Dr. Daniels has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career. He has been an active participant and leader in many national investigative committees and study sections, including the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Nutrition, the American Heart Association’s Council for Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the International Pediatric Hypertension Association’s Executive Board, which he recently chaired. He has also served as a frequent participant in grant review study sections and science panels of the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Daniels has served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Pediatrics since 1995. He is a peer reviewer for many other journals and is widely published in the medical literature. He is co-author of Medical Epidemiology, an introductory textbook for medical students, and co-author and editor of the book Pediatric Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, published in 2006. Dr. Daniels is a highly sought-after speaker nationwide.
- Named to Best Doctors® 2013 national database.
- Distinguished Achievement Award 2012, American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young (CVDY).
- Named a "U.S. News Top Doctor" by US News & World Report in 2012.
- Authored paper "Childhood adiposity, adult adiposity, and cardiovascular risk factors" published in The New England Journal of Medicine (2011;365:1876-1885), which was named a "Major Scientific Advance in Cardiovascular Epidemiology" by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health for 2012.
- Associate Editor, Congenital Heart Disease, 2005-present
- Associate Editor, Journal of Pediatrics, 1995-present
- Chairman’s Award, AHA, 2011
- Meritorious Achievement Award, 2011 Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young (CVDY), CVDY Annual Dinner, Orlando, 2011
- America’s Top Cardiologists, 2008-2011
- Edna G. Kynett Memorial Lecture, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010
- America’s Top Pediatricians, 2010
- Pediatric Council Member, AAP Colorado Chapter, 2007-2010
- Co-Chair, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Healthcare Pillar, AHA, 2006-2010
- Pediatric Editorial Board Member, Obesity Management, 2006-2010
- Best Doctors in America, 2005-2010
- Member, Committee on Nutrition, AAP, 2004-2010
- Reviewer, Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) and Mid-Career Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24), NHLBI, NIH, 2007-2008
- Chairman, Nominating Committee for Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, AHA, 2006-2008
- Chairman, Expert Panel on Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Children, NHLBI, NIH, 2006-2008
- Steering Committee Member, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, AHA, 1999-2008
- Reviewer, Study Section, Cardiovascular Disease and Sleep Epidemiology, Center for Scientific Review, NIH, 2007-2008
- Reviewer, Clinical Study Section, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Spring Review, 2007
- Elected to the Hall of Honor, Cincinnati Pediatric Society, 2007
- Chairman, Youth Workgroup, Activity and Health Policy Network, American College of Sports Medicine, 2007
- Chairman, Workshop on Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome, NICHD, NIH, 2006
- Member, Strategic Planning Working Group, Vascular Diseases and Hypertension, NHLBI, NIH, 2006