Principal Investigator Selected Awards and Recognition

R. Brinkley Smithers Distinguished Scientist Award
American Society of Addiction Medicine, 2017

Member, Medications Development Program Advisory Board
National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, 2014-present

Member, National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health, 2012-2014

Path to Recovery Hero
Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing; State of California Senate Recognition, 2009

Weill Cornell Alumni Award
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 2009

Pearson Family Chair
Endowed Chair in Alcoholism and Addiction Research at The Scripps Research Institute, 2007

Elected Fellow
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2005

MERIT Award for Medication Development
National Institute of Health, 2003

Dean's Senior Clinical Research Award
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1999-2000

Member, National Advisory Council
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1998-2002

Member, Clinical and Treatment Subcommittee Initial Review Group
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1993-1997

Teacher-Scientist Award
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Cornell University Medical College, 1989-1991

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