Editor-in-Chief, Medicinal Research Reviews (ranked #2 in 2016 based on Impact Factors (8.4) among about 60 medicinal chemistry journals worldwide and #6 among 261 pharmacology- and pharmacy-related journals)
Founding Serial Editor, A Wiley Series in Drug Discovery and Development
Distinguished Alumni Professor Award, Georgia State University, 2007
Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award, Georgia State University, 2007
Memberships on more than 30 NIH Study Sections during the past 10 years
Permanent membership on the Synthetic and Biological Study-A Section (SBC-A) (2011-2017)
Member, Long Range Planning Committee, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2001-2004
American Heart Association Established Investigator Awardee, 1998
Oklahoma Society of Hospital Pharmacists Outstanding Faculty Award, 1996 (for teaching)
Kappa Psi Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1996 (for teaching)
Kappa Epsilon Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1996 (for teaching)
NIH FIRST Awardee, 1995