Dr. Garsin has received many commendations for excellence in research and education. In 2004, she received an Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease. In 2008, she was awarded a UT Young Investigator award. She was the recipient of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award in multiple years. Finally, Dr. Garsin was elected as a Fellow to the American Academy for Microbiology in 2019. She served as a permanent member of the Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology (PCMB) NIH review group and is currently a permanent member of Innate Immunity and Inflammation (III). Dr. Garsin is also an associate editor of PLOS Genetics and on the editorial board of mBio.