Honors:
1972 Departmental Honors in Political Science
1972 United States Public Health Service Traineeship
1978 Finalist, Young Investigator Award, Southern Society for Pediatric Research
1987 Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society, U of North Carolina
1987 Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society, U of Minnesota (Alumni award)
1989 Elected to Society for Pediatric Research
1996 Best Doctors in America, Southeastern Edition
1998- Best Doctors in America National editions (1998-2016)
1999 Elected to American Pediatric Society
1999 “Hammer Award” from the Office of the Vice President, U.S.A. for research on fathers
2009 Beaven Lecturer; Rochester Pediatric Society
2009 Tarheel of the Week, Raleigh News and Observer, April 26, 2009
2010 Highest Honors; National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
2014 Lifetime Legacy Achievement Award from Creating a Non-Violence Future.
2014 American Psychological Association: Division 37's Award for Distinguished
Contributions to Child Advocacy
2014 Alumni election to Phi Beta Kappa at Macalester College
2016 Kempe Award for Professional Service, The Kempe Foundation, Denver, CO