AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS:​

1999 - 2009

1981

Merit award in B.Sc.

1982 – 1984

National Merit Scholarship M.Sc.

1984

Merit award in M.Sc.

1988 – 1990

Bursary, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

1994 – 1996

Fogarty International Fellowship, National Institutes of Health

1996 – 1999

National Research Council Fellowship, National Academy of Sciences, USA

2000 – 2004

Career Development Award, Department of Defense, US Army, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program

2009

Eminent Scholar, Kansas Bioscience Authority (KBA)

2016

Eminent Scholar, Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium, State of Louisiana

2018 - Present

Fellow Royal Society of Medicine (London)

2019 - Present

Fellow, Royal Society of Public Health (London)

2020

STEM GEMS Mentoring Pilot Project

2022 - 2025

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (Number 3232827) from Project Management Institute (PMI)