1996 Recipient of the “Women Helping Women
Award”
National Organization for Women (NOW), Buffalo and Erie County
Chapter
1997 and 1998 Excellence in Teaching Award
Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics, School of Medicine,
University at Buffalo
1999 “Tobacco Policy Award” Recipient
Wellness Council of Western New York
2002 Top 100 Federal Grantees
University at Buffalo
2003-2004 Top 40 Federally Funded Faculty ($2M or
more)
University at Buffalo
2004-2005 Top 100 Principal Investigators
University at Buffalo
2005 Outstanding Researcher of the Year (First
recipient)
School of Public Health and Health Professions
2006 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research and
Scholarship
The Research Foundation of the State University of New York
2006 Promising Inventor
University at Buffalo, Office of Science, Technology Transfer
and Economic Outreach
The Research Foundation of SUNY
2006 Distinguished Speaker, April 2007
Institute on Women and Gender
University at Buffalo
2009 UB Exceptional Scholar : Sustained Achievement
Award
University at Buffalo
2011 Elected Member, American Epidemiological Society
(AES)
2011 Distinguished Biomedical Alumna, University at
Buffalo,
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (Inaugural
Awardee)