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