| National Cancer Institute | 2017 | | NCI Outstanding Investigatory Award |
| American Academy of Dermatology | 2017 | | Lila and Murray Gruber Memorial Cancer Research Award |
| American Skin Association | 2016 | | Research Achievement Award |
| Society of Melanoma Research | 2014 | | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Melanoma Research Foundation | 2012 | | Scientific Leadership Award |
| German National Academy of Science Leopoldina | 2012 | | Elected Member |
| Society of Melanoma Research | 2010
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| 2013 | President |
| European Association of Dermatologic Oncology | 2010 | | Honorary Member |
| American Society of Dermatopathology | 2012 | | Helwig Award |
| American Skin Association | 2008 | | Abby S. and Howard P. Milstein Innovation Award for Skin Cancer Research |
| American Society of Dermatopathology | 2005 | | Hermann Pinkus Lectureship and Award |