Indiana Women of Achievement Award (Task Force on the Status of Women), College of Sciences and Humanities (Ball State University), 2009
National Cancer Advisory Board, National Cancer Institute, 2008-2013
Glen W. Irwin, Jr., MD Research Scholar Award, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis, 2007
St. George National Award, Outstanding Contributions to the Control of Cancer, American Cancer Society (ACS), 2006
Health Care Hero Award, Indiana Business Journal, 2004
2004 Pathfinder Award, Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research, 2004
Achievement in Medicine Award (Health care excellence), St. Margaret's Hospital Guild and Wishard Health Services, 2001
ONS Distinguished Researcher Award (Behavioral Oncology Research), Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology (Oncology Nursing Society), 2001
First Boundary Spanning Award, Indiana University School of Nursing, 2000
Nursing Research Investigator, Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research, 2000
Breast Health Hero Award, Sears, WNBA, National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations, 2000
Collaborator of the Year (Behavioral research), Walther Cancer Institute, 1999
Nursing Research Investigator (Preliminary effects comparing tailored mammography interventions), State of the Science Congress (National Institute for Nursing Research), 1999
Article of the Year, Cancer Nursing, 1998
Sequoia Lectureship Award, 1997
Mary Margaret Walther Professor of Nursing, Walther Cancer Institute, 1996
Distinguished Researcher Award, Midwest Nursing Research Society, 1994
Fellow, National Academy of Practice, 1994