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In 1994, the Chancellor of the State University of New York conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree.

In 2006, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Vice Chancellor awarded Cardiff University ’ s ( Wales ) highest honor, an Honorary Fellow.

Gostin is an elected lifetime Member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.

In 2006, the IOM awarded Gostin the Adam Yarmolinsky Medal.

He has received the Rosemary Delbridge Memorial Award from the National Consumer Council ( U. K .) for the person “ who has most influenced Parliament and government to act for the welfare of society .” He also received the Key to Tohoko University ( Japan ) for distinguished contributions to human rights in mental health.

At the CDC Public Health Law Conference in 2006, he received the Public Health Law Association Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award “ in recognition of a career devoted to using law to improve the public ’ s health .” He is an elected fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution.