Honors
Awards
- Society of Behavioral Medicine: Behavioral Medicine Service Award. April 16, 2021
- NCI Director’s Award: Group Award for work on President’s Cancer Panel report for Improving Cancer Outcomes through Connected Health. October 18, 2017.
- “Highly Commended” recognition from the British Publishing Association for “Oncology Informatics: Using Health Information Technology to Improve Processes and Outcomes in Cancer Care.” 2017.
- PROSE (Professional and Scholarly Excellence) Award for “Best Book in Clinical Medicine, 2016.” Award was announced by the Association of American Publishers on February 3, 2017.
- American Psychological Association (APA) Meritorious Research Service Commendation. Washington DC. December, 2016.
- Translational Health Communication Scholar Award, DC Health Communications Biennial Conference. Fairfax, VA. April, 2015.
- Cancer Special Interest Group “SIGGIE” award, Society of Behavioral Medicine. Philadelphia, PA. April, 2014.
- NCI Director’s Award: Group Award for “For pioneering an open data platform across surveillance sources with cross-agency and international implications.” 2013.
- Awarded Fellow Status within the Society of Behavioral Medicine. 2012.
- NCI Director’s Award: Individual Award for “Exceptional leadership and vision in cancer communication and informatics science.” 2011.
- NCI Director’s Award: Group Award for “Leadership in bridging science to practice in the field of consumer health informatics.” 2011.
- NCI Director’s Award: Group Award for “Development of an innovative database for researchers to collaborate and share behavioral constructs, measures, and data using Web 2.0 technologies.” 2010
- American Journal of Nursing “Book of the Year Award: Public Health” for "Making Data Talk," published by Oxford. 2009.
- NCI Director’s Award: Group Award for “Innovation and dedication resulting in NCI’s first-ever Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) and accompanying website”. 2006.
- NAGC Blue Pencil and Gold Screen Award: Award of Excellence, HINTS Web site. 2005.
- Student Science Directorate Award, American Psychological Association. 1988.
- Presidential Scholarship, Brigham Young University. 1975.
- Placentia Unified School District Scholarship. 1975.
- National Honor Society. 1975.
Elected Positions
- Elected Chair (1 year appointment) of the American Psychological Association’s Publications and Communications Board.
- Appointed Advisory Board Member to the VA: Houston, TX. (2013-2018).
- Elected to Publication and Communication Board, American Psychological Association (2010-2016).
- Appointed Special Communication Advisor to the Board: Society of Behavioral Medicine (2010-2017).
- Appointed Chair of the Web Evaluation and Development Services Committee by Westat CEO (2001-2003).
- Appointed Member of Electronic Resources Advisory Panel (ERAP), Subcommittee to the P&C Board, American Psychological Association (2000-2017).
- Elected Member of the Interoffice Governance Council, American Institutes for Research, Palo Alto, CA Representative. (1994-1998).
- National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellowship (1988-1990).
