2025

Schottenstein Prize in Cardiovascular Sciences, The Ohio State University

2024

Elected to Fellow of Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering (AAASE)

2024

Louis and Artur Lucian Award, McGill University

2023

Gill Heart & Vascular Institute Cardiovascular Research Award, University of Kentucky

2022

Elected to National Academy of Inventors (NAI)

2022

Elected to Academician, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)

2021

Honorary Lifetime Membership, Society of Toxicology (SOT)

2019

Elected to National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

2019

Elected to Fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2018-2024

Top 0.1% of Highly Cited Researchers in Web of Science for past 7 years

2018

Elected to Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

2018

American Heart Association Distinguished Scientist Award

2017

American Heart Association Merit Award

2015

Elected to American Association of Physicians (AAP)

2015

Inaugural recipient of the Joseph A. Vita Award from the American Heart Association

2015

Burroughs Wellcome Foundation Innovation in Regulatory Science Award (IRSA)

2014

Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research Distinguished Investigator Award

2013

American Heart Association Established Investigator Award 

2013

Elected to Association of University Cardiologists (AUC)

2012, 17, 18

Best Manuscript Award in Circ Res (2012;111:882-893; 2017;120:1561-71; 2018;123:443-450)

2012

Elected to American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI)

2010

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers (PECASE) given at the White House by President Barack Obama 

2009

American Heart Association (AHA) National Innovative Research Award

2009

NIH Roadmap Transformative Award (TR01)

2008

NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2)

2007

Burroughs Wellcome Foundation Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS)

2006, 13

Best Basic Science Manuscript Award in Circulation (2006;113;1005-14 & 2013;127;1677-91)

  Douglas Zipes Award Lecture (2009)

  Gordon Research Conference (2014)

  ESC Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (2014)

  Heart Failure Society of America (2016)

  Japanese Circulation Society (2017)

  AHA George E. Brown Memorial Lecture (2017)

  Ottawa Heart Conference on Precision Medicine (2018)

  International Society of Stem Cell Research (2018)

  British Society of Cardiovascular Research Bernard and Joan Marshall Distinguished Investigator Lecture (2019)

  Gerard Barcak Memorial Lecture at University of Maryland (2019)

  Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine (TERMIS)-AM (2019)

  Internal Medical Research Day at University of Iowa (2020)

  Michel Mirowski, MD, Lecture at Johns Hopkins University (2020)

  Mort Arnsdorf Lecture at University of Chicago (2021)

  American Physician Scientists Association (2021)

  Fridrich Merz Visiting Professor at University of Frankfurt (2022)

  Annual Retreat at Ohio State University Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute (2022)

  Annual Retreat at Medical College of Wisconsin Cardiovascular Research Center (2023)

  Jay Cohn Lecture at University of Minnesota (2024)

  Mikamo Lecture at Japanese Circulation Society (2024)

  UC Davis Cardiovascular Symposium (2025)

  UPENN Cardio-Oncology Symposium (2025)

  Hugh Sinclair Lecture at European Atherosclerosis Society (2025)

  Lucian Lecture at McGill Heart Institute (2025)