Awards
- American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award
- Commandeur, Ordre des Palmes Académiques, Ministry of Education, France, 2013
- Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa – Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, 2008
- Dreyfus Distinguished Young Faculty Award
- Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2011
- Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1998
- National Institutes of Health Merit Award - National Institute for General Medical Science (2000), National Institute on Aging (2011)
- Huntington's Disease Society of America, Award for Excellence in Medicine
- University of Illinois, Alumni Achievement Award, 2011
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