Selected Awards and Honors:
2005: Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Selected as an International Scholar (USA) in infectious diseases
2002: Sarov Prize for excellent research in Medical Microbiology, The Israeli Society for Microbiology Israel
1997: Honorary fellow of the Israeli Ministry of Science Israel
1990: The Yigal Allon Career Development Award, Israel
1979: The Weizmann Institute Fellowship for post-doctoral training, Israel