Honors and Awards
- Recipient of, Dickson Prize in Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Genetics Society of America
- Herbert A. Sober Award, ASBMB/IUBMB
- Senior Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease, Ellison Medical Foundation
- Genetics Society of America Award, Genetics Society of America
- Biotechnology Research Award, Chiron Corporation
- Louis S. Rosentiel Award for, Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Eastern Illinois University
- Elected to the, National Academy of Sciences-Genetics
- Recipient of, United States Steel Award
- Chaired, Nucleic Acid Gordon Conference
- Award in Microbiology and Immunology, Eli Lilly and Co.
- Young Faculty Research Award, Society of the Sigma Xi
- Teacher-Scholar Grant, Dreyfus
- EMBO, European Lectureship