Served as the VEuPathDB.org team captain to develop the proposal and submit it. Awards were made in 2022 jointly by FASEB and the National Institutes of Health.

Elected Councilor for Communications for the American Committee of Molecular, Cellular and Immunoparasitology committee which is part of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

• 2005 Best Poster Award, Molecular Parasitology Meeting

• 2003 Best Poster Award, Molecular Parasitology Meeting

• 2002 Best Talk Award, Molecular Parasitology Meeting

• 2002 Award of Scientific Excellence in Molecular, Cellular and Immunoparasitology, 51st annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

• 2000-2003  National Research Service Award F32 AI10654