| Honors |
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| 2013 | Alexander Cruickshank Lecture, Gordon Research Conference |
| 2013 | Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize Lecture for 2013 |
| 2005 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator |
| 2002 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute Associate Investigator |
| 1997 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute Assistant Investigator |
| 1996 | Ferguson Biology Undergraduate Teaching Prize |
| 1996 - 1998 | Beckman Young Investigator Award |
| 1995 | Ferguson Biology Graduate Teaching Prize |
| 1995 | American Association of University Women Emerging Scholar |
| 1995 - 1999 | Pew Biomedical Scholar |
| 1994 - 1998 | John Merck Scholar |
| 1994 - 1996 | Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow |
| 1994 - 1996 | McKnight Scholars Award (declined) |
| 1991 | Katherine McCormick Foundation Fellow |
| 1990 | NIH postdoctoral fellow |
| 1986 | NIH predoctoral fellow |
| 1985 | Phi Beta Kappa, graduation with honors |
| 1985 | Sigma Xi Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award |
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