Honors and Awards

Professional Awards and Honors

• Research Career Scientist appointment from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (04/2012 - 03/2017)
• Invited Speaker, Osteologie 2000 of the German Society for Osteologie. (2000)
• Invited Speaker, the XXII National Congress of Italian Society of Mineral Metabolism. (2000)
• Sigma Xi Research Award, Loma Linda University Chapter. (1995)
• Invited Speaker, The Gordon Conference on Medicinal Chemistry. (1993)
• Research Award, Southern California Arthritis Foundation. (1988)
• National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellow. (05/1975 - 08/1975)

University Awards and Honors

• Magnum Cum Laude, State University of New York at Plattsburgh. (05/1976)
• Premiere Academic Excellence Award, Iowa State University. (1976)