
• 2025    Award of Merit, Professional Didactic Non-Commercial, Congenital Heart Defects, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI
• 2025    Award of Excellence, Professional Editorial, Guardians of Mitochondria: Dual Mitochondrial Fusion by Parkin-PINK1 and Oma1, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI

JHMI/Regional

• 7/96 – HTML: The Internet and the World Wide Web, National Conference of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
• 8/10/96 – Disseminating Biosystematic Information on the World Wide Web, Jennifer E. Fairman and F. Christian Thompson, 150th Birthday Celebration on the Mall, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
• 1996 – Disseminating Biosystematic Information on the World Wide Web Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
• 4/16/04 – Penguin & Puffin Coast: Illustrations for the Saint Louis Zoo, Invited Speaker, JHU-MCG Student Exchange, Johns Hopkins University SOM, Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, Baltimore, MD
• 4/17/04 – Get Organized! Archiving & Organizing with FileMakerPro & QuickBooksPro, JHU-MCG Student Exchange, Johns Hopkins University SOM, Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, Baltimore, MD
• 11/18/06 – Penguin and Puffin Coast: Illustrations for the Saint Louis Zoo, Mid-Atlantic Biocommunicators Meeting, Frederick, MD
• 5/13/11 – 100 Years of Medical Illustration at Johns Hopkins, 1911-2011, Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology Seminar Series, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• 6/20/11 – Making Maps, Taking Journeys: Great Collaborations in Public Health, Art as Applied to Medicine, Centennial Celebration, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• 2/20/15 – If Art Married Science, Research Remix, Matten Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• 4/6/16 – Research Remix Redux, Digital Media Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• 4/16 – Like it, Or Not! Social Media Marketing from A to Z, JHU-Georgia Student Exchange, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• 2/8/17 – Art as Applied to Medicine: Art, Science and Communication, Invited Speaker, JHU Astronomy Visualization Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baltimore, MD
• 5/13/17 – Hopkins Diabetes Information Website, Frannie Foundation Fundraiser, Invited Speaker, Baltimore Museum of Art
• 5/18/18 – Up/Start Winners’ Panel, MICA Board of Trustees, Invited Panelist, Maryland Institute College of Art
• 6/3/21 – Visual storytelling for knowledge dissemination in biomedical sciences Lunch, Learn, Link, JHM, Botsis T, Fairman JE, Moran MB, Anagnostou V. Link
• 8/13/24 – Art as Applied to Medicine, Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, JHUSOM

National

• 12/11/96 – Electronic Publishing: Delivering the Goods to the Public, Jennifer E. Fairman and F. Christian Thompson National Conference of the Entomological Society of America, Louisville, KY.
• 1996 – Disseminating Biosystematic Information on the World Wide Web, Eastern Branch Conference of the Entomological Society of America Williamsburg, VA.
• 6/2004 – Penguin and Puffin Coast: Illustrations for the Saint Louis Zoo, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Williamsburg, VA.
• 3/24/2004 Setting up Shop, Graphic Artists Guild, Boston Chapter, Massachusetts Arts Institute, Boston, MA.
• 10/10/2005 – Digital Watercolor Wash, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME.
• 6/2008 – Digital Watercolor Wash, Invited Speaker, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Ithaca, NY.
• 3/14/2015 – Minding Your Business, O. A. Parkes Symposium and Student Exchange, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA.
• 6/2016 – Minding Your Business, Plenary Session, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA.
• 6/2016 – The Association of Medical Illustrators: Illuminating the Science of Life, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
• 2/23/2017 – Minding Your Business, California State University, Monterey Bay, CA.
• 4/22/2017 – To Market: From Portfolio to Positioning, Promoting and Prospecting, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
• 6/2017 – Small Business Roundtable – Marketing, Social Media and Networking, Panel Discussion with Cheryl McMutchan, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Ashville, NC.
• 3/6/2018 – Minding Your Business, California State University, Monterey Bay, CA.
• 6/2018 – Vesalius Trust Scholars TED Talks, Program Chair, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Newton, MA.
• 6/15/2018 – To Market: From Portfolio to Positioning, Promoting and Prospecting, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 50th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
• 3/5/2019 – Business Practices: Operations, Social Media and Time Management, California State University, Monterey Bay, CA.
• 3/28/2019 – The Making of a Magnum Opus: The Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgical Operations, Orville Parkes Symposium, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
• 3/28/2019 – Mixed Media Techniques in Adobe CC (Techniques Showcase), Orville Parkes Symposium, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
• 11/2019 – SCIVIZNYC, My BAD Story: MICApreneurship Link, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NYC.
• 3/5/2020 – Business Practices: Operations, Social Media and Time Management, California State University, Monterey Bay, CA.
• 8/8/2020 – Science vs. Virus: Illustrating SARS-CoV-2, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Virtual Meeting, Link.
• 4/2021 – COVID-19: Still Chasing a Moving Target, JHU-GA Student Exchange, Virtual.
• 5/2021 – Business Round Table, AMI Mentorship Committee, Hosted with Maya Shoemaker, Virtual.
• 8/12/2021 New Advances and the Future of Medical Illustration, Brandeis University, Advances in Science Study group.
• 4/2023 – *-prenuership: Taking on What’s Next, JHU-AU Student Exchange, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.

International

• 7/1999 – Prosauropod and Iguanid Jaw Musculature: A Study on the Evolution of Form and Function, Invited Scholar, Vesalius Trust Scholars Symposium, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
• 7/25/2003 – Start Your Business, Invited Speaker, Association of Medical Illustrators, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• 7/27/2003 – Setting Up a Small Business, Moderator & Panelist, Discussion Panel with M. Dauenheimer, W. Hamilton and S. Collins, Association of Medical Illustrators, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• 7/21/2007 – Futures Forum, Invited Panelist, Association of Medical Illustrators, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
• 8/2012 – Science Illustration, Sakae Science Talk, Aichi Science Festival, Nagoya, Japan.
• 4/26/2014  –  Web Best Practices, Biocommunications Academic Meeting, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 7/26/2015  –  Tim Phelps’ 2015 Max Brödel Award for Excellence in Education, Co-Presenter, AMI Conference, Cleveland, OH.
• 7/2016 – Minding Your Business,Concurrent Session, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
• 7/2016 – Marketing & Sales Lessons Learned from Artistic Side Businesses, Panelist, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
• 7/2017 – Creative Pursuits Outside of Medical Illustration, Panel Member, Organized by Teri J. McDermott, Past President, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
• 7/19/2018 – To Market: From Portfolio to Positioning, Promoting and Prospecting  Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Newton, MA.
• 6/2019 – Like it, Or Not! Social Media Marketing from A to Z, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Annual Meeting, Brisbane, NSW, Australia.
• 2/20/2020 – *-prenuership: Taking Charge After Graduation, Invited Keynote Speaker, UT-UIC Student Exchange, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 1/29/2021 – COVID-19: Visualizing a Moving Target Link, Association of Medical Illustrators Webinar Series, Virtual.
• 5/9/2021 – Approaches to 2D Animation, Turkish Medical Illustrators Group, Hosted by Levent Efe, Virtual.
• 1/11/2022 – Visually Communicating Science for GxE, Invited Panelist, Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Gene- Environment Interaction Research Conference, National Institutes of Health, NHGRI/NIEHS.
• 7/2022 – Mixed Media Techniques in Adobe CC (Techniques Showcase), Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Ames IA.
• 7/2022 – Artists’ Rights Session, Invited Panelist (Concurrent Session), Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Ames IA.
• 7/19/2023 – Tim Phelps’ 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award, Co-Presenter w/ DRini, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, Henderson, NV.
• 7/21/2025  –  Kip Carter’s 2025 Max Brödel Award for Excellence in Education, Presenter, AMI Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.

Peer Reviewed Original Research:

1. Baldwin ET, van Eeuwen T, Hoyos D, Zalevsky A, Tchesnokov EP, Sánchez R, … Fairman, JE, … Taylor MS. Structures, functions, and adaptations of the human LINE-1 ORF2 protein. Nature. Published online December 14, 2023. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06947-z.
2. Nidadavolu LS, Cosarderelioglu C, Merino Gomez A, … Fairman, JE, … Walston, J. D., & Abadir, P. M, et al. Interleukin-6 Drives Mitochondrial Dysregulation and Accelerates Physical Decline: Insights from an Inducible Humanized IL-6 Knock-In Mouse Model. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023;78(10):1740-1752. doi:10.1093/gerona/glad147.
3. Gabrawy MM, Westbrook R, King A, Khosravian N, Ochaney N, DeCarvalho T, Fairman JE, Milne GL, Vonhoff, FJ, Walston JD, Abadir PM, Dual Treatment with Kynurenine Pathway Inhibitors and NAD+ Precursors Synergistically Extends Lifespan in Drosophila, Aging Cell. doi: 10.1111/acel.14102
4. Taylor MS, Wu C, Fridy PC, Zhang SJ, Senussi Y, Wolters JC, … Fairman JE, … Burns KH. Ultrasensitive Detection of Circulating LINE-1 ORF1p as a Specific Multicancer Biomarker. Cancer Discov. 2023;13(12):2532-2547. doi:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-23-0313.
5. Garrison L, Meuschke M, Fairman JE, Smit NN, Preim B, Bruckner S. An Exploration of Practice and Preferences for the Visual Communication of Biomedical Processes. InVCBM 2021:1-12. 10.2312/vcbm.20211339
6. Fairman, JE. Science vs. Virus: Illustrating SARS-CoV-2, JNSI, 2020;52(2):10-19.
7. Botsis T, Fairman JE, Moran MB, Anagnostou V. Visual storytelling enhances knowledge dissemination in biomedical science. J Biomed Inform. 2020;107:103458. doi:10.1016/j.jbi.2020.103458.
8. Davalos-Bichara M, Lin FR, Carey JP, Walston JD, Fairman JE, Schubert MC, Barron JS, Hughes J, Millar JL, Spar A, Weber KL, Ying HS, Zackowski KM, Zee DS, Agrawal Y. Development and validation of a falls-grading scale [published correction appears in J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2016 Apr-Jun;39(2):96]. J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2013;36(2):63-67. doi:10.1519/JPT.0b013e31825f6777.
9. O’Connor CM, Adams JU, Fairman JE. Essentials of Cell Biology. Scitable, NPG Education, Nature 2010.
10. Thompson FC, Fairman JE. The Diptera Site, BioSystematic Database of World Diptera (Names: The Keys to Biodiversity), versão;7, 2005.
11. Thompson FC, Thompson BJ, & Fairman JE. Only in Costa Rica: new neotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Studia Dipterologica. 2000;7:33–43.

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters:

1. Fairman JE, Phelps T. Editorial Medical and Scientific Illustration. In M. Roughley (Ed.), Approaches for Science Illustration and Communication 2023;(Biomedical Visualization; 4). Springer Nature, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41652-1_3.

Methods and Techniques:

1. Fairman JE. Diverse Illustration Styles and Techniques for a Zoo Exhibit. Guild Nat Sci Illustrators Newsletter, 2003;2003(7):1-6.
2. Fairman JE. Web Best Practices. Biocommunication Academic Meeting in Toronto, BAMTO 2014, April 24, 2014.
3. Fairman JE. Mixed Media Techniques. Academic Meeting in Augusta, GA and Association of Medical Illustrators, 2019.
4. Fairman JE. Small Business Toolbox. Academic Meeting in Toronto, February 2020. 

Academic Posters:

1. Molnar J, Habib M, Weishampel D, Fairman JE. Visualizing Quadrupedal Launch in Pterosaurs. Vesalius Trust Poster Session, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Conference, July 2009.
2. Fairman, JE, Nabavizadeh A, Weishampel D. Early sauropodomorph jaw apparatus anatomy: a comparative study with iguanian lizards. In Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Conference: 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Los Angeles, CA, October 2013, Program and Abstracts Book: 124A.
3. Kethu L, Buta B, Fairman, JE, Abadir P. Frailty Syndrome at the Intersect of Medicine, Research, and Art: Building 3D Interactive Modules to Promote Integrative Multidimensional (Molecular, Clinical, and Psychosocial) Understanding of Aging and Frailty. Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine & Whiting School of Engineering Research Retreat, March 1, 2019.

eBooks:

1. O’Connor CM, Adams JU, Fairman JE. Essentials of Cell Biology. Scitable, NPG Education, 2010. Link 
2. Miko I, LeJeune L. Essentials of Genetics. NPG Education, 2011. Link 
3. OConnor CM, Adams JU, Fairman JE. Cell Biology for Seminars. NPG Education, 2014. Link 
4. Fairman JE, Mitchell T, Yang A, Kalyani R. The Johns Hopkins Patient Guide to Diabetes, First Edition. April 2023.

Books; Principal or Co-Illustrator:

1. Warner JJP. Complex and Revision Problems in Shoulder Surgery. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2004.
2. Barrack RL (Ed). Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery, Hip Orthopaedics. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005.
3. Skaggs DL, Flynn JM (Eds). Pediatric Orthopaedics: Staying Out of Trouble. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005.
4. Warner JJP. Complex and Revision Problems in Shoulder Surgery, 2nd  ed. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2005.
5. Barrack RL, Rosenberg AG. (Eds). The Hip (Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery). Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 2006.
6. Larson-Meyer, DE. Vegetarian Sports Nutrition. Human Kinetics, 2006.
7. De Torony G. Professional ICD-9-CM 2006 Volumes 1 & 2. Contexo Media, 2006.
8. Skaggs DL. Modern Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2007.
9. Levitan RM, Kinkle WC. The Airway Cam Pocket Guide to Intubation, 2^nd Ed. Airway Cam Technologies, Inc., 2007.
10. MAG Mutual Healthcare Solutions Inc. 2009 Physician ICD-9 Professional Coder’s Edition. Mag Mutual, 2009.
11. Mistretta T (Ed). 2009 Physician ICD-9 Professional Coder’s Edition, 2008. Mag Mutual.
12. Ropeik D. How Risky is it, Really? Why Our Fears Don’t Always Match the Facts. McGraw Hill Education, 2010.
13. Larson-Knott N, Nevin T. Complete Home Health ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Coding Manual, Preliminary Edition. DecisionHealth, 2012.
14. Curtis G. Schuler J. Your Pregnancy, 8th Edition. Da Capo Press. 2016.
15. Hunter JG, Spight DH (with Sandone C, Fairman JE ). Atlas of minimally invasive surgical operations. McGraw Hill Professional; 2018.
16. Kalyani RR, Corriere MD, Donner TW, Quartuccio MW. Diabetes Head to Toe: Everything You Need to Know about Diagnosis, Treatment, and Living with Diabetes. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
17. Kalyani RR, Corriere MD, Smith P. Winning with Diabetes: Inspiring Stories from Athletes to Help You Thrive. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.

Research Extramural Funding

1994, Senior Summer Research Scholarship
Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, $2000
PIs: Fairman JE, Mitter C, Thompson FC
Fruit Fly Expert System and Biosystematic Information Database

1995, James Smithson Society Grant and Fellowship
Department of Entomology, SEL, BARC, USDA Diptera Division, Smithsonian Institution, $25,000
PIs: Fairman JE, Thompson, FC, Repatriation of Syrphid Data to Costa Rica

1996, Smithsonian Women’s Committee Grant
Department of Entomology, SEL, BARC, USDA, Coleoptera Division, Smithsonian Institution, $10,000
PIs: Fairman JE, Konstantinov A, Vandenberg N
Role: Fellow, Research Associate and Scientific Illustrator, Coleoptera website and Flea Beetle Field Guide

Educational Extramural Funding

2015, Mellon Foundation Arts Innovation Grant: Research Remix Redux
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Digital Media Center, Kreiger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Total Direct Cost: $7,200
PIs: Freedman J, Andrew B

2017, APGO Med-Ed. Endowment Fund $50,000 Grant
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Educational Videos: APGO Basic Science Objectives
Pis: Hueppchen N, Patel S., Co-Investigators: Fairman JE, Burd I, Bienstock J

2016 – 2028, Frannie Foundation Grant
Patient Guide to Diabetes, website
PI: Kalyani R; Co-Investigators: Fairman JE, Mitchell T, Quartuccio M, Al-Sofiani M, Sarkar S., Hancock, A.

2018, MICA Up/Start Venture Grant
Philip E. And Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation, Inc., $30,000
PI: Fairman, JE Mentor: Ken Malone, Early Charm Ventures