3/1993                   Solomon’s Scholarship, UCLA Department of Medicine

6/1997                   Physiology & Pharmacology Research Award, Cardiovascular Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine

3/1998                   Young Investigator Award 2^nd Place, American College of Cardiology

6/1998                   Edwin L. Alderman Award, Excellence in Research, Cardiovascular Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine

5/2003                   American Federation of Medical Research, Glaxo Smith Kline Scholar

3/2004                   Young Investigator Award Finalist:  Physiology, Pharmacology and Pathology, American College of Cardiology, Senior Author

6/2004                   Division Teaching Award – Mentoring, Department of Medicine

3/2005                   Young Investigator Award Finalist:  Physiology, Clinical Investigators--Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Competition

11/2005                 Vivien Thomas Young Investigator Award, American Heart Association, Senior Author

3/2007                   Young Investigator Award, Finalist, American College of Cardiology, Senior Author

3/2007                   Young Investigator Award, Finalist, ACC, Senior Author

3/2008                   Judge, Young Investigator Awards Competition: Physiology, Pharmacology, and Pathology, ACC

11/2009                 Melvin Judkins Young Investigator Award, 1^st Place, American Heart Association, Senior Author

11/2010                 Melvin Judkins Young Investigator Award, 1^st Place, American Heart Association, Senior Author

11/2011                 Melvin Judkins Young Investigator Award, Finalist, American Heart Association, Senior Author

11/2012                 Melvin Judkins Young Investigator Award, 1^st Place, American Heart Association, Senior Author

7/2015                   Visiting Professor, Regenerative Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China