Glen W. Irwin, Jr., MD Research Scholar Award, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 2005
Distinguished Contribution to Nursing Science Award, American Nurses Foundation, 2004
Clemens Award for Outstanding Contributions to Improving the Quality of Life of Persons with Epilepsy, Epilepsy Foundation of St. Louis, 2004
Emily Holmquist Lifetime Achievement in Nursing Award, Indiana University School of Nursing, 2003
Outstanding Contributions to Psychiatric Mental Health Research, Midwest Nursing Research Society, 2001
Senator Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke, 2000
Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2000
Rank of Distinguished Professor, Indiana University, 1999
Award of Social Acomplishment, International Bureau for Epilepsy/International League Against Epilepsy, 1999
Member of Research Commission, International Bureau of Epilepsy, 1998-2001
Honored as Nursing Research Investigator, Science & Service to the Nation's Health, Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research, Washington, DC, 1998
Distinguished Speaker at Congressional Breakfast Briefing on Symptom Management for Chronic Neurological Conditions, Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research, Washington, DC, 1998
Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University School of Nursing, 1997
Outstanding Teaching Award, Indiana University School of Nursing, Graduate Program, 1996
Invited Nursing Speaker, Rush University School of Nursing, 1996
Co-Editor, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Integrating the Behavioral and Biological Sciences/Winner of Book of Year Award, American Journal of Nursing, 1996
Epilepsy Foundation of America Special Recognition Award, 1995
Exceptional Contribution to Epilepsy Services & Research Award, Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast Ohio, 1993
Distinguished Contribution to Research Award, Midwest Nursing Research Society, 1993
American Epilepsy Society/Milken Family Medical Foundation International Research Award for Clinical Investigator (Cash award of $50,000), 1993
Featured as Outstanding Nurse Researcher for CAMEO Video Series, Sigma Theta Tau International, 1992
Research Panel on Epilepsy Rehabilitation Research, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, 1991
Member, Mental Health Behavioral Research Review Committee, National Institute of Mental Health, 1990-1994
Invited Nursing Speaker, Brigham Young University School of Nursing, 1990
Elected Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, 1990
Excellence in Education Award, Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Chapter, 1990
Distinguished Contribution to Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Award/Current Impact on Research & Scholarship, American Nurses' Association's Council on Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, 1990