Honors and Awards
Awarded Docent in Clinical Chemistry by the Univ. of Kuopio, Finland 1996
Finnish Advanced Technology Foundation, 1992
Saastamoinen Foundation, Finland, 1994
Finnish Academy, 1994
Instrumentarium Academic Foundation, Finland, 1994
Finnish Academy,1995
Regional Commissioner Award, VA Central Office, 2005
Regional Commissioner Award, VA Central Office, 2006