| 2003-06 |
American Heart Association Scholar Development Award |
| 2002-04 |
Kimmel Scholar Award, Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research |
| 2001-06 |
Steenbock Career Development Award, UW-Madison |
| 1998-00 |
American Cancer Society Post-doctoral Fellowship |
| 1997-98 |
Carnegie Fellow, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
| 1996 |
Paul Ehrlich Young Investigator Research Award in Basic Science for PhD thesis |
| 1989 |
Pauline Kimball Prize for an Outstanding Woman Senior in Biology, University of Kansas |
| 1989 |
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society |
| 1989 |
Outstanding Honors Research Award, University of Kansas |
| 1989 |
Graduation with Honors in Biochemistry, University of Kansas |
| 1989 |
Graduation with Highest Distinction, University of Kansas |
| 1988 |
Gladys Anderson Emerson Scholarship, Iota Sigma Pi |
| 1988 |
Iota Sigma Pi Women in Chemistry Honor Society |
| 1988 |
Wheeler Russell Gregory Scholarship, University of Kansas |
| 1988 |
Undergraduate Research Award, University of Kansas |