1. 1989 - 1993     Undergraduate Award, Inter-University Council for East Africa

2. 1995 - 1996     Postgraduate Fellowship, The Department of Foreign Affairs (DOF), Dublin, Ireland

3. 1995 - 1997     University of Nairobi Collaboration Research Award, The Center for Development Research, Denmark

4. 1995                Cross Border Research Award, The United Nations Center for Regional Development

5. 1996               Team Leader/Reviewer, Encarta CD-ROM, Electronic Atlas (African Section of Microsoft Encarta 97 Encyclopedia by Microsoft   Corporation Dublin, Ireland and USA)

6. 1998, 1999      African Dissertation Internship Award, Rockefeller Foundation

7. 2000-2001       Reviewer, Mark Diamond Dissertation Grants, University at Buffalo, New York

8. 2000-2002       National Center for Geographical Information and Analysis (NCGIA) Research Assistantship, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Center Asthma Environmental Exposure (CAEE) Research & Graduate Assistantships, University at Buffalo, New York

9. 2003               Reviewer, Journal of Community Health and Epidemiology (JECH) 

10. 2003-2005     Member, American Academic of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

11. 2004–Present Member, American Association of Geographers (AAG)

12. 2004–Present Reviewer, American Journal of Public Health

13. 2004–Present Reviewer, Interdisciplinary Journal—Health and Place

14. 2006–Present Reviewer, National Science Foundation (NSF)

15. 2006–Present Reviewer, International Journal of Geographical Information Science (IJGIS)

16. 2006–Present Reviewer, International Journal of Health Geographics (IJHG)

GRANTS

• PI: “Connect SI GIS Mapping Project for Southern Illinois”, Private Sector and State Funded, $ 1,000,000+, Starting 2006.
• PI: “A Mathematical Improvement of the Self-Organizing Map Algorithm. Summer Research Support from the Responsive and Reflective University Initiative (RRUI) Fund, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2006.
• A $500 Travel Grant from Binghamton University for the Race, Ethnicity, and Place (REP) November 1–4, 2006 Conference III at Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. Conference sponsored by four partners—Binghamton University, Texas State University, Howard University, and Association of American Geographers, 2006.
• PI, “Graduate Technology Enhancement Grant”, US $4,637. Graduate Technology Enhancement Grant Program, Southern Illinois Unversity Carbondale, 2006.
• PI, “The Second Phase of Hardware Upgrade and Further Enhancement of the Computing Environment in SEAL”, US $10996.00, Undergraduate Student Technology Fee Proposal, Southern Illinois Unversity Carbondale, 2005–2006.
• PI, “Upgrading Hardware and Enhancement of the Computing Environment in Spatial and Environmental Analysis GIS Laboratory”, US $18,923.98, Undergraduate Student Technology Fee Proposal, Southern Illinois Unversity Carbondale, 2004–2005.
• PI, "Undergraduate assistantship to support and mentor to a senior undergraduate student in the GIS and Disease Modeling Project", US$4,800 (37.5% effort). Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2004–2005.
• PI, “Graduate Technology Enhancement Grant”, US $4,700. Graduate Technology Enhancement Grant Program, Southern Illinois Unversity Carbondale, 2004.
• PI, “A spatial characterization of sleeping disorders using geographic information systems (GIS) in densely populated urban neighborhoods of Buffalo City, New York”, US $15,386 plus one month summer salary research support, Office of Research Development and Administration Faculty Seed Grant Program (FSGP), Southern Illinois Unversity Carbondale, 2004–2005.
• Principal GIS Analyst, “Air toxics exposure from vehicular emissions at border crossing”, US $761,792 for two years (starting 2004) with PI Dr. Spengler John, Harvard School of Public Health & Co-PI Dr. Jamson Lwebuga-Mukasa, Health Effects Institute (HEI). This is sub-grant funded through the Harvard School of Public Health and State University of New York at Buffalo.
• Principal GIS Analyst, “Traffic pollution effects on the prevalence and morbidity of asthma in a community at a U.S.-Canada Gateway”, US $206,000 with PI Dr. Jamson Lwebuga-Mukasa, CDC Grant # R01: CCR220259-01, September, 2001 to December 31, 2002.
• PI, "The role of informal sector in employment creation in UGANDA: The case of Kampala City". Center for Development Research, Denmark/Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, with Dr. Hannington Sengendo, Mr. Bob Nakileza, and Mr. Peter Musali, US $7,000, 1995–1997.
• PI, "Cross-border activities research award"—United Nations Center for Regional Development (UNCRD), with Dr. Hannington Sengendo, Mr. Bob Nakileza, and Mr. Frank Tumwine, Amount US $1,500, 1995.