Major Honors and Awards
Institute of Medicine, National Academies - Elected 2013
American Journal of Public Health, Article of the Year - 2012
F.H.D.R. (Fellow in Health Disparities Research) W. Montague Cobb/National Medical Association Health Institute Senior Fellows - 2012
Innovation Award, National Institutes of Health, NIMHD - 2008
Delta Omega – Honorary Society in Public Health, Alpha Chapter – 2006
Knowledge Award, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health - 2006
Who’s Who in America, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
Who's Who among African Americans, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012
Distinguished Alumni Citation, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) - 1994
Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, University of Maryland Eastern Shore - 1994
The Dreamkeeper Award, University of Michigan, Office of Minority Affairs - 1993
Brookdale National Fellow - 1991
Roberta G. Simmons Dissertation Award, American Sociological Association - 1989
Alain LeRoi Locke Award, Phi Beta
Sigma Educational Foundation, 1984