HONORS AND AWARDS

2009 Outstanding Faculty Contribution Award, College of Sciences, San Diego State University.

2006 Elected Fellow, American College of Epidemiology

2003 Worldwide #16 in terms of the number of pages published between 1992-2001 in Biometrics (a leading research journal

          in biostatistics) based on  a report published in Journal of Propagations in Probability and Statistics 2003;3:87-97).

2002 Program Chair for statistics in epidemiology, American Statistical Association

2001 Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association.

2001 Program Chair (elected), Statistics in Epidemiology Section, American Statistical Association.

1998-2000 San Diego State University, Faculty Merit Salary Increase.

1997 San Diego State University, Performance Salary Step Increase Award (2-steps). 
1996 San Diego State University, Performance Salary Step Increase Award (2-steps). 
1994 Elected Member, Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society.
1992 San Diego State University, Summer Research, Scholarship, and Creative 
         Activity Award. 
1991 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Statistical Award and Finalists (accounting for 4 
          out of 5 papers listed as finalists and winning the Statistical Award as well). 
1990 CDC Superior Work Performance Cash Award
1990 CDC Statistical Award Finalist
1989 CDC Statistical Award Finalist
1988 CDC Statistical Award Finalist
1987 CDC Statistical Award 
1987 CDC Shepard's Award Nomination 
1982-1983 UCLA Postdoctoral Fellowship
1979-1982 Federal Trainee Fellowship
1978-1979 U.C. Regent's Fellowship
1976 U.C. Tuition Fellowship
1972-1975 Fu-Jen University Tuition Fellowship (ranked No. 1 out of 40 students on the 
                   basis of GPA for consecutive 3 years starting from sophomore to senior in 
                   Department of Mathematics).