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2005 - Poster Award of the 8th European Congress Neuropathology, Neuropathology 2005, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease associated with the PRNP A117V-129V mutation: Neuropathology of an asymptomatic gene carrier and five clinically affected individuals.
2002 - Poster Award of the 7th European Congress Neuropathology, Neuropathology 2002, Presenilin 1 mutation P264L associated with presenile dementia, cotton wool plaques and diffuse Lewy bodies.
2002 - Weil Award of the 78th Annual meeting of the American Association of Neuropathologists, Inc., Uninoculated and scrapie-infected transgenic mice expressing prion protein with a nine octapeptide repeat insertion show distinct neuropathologic features.
2000 - Bursaries for young presenters, XIVth International Congress of Neuropathology, The neuroserpin S52R mutation causes progressive myoclonus epilepsy and a wide distribution of intraneuronal neuroserpin deposits in the CNS.