HONORS AND AWARDS:
2018-2020 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
2017 Graduate Dean’s Excellence in Mentoring Award, UAB
2016 First Place (Faculty/Staff Division), Annual Public Health Research Day, SOPH, UAB
2015 National Forum Commitment Award, National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
2015 Distinguished Faculty Investigator, School of Public Health, UAB
2015 Distinguished Alumni Award, St. Andrews University, Laurinburg, North Carolina
2015-present Elected to Board of Directors, Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control (COSEHC), elected to 2nd term 2018 (name change 2019 to Consortium for Southeast Health)
2010 Third Place, Charles Barkley Health Disparities Investigator Award, Best Oral Presentation, Fifth Annual Health Disparities Research Symposium, UAB Minority Research Center
2010 Elected Fellow, Society for Clinical Trials
2009 First Place (Faculty Division), 1st Annual Public Health Research Day, School of Public
Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2008 Elected Fellow, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention
2008 Elected member, American College of Epidemiology
2007–2011 Elected to Board of Directors, Society for Clinical Trials
2006 Award from the American Heart Association for “Outstanding service given to the Statistics Committee and also her role as the founding chair of the Stroke Statistics Committee of the American Heart Association.”
2004-2006 Elected to serve as an At-Large Member of the American Heart Association Council on
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Leadership Committee
1995 Outstanding Leader Award, Service Unit 161; Tarheel Triad Girl Scout Council
1992 Elected Fellow, Stroke Council, American Heart Association
1991 Leadership Development Award, Tarheel Triad Girl Scout Council
1980–1982 HHS Traineeships, Division of Associated and Dental Health Professions