Honors and Awards
- Fellow, Royal College of Physicians
- Fellow, Royal Society of London (1981 election)
- Member, United States National Academy of Sciences (1986 election)
- Member, Academia Sinica (1988 election)
- Member, Third World Academy of Sciences (1988 election)
- Foreign member, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1996 election)
- William Dameshek Prize (1979) from ASH
- Stratton Medal (1980) from International Society of Hematology
- George Thorn Award (1980), from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- William Allan Award (1984), from American Society of Human Genetics
- Gairdner Foundation International Award (1984)
- Lita Annenberg Hazen Award for Excellence in Clinical Research (1984)
- Waterford Biomedical Science Award (1987)
- American College of Physicians Research Award (1988)
- Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (1989), from Harvard Medical School
- Sanremo International Award for Genetic Research (1989, Italy)
- Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research (1991)
- City of Medicine Award (1992)
- Christopher Columbus Discovery Award in Biomedical Research (1992),
- Excellence 2000 Award (1993)
- Federation of Canadian Chinese Professionals Award (1994)
- Helmut Horten Foundation Research Award (1995, Switzerland)
- Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine (2004)
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