Professional Awards

• 2001 Rita Levi Montalcini Award. Italian Multiple Sclerosis Researcher of the Year
• 2009 Melvin Jones Fellow Award (for dedicated humanitarian services Lions Clubs International Foundation)
• 2013 Royan International Research Award - an annual prize awarded to the excellences in Reproductive Biomedicine, Reproductive Health, and Stem Cell Biology and Technology)

Research Fellowship

• 1992 Visiting Scientist at the Department of Neurological and Psychiatric, University of Florence, Italy
• 1992-1994 Visiting Scientist with Prof. S.L. Hauser, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco)