| 2004 |
Osborne Mandel Award in Basic Science |
| 2003 |
Katherine Berns Von Donk Steenbock Professorship in Nutrition, UW-Madison |
| 2002 |
University of Wisconsin, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences teaching
and mentor award |
| 2001-03 |
Wisconsin/Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Award, UW-Madison |
| 1994-00 |
Fogarty International Center/NIH International Biomedical Research Minority Faculty Fellowship |
| 1992-98 |
Steenbock Career Development Award, UW-Madison |
| 1991 |
Nominee for Dean's Medical School Teaching Award, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC |
| 1990-97 |
Frolisch/New York Academy of Sciences Fellowship |
| 1986 |
Rockefeller Foundation Career Development Award |
| 1985-87 |
Rockefeller Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| 1985 |
The David Israel Macht Research Award in Medical Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| 1980-85 |
Predoctoral Fulbright Fellowship |
| 1976-78 |
Exchange Program of the Federal Republic of Germany (DAAD) Fellowship |
| 1975 |
UNDP/UNESCO Fellowship |
| 1975 |
Honors in Biochemistry and Chemistry
|
Professional service
|
| 2002 - |
Member, the GRE Biochemistry, Cell and Mol. Biol. Committee of Examiners |
| 2002 - |
Member, NIAAA Board of Scientific Counselors |
| 2002 - |
Committee member Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences |
| 2001 - |
Member, NIH Physiological Chemistry Study section |
| 2001-02 |
Chair, Nutrient and Gene Interactions Interest Research Section International Society of Nutritional Sciences |
| 2000 |
Organizer and Chair of the FASEB minisymposium on Adipocyte Differentiation, Metabolism and Gene Expression, San Diego, CA |
| 1999-00 |
Member, NIH site visit team, Boston University |
| 1999 |
Organizer and Chair of FASEB symposium on Lipid Metabolism and Gene Expression, Washington, DC |
| 1999 |
Organizer of the Steenbock Symposium on Adipocyte Biology and Hormone Signaling, UW-Madison |
| 1998 - |
Member, NIH site visit team, Boston University |
| 1998 - |
Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Nutrition: The International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences |
| 1998 - |
Grant Reviewer for American Heart Association |
| 1997 - |
Grant Reviewer for USDA |
| 1997 - |
Reviewer for Journal of Nutrition |
| 1997 - |
Reviewer for Journal of Lipid Research |
| 1996 - |
Reviewer for Biochim. Biophys. Acta |
| 1996 |
Reviewer for Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry |
| 1995 |
Chairperson,
The Biochemistry Roundtable Discussion Section for the 10th Annual
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Conference, UW-Madison |
| 1995 |
Reviewer for Journal of Lipid Research |
| 1995 |
Grant reviewer for the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences |
| 1995 |
Member, NIH site visit team, Hunter College, New York, New York |
| 1994 - |
Reviewer The Journal of Biological Chemistry |
| 1994 - |
Reviewer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
| 1993 |
Committee Member, National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences Grant Review Panel, Washington, DC |
| 1992 |
Visiting Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Makerere University,
Kampala, Uganda |
| 1991-94 |
Consultant, ISTI and USAID's Agency Center for University Cooperation in Development, Washington, DC |
| 1990 - |
Visiting Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Makerere University,
Kampala, Uganda |
| 1989-92 |
Member, NIH grant review committee |
| 1986 |
Visiting Scientist, International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), Nairobi, Kenya |
| 1978-80 |
Resident Tutor/Warden/Associate Dean of Students, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda |