HONORS AND AWARDS
1976 Canada Council Grant and Award for exchange of scientists
1986 American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award
1988 American Psychiatric Association Fellowship Award – May 1988
1991 Nominated and selected as Senior Scholar by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada for the Award of Canada-USSR Academic Exchange Program for 1991-1992. Participation in the above Academic Exchange Program with the Academy of Sciences of the former USSR for a research project on the Seasonal Affective Disorders in November 1991.
2003 Distinguished Life Fellow Award, American Psychiatric Association ( January).
2008 Award of Excellence of Social Responsibility and Service (in the field of substance abuse prevention). Received at the 10th National Conference of Alcohol and Drug Dependence, Sino-US Symposium in Drug Abuse and HIV/HCV Comorbidity (October). Xian,China
2009 Professor Emeritus, McGill University, Department of Psychiatry (as of June 1, 2009)
2011 Award of Appreciation for contribution to Medical Education of the Class of 2011 as an Osler Fellow of McGill University Faculty of Medicine, May 18, 2011
2011 Award of Distinguished Scholarship (in the book category) for the book Materialism: Moral and Social Consequences (2010, Oxford, UK), presented by the Association for Baha’i Studies – N. America at its annual conference August 13, 2011, San Francisco.
2011 Certificate of Appreciation as an Osler Fellow (2007- 2011) for an “invaluable contribution” to the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University, May 18, 2011.
2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, December 10, 2012, for recognition to contributions to Canada.
