Honors & Awards
| Year | Honor/Award Title |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Endocrine Society Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 2024 | Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, Keynote Lecture , American Heart Association |
| 2023 | A. Ross McIntyre Award for Achievement in Medical Science – University of Nebraska College of Medicine |
| 2023 | Endocrine Society Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 2023 | Howard Morgan Award for Distinguished Achievements in Cardiovascular Research – North American Section of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences (IACS) |
| 2023 | Honorary Degree of Doctor of Sciences (DSc), University of the West Indies |
| 2022 | Henry L. Brasza Lecture in Diabetes – Wayne State University |
| 2022 | Elected Member – National Academy of Sciences |
| 2022 | Pioneers in Cardiology, Lifetime Achievement Award – University Heart Center, Graz |
| 2021 | David Rabin Endowed Lecture - Vanderbilt University |
| 2021 | Franz Ingelfinger Visiting Professor - Boston University |
| 2021 | Jeffrey Glassroth Honorary Lectureship - Northwestern University |
| 2021 | John Spitzer Award Lecture - Louisiana State University |
| 2021 | Leonard L. Madison Lecture - UT Southwestern |
| 2020-2022 | President - Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) |
| 2020 | NAS 2020 Innovator Award - International Society for Heart Research: North American Section (NAS@ISHR) |
Year Honors/Award Title 2019 35th Annual Irvine H. Page Memorial Lecture, Lerner Research Institute - Cleveland Clinic 2019 Arnold M. Katz Achievement Award - Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation 2019 Bulfinch Visiting Professor, Dept. of Medicine - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School 2019 Lawrence M. Fishman Visiting Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism - University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine 2018-2021 President - Endocrine Society 2018 2018 Best Manuscript Award - Circulation Research Editorial Board 2018 2018 History Maker - African American Museum of Iowa 2018 35th Annual Presidential Lecture - University of Iowa 2018 Fraternal Order of Eagles Humanitarian Award - Fraternal Order of Eagles 2018 NIH Director's Astute Clinician Lecture - National Institute of Health 2017 20th Annual James W. Fisher Distinguished Lectureship in Pharmacology - Tulane University 2017 Distinguished Mentor Award for the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU) - University of Iowa 2017 Distinguished Mentor Award from the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU) - University of Iowa 2017 John Lindenbaum Memorial Lecture - Columbia University 2017 NMRI Medallion - National Institutes of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK) 2016-2021 François M. Abboud Chair in Internal Medicine - University of Iowa 2016 Elected Member - American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA) 2015 Elected Member - National Academy of Medicine 2015 James Givens Distinguished Visiting Professor - University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center 2015 Max Miller Lecture - Central Society for Clinical and Translational Research (Midwest Metabolism "Sugar" Club) 2014 Gaston Bauer Lecture - Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand 2013-2021 John B. Stokes III Chair in Diabetes Research - University of Iowa 2012 Elected to the Association of American Physicians (AAP) 2012 Gerald D. Aurbach Award Lecture International Laureate Award for outstanding contributions to endocrinology research - The Endocrine Society 2012 H.A. and Edna Benning, Presidential Endowed Chair in Diabetes and Endocrinology 2012 James A. Pulliam Memorial Lectureship - Meharry Medical College 2011 Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholar Distinguished Mentor Award - University of Utah 2010 Elected to the Western Association of Physicians 2010 Fellow, American College of Physicians Year Honors/Award Title 2009-2012 Councilor - American Society for Clinical Investigation 2009 Outstanding Investigator Award - Western Society for Clinical Investigation 2008 Borun Visiting Professor - UCLA 2007-2009 Post-doctoral fellowship (mentor) to Adam R. Wende - American Heart Association 2007-2009 Post-doctoral fellowship (mentor) to Heiko Bugger - German Research Foundation 2007 Josie Johnson Memorial Endowed Professorship in Molecular Biology 2006-2008 Post-Doctoral Training Fellowship (mentor) to Sihem Boudina - American Heart Association 2006 Innovative Partnerships and Novel Therapeutics Initiative Awards - Juvenile Diabetes Foundation 2006 Medical Student Research Fellowship (mentor) to Nicole Wilde - American Heart Association 2006 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Mentor - American Heart Association 2006 Student Research Fellowship Mentor - Endocrine Society 2005-2013 Director, Medical Student Research - University of Utah 2005-2008 Medical Student Research Program Study Section - Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2005-2007 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship to Vlad Zaha (mentor) - American Heart Association 2005 Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology Study Section - NIH 2004-2006 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (mentor) to Sihem Boudina - Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDRF) 2004 Heart and Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence Distinguished Visiting Professor - University of Toronto 2004 Journal of Biological Chemistry Editorial Board 2004 Member - American Society for Clinical Investigation 2004 Physician Scientist Trainee Award (Research Mentor) - American Diabetes Association 2004 Physician Scientist Training Program to Brian T. O'Neill (mentor) - American Diabetes Association 2004 Student Research Fellowship (mentor) - Endocrine Society 2003-2006 Minority Affairs Committee - Endocrine Society 2003 Endocrinology Study Section - NIH 2003 Established Investigator - American Heart Association 2002 AHA Western Review Consortium 2002 DDK-B Study Section - NIH 2002 William Odell Young Investigator Award - Dept of Medicine - University of Utah 2001 David W. Haack Memorial Award in Cardiovascular Research - Astra Zeneca 2001 Van Meter Award - American Thyroid Association 2000 American Diabetes Association Research Award Year Honors/Award Title 1999 HMS Class of 2002, Excellence in Teaching Award 1998 American Diabetes Association Travel Award 1998 Thyroid Research Advisory Council Award 1997 Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center, Pilot Study Investigator 1997 Endocrine Society Student Research Fellowship (Mentor) 1996 Eleanor & Miles Shore, 50th Anniversary Scholars in Medicine Fellowship - Harvard Medical School 1992 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Medical Faculty Development Award 1991 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 1991 Webster Award for Best Overall Performance by a Senior Medical Student - Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center Year Honors/Awards Title 1986-1988 Rhodes Scholar & Clinical Research Fellow to Professor John G. Ledingham - Nuffield Dept of Med, University of Oxford, England 1986 Rhodes Scholarship - Jamaica 1985 Alex Henderson Prize for Clinical Medicine 1985 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - Honors with Distinction 1985 E.V. Ellington Prize for Obstetrics and Gynecology 1985 Ludlow Murcott Moodie Prize for Clinical Medicine 1985 May and Baker Prize in Social and Preventative Medicine 1985 U.W.I. Clinical Medal - First in Clinical Class 1985 U.W.I. Silver Medal for Surgery 1984 Wells Elliot Gold Medal for Virology 1983 Governor General's Award for Young Scientists - Jamaica Society of Scientists and Technologists 1983 May and Baker Prized in Pharmacology 1982 Walter Harper Prize for Anatomy 1981-1982 U.W.I. subject medals for: Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry and Community Health (First in class) - University of the West Indies 1980 Jamaica Open Scholarship - University of the West Indies 1980 Jamaica Scholarship 1980 University of the West Indies Open Scholarship