Association of European Psychiatrists Junior Psychiatrist Research Prize, 1996
Travelling Fellowship Grantee, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994 (visiting scientist at Department of Psychiatry Neuroimaging, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD)
Recipient of the Young Scientist Award, Biennial European Workshop on Schizophrenia, 1992 and 1994
Recipient of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Young Investigator Award, International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, 1993
Recipient of the Young Investigator Award, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (first non-U.S. based scientist to receive the award)