Gw mau tau Penghargaan dari Siddhartha Mukherjee

2010: Gabrielle Angel's Leukemia Foundation Award 2010.

2011: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

2011: Cancer Leadership Award (bersama Kathleen Sebelius dan Orrin Hatch)

2011: National Book Critics Circle Award, finalis

2011: Time Magazine, 100 Best Non-Fiction books of all TIME

2011: Time 100, tokoh berpengaruh di dunia

2011: Wellcome Trust Book Prize, shortlist

2012: Boston Public Library Literary Lights 2012