2004: Honored Alumni,
2006: Honorary Fellow, American Statistical Association.
2007: Honorary Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
2010: Yakovlev Colloquium Speaker, University of Rochester, Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
2011: Accredited Professional StatisticianTM
2012: 2011 International Biometrics Society Best Paper in Biometrics Award for “Detecting disease outbreaks using local spatiotemporal methods”
2015: Myra Samuels Memorial Lecturer, Purdue University, Department of Statistics
2015: Institute of Mathematical Statistics Medallion Lecturer
2016: Distinguished Alumni Lecturer, University of Washington, Department of Biostatistics
2016: Plenary Speaker, Conference on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Chapel Hill, NC
2016: Distinguished Lecturer, Institute of Mathematical Statistics Asia Pacific Rim Meeting, Hong Kong
2016: Conference (Plenary) Speaker, SINAPE, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2016: Elected Member, International Statistical Institute
2016: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science