2008 Rema Lapouse Award for Significant Contributions to the Scientific
Understanding of Epidemiology and Control of Mental Disorders, American
Public Health Association (with T.E. Moffitt)
2008 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, International Society for the Study
of Behavioral Development (ISSBD) (with T.E. Moffitt)
2007 Mortimer D. Sackler MD Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Developmental
Psychobiology, by the faculties of the Sackler Institutes of Developmental
Psychobiology at Columbia University Medical Center and at Weill Cornell
Medical College of Cornell University
2007 Elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science
2006 ISI Highly Cited Research (field: Psychology/Psychiatry). ISI identifies the “top
250 preeminent individual researchers in each of 21 subject categories who have
demonstrated great influence on their field as measured by citations”
2006 Elected Fellow of the British Academy
2006 Royal Society - Wolfson Research Merit Award
2005 Elected Fellow of the American Psychopathological Association
2003 Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology, American Psychological
Association (book award received for Sex Differences in Antisocial Behaviour)
2002 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (UK)
2002 John P. Hill Memorial Award, Society for Research in Adolescence
(with T.E. Moffitt)
1998 Selected as Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences,
Palo Alto
1995 Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology
(Developmental Psychology), American Psychological Association
1995 Robert L. Fantz Award, American Psychological Foundation
1995-1996 University of Wisconsin Vilas Foundation Associate
1994 Margaret Bernauer Research Award, Wisconsin Psychological Association
1993-1998 University of Wisconsin H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellow
1990-1992 National Academy of Education Spencer Fellowship
1984 Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Graduate Fellowship
1983 Foundation for Child Development, Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
1981 Highest Honors in Major, UC-Santa Cruz