Damon Runyon/Walter Winchell Fellowship (1991,declined)

Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellowship (1991)

Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Award (1996)

AMDeC Tartikoff/Perelman/EIF Award for Young Investigators (1999)

Concert for the Cure Award (1999)

Burroughs Wellcome New Investigator Award in Pathogenic Mycology (2000)

Irma Hirschl-Monique Weill Caulier career development award (2002)

TIAA-CREF-ACS award recognizing excellence in cancer research (2004)

Visiting Scholar, Academia Sinica (Taiwan) (2007)