Convocation speaker, Morehouse School of Medicine, 2011
"Fruits of Excellence" Award, Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 2010
Meharry-Vanderbilt Shockley Lectureship, 2010
Named one of America’s Leading Doctors by Black Enterprise Magazine, 2008
Santiago Ramón y Cajal Award for Outstanding Research, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Health Braintrust, 2008
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences elected member, 2007
Daniel Savage Scientific Award, Association of Black Cardiologists, 2004
Morehouse School of Medicine Outstanding Mentor Award, 2004
Ernest E. Just Symposium Award, 2003
National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society Distinguished Scientist Award, 2002
International Society on Hypertension in Blacks Outstanding Scientist Award, 2001
Established Investigator Award, American Heart Association, 1998