Awards and Honours

2006  Lifetime Career Award by STAR (The International Stress and Anxiety Research Society) http://www.star-society.org/
2006-2010 President of the Division of Health Psychology (Division 8) of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). www.healthpsych.de/iaap/
2006-2007 International Scientific Committee of the STAR (Stress and Anxiety Research Society) Conference in Dominican
Republic, July 19-22, 2007

2007-2008 Scientific Advisory Board, STAR (Stress and Anxiety Research Society) Conferencev Society), London, UK, July 16-18, 2008. http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psyc/star
2004-2008 Member, International Advisory Committee, 29th International Congress of Psychology, July 20-25, 2008, Berlin, Germany. http://www.icp2008.org/
2008 Participant in Young Scientist Program – Meet your Favorite Professor, International Congress of International Congress of Psychology, July20-25, 2008, Berlin, Germany
2003-2007 Canadian Representative to STAR (Stress and Anxiety Research Society).
2005-2006 Chair, Program Committee of Division 8 (Health Psychology) of the 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, July 16-21, 2006, Athens, Greece
2005-2006 International Scientific Committee of the STAR (Stress and Anxiety Research Society) Conference in Crete, Greece, July 13-15, 2006.
2003-2004    International Scientific Committee of the STAR (Stress and Anxiety Research Society) Conference in Amsterdam, July 10-12, 2004.
2003 Scientific Organizing Committee for the Fourth Conference on Occupational Stress and Workplace Wellness, APA-NIOSH, Toronto, March 19-21, 2003
2003- 2004 Chair, Department of Psychology, York University
2002-2006 President Elect of the Division of Health Psychology (Division 8) of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP).
2002   Scientific Committee of STAR 2003 Lisbon Conference, July 10-12, 2003
2002  Editorial Advisory Board for International Studies on Child and Adolescent Health
2002 Review Committee: Presentation proposals submitted for Fourth Conference on Occupational Stress and Health, APA-NIOSH. Toronto, March 20-22, 2003
2002 Scientific Committee of the STAR (Stress and Anxiety Research Society) 2003 Conference in Lisbon    July 10-12, 2003.
2002-2003   Scientific Organizing    Committee for the Fourth Conference on Occupational Stress and Health. APA-NIOSH. Toronto, March 20-22, 2003.
2002 Program Committee of Division 8 (Health Psychology) of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) for the meeting in Singapore, July 7-12.
2000 Participant in the Inauguration of the first Congress of the Asian Health Psychology Society (AHPS), Tokyo, August 28-29.
1999    Scientific Committee for STAR (Stress and Anxiety Research Society) meeting in Cracow, Poland, July.
1997    The 1996 Section on Women and Psychology (SWAP) Award of Distinction, Canadian Psychological Association
1997  Editorial Board, Health Perspectives: Research, Policy and Practice
1996    Organizer and Convener of the first meeting of the International Society of Health Psychology Research (ISHR), Montreal, Quebec, August 1996
1996-    Fellow, American Psychological Association
1996 Consulting Editor, Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: An International Journal
1990, 1991 Imperial Oil Award for Research in Excellence
1990 Listed in Canadian Who's Who
1988    Canadian Woman's Studies
1988 Editorial Board, Applied Psychology: An International Review
1987  Editorial Board, Canadian Psychology
1986 Listed in Who's Who of Canadian Women
1984 York University Faculty of Arts Fellowship for 1985-1986
1984 Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association
1976 Listed in the MATH Talent Bank File, 1976 (International Centre Matching Women's needs and Resources in Canada and the Third World)
1976-1977 Nominated for the Best Teacher Award, Department of Psychology, York University