2015
Invited speaker, Cambridge Healthtech Inst. Inaugural Long Non-coding RNAs in Cancer Symposium, Boston, MA
Invited speaker, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Cleveland, OH
Invited speaker, Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University
Invited Speaker, Department of Biological Sciences, Cleveland State University
2014
Kavli Fellow, The Kavli Foundation for Advancing Basic Science for Humanity
Invited speaker to the 2014 Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, Beijing, China
Recipient of the March of Dimes Cell Lineage and Differentiation Research Grant
2013
Invited speaker, Workshop on the Clinical Translation of Epigenetics in Cancer Therapy, North Carolina
Invited speaker, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Cleveland, OH
Invited speaker, Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University
Invited speaker, Metrohealth Medical Center
Invited speaker, Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University
2012
Invited speaker, The Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum, Doha, Qatar
Invited speaker, Department of Cell Biology, Cleveland Clinic
Invited speaker, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Case Western School of Medicine
Invited speaker, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Orlando, FL
Co-chair and moderator: “The functional consequences of microRNA dysregulation in human disease”. The 62nd
annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, San Francisco, CA
Co-chair, Regional RNA Meeting (~200 participants), Dayton, OH, October 19-20
Invited speaker, Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University
2011
Session chair and moderator: “Functional non-coding RNAs in mammalian systems and disease”, International Congress of Human Genetics, Montreal, Canada
Vice chair, Regional RNA Meeting, Dayton, OH
Invited speaker, Center for Epigenetics, University of Florida College of Medicine
Invited speaker, Center for Gene Regulation, Cleveland State University
Invited speaker, Cancer Program of the Sudbury Regional Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Invited speaker, American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Invited speaker, Epigenetics in Development and Disease, Miami Winter Symposium.
2010
Invited speaker, Epigenetics and Stem Cells Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
BIOCOMP’10 Session Chair: Comparative sequence, genome analysis and genome scale computational methods. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Invited speaker, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA.
Invited speaker, Functional Genomics Symposium, Toronto, Canada.
Invited speaker, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine
2009
Plenary session speaker, American Society of Human Genetics 59th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
Postdoctoral Award Finalist for Outstanding Research, American Society of Human Genetics, Honolulu, HI.
Postdoctoral Travel Award, the RNA Society 14th Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.
2008
Invited Speaker, the 11th International Fragile X Syndrome Conference.
2007
Postdoctoral Award Finalist for Outstanding Translational Research, American Society of Human Genetics.
2006
Postdoctoral Award, Keystone Symposia - Epigenetics and Chromatin Remodeling in Development.
2005
Postdoctoral Award, Keystone Symposia - Chromatin Modification Pathways.
Postdoctoral Award Finalist for Outstanding Research, American Society of Human Genetics.
University of Florida Nominee for the Council of Graduate Schools Distinguished Dissertation Award.
2004
First Place, Pre-doctoral Award for Outstanding Research, American Society of Human Genetics.
Graduate Fellowship for Outstanding Research Award, University of Florida College of Medicine.
Pre-doctoral Award, Keystone Symposia - Emerging Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation.
Lalor Foundation Merit Award for Outstanding Research, Society for the Study of Reproduction.
2003
Pre-doctoral Award Finalist for Outstanding Research, American Society of Human Genetics.
2000
Crowell Book Award, University of Kansas.
Invited speaker, Cambridge Healthtech Inst. Inaugural Long Non-coding RNAs in Cancer Symposium, Boston, MA
Invited speaker, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Cleveland, OH
Invited speaker, Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University
Invited Speaker, Department of Biological Sciences, Cleveland State University
2014
Kavli Fellow, The Kavli Foundation for Advancing Basic Science for Humanity
Invited speaker to the 2014 Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, Beijing, China
Recipient of the March of Dimes Cell Lineage and Differentiation Research Grant
2013
Invited speaker, Workshop on the Clinical Translation of Epigenetics in Cancer Therapy, North Carolina
Invited speaker, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Cleveland, OH
Invited speaker, Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University
Invited speaker, Metrohealth Medical Center
Invited speaker, Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University
2012
Invited speaker, The Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum, Doha, Qatar
Invited speaker, Department of Cell Biology, Cleveland Clinic
Invited speaker, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Case Western School of Medicine
Invited speaker, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Orlando, FL
Co-chair and moderator: “The functional consequences of microRNA dysregulation in human disease”. The 62nd
annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, San Francisco, CA
Co-chair, Regional RNA Meeting (~200 participants), Dayton, OH, October 19-20
Invited speaker, Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University
2011
Session chair and moderator: “Functional non-coding RNAs in mammalian systems and disease”, International Congress of Human Genetics, Montreal, Canada
Vice chair, Regional RNA Meeting, Dayton, OH
Invited speaker, Center for Epigenetics, University of Florida College of Medicine
Invited speaker, Center for Gene Regulation, Cleveland State University
Invited speaker, Cancer Program of the Sudbury Regional Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Invited speaker, American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Invited speaker, Epigenetics in Development and Disease, Miami Winter Symposium.
2010
Invited speaker, Epigenetics and Stem Cells Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
BIOCOMP’10 Session Chair: Comparative sequence, genome analysis and genome scale computational methods. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Invited speaker, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA.
Invited speaker, Functional Genomics Symposium, Toronto, Canada.
Invited speaker, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine
2009
Plenary session speaker, American Society of Human Genetics 59th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
Postdoctoral Award Finalist for Outstanding Research, American Society of Human Genetics, Honolulu, HI.
Postdoctoral Travel Award, the RNA Society 14th Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.
2008
Invited Speaker, the 11th International Fragile X Syndrome Conference.
2007
Postdoctoral Award Finalist for Outstanding Translational Research, American Society of Human Genetics.
2006
Postdoctoral Award, Keystone Symposia - Epigenetics and Chromatin Remodeling in Development.
2005
Postdoctoral Award, Keystone Symposia - Chromatin Modification Pathways.
Postdoctoral Award Finalist for Outstanding Research, American Society of Human Genetics.
University of Florida Nominee for the Council of Graduate Schools Distinguished Dissertation Award.
2004
First Place, Pre-doctoral Award for Outstanding Research, American Society of Human Genetics.
Graduate Fellowship for Outstanding Research Award, University of Florida College of Medicine.
Pre-doctoral Award, Keystone Symposia - Emerging Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation.
Lalor Foundation Merit Award for Outstanding Research, Society for the Study of Reproduction.
2003
Pre-doctoral Award Finalist for Outstanding Research, American Society of Human Genetics.
2000
Crowell Book Award, University of Kansas.