1999: UNC Endeavors article: Briggs, M (1999) As bright as the veins in your brain. Endeavors.

2001: Featured paper in the journal Neurosurgery. Bullitt E, Aylward S, Bernard E, Gerig G (2001) Special Article. Computer-assisted visualization of arteriovenous malformations on the home pc (2001) Neurosurgery: 48: 576-583.

2005: Cancer research highlight in the journal Cancer Research. Brubaker L, Bullitt E, Yin C, Van Dyke T, Lin W (2005) MRA visualization of abnormal tumor vasculature in genetically engineered mice. Cancer Research 65: 8218-8223.

2006: Herbert M. Stauffer Award for best clinical paper. The Herbert M. Stauffer Award is awarded annually by the Association of University Radiologists. Bullitt E, Zeng D, Gerig G, Aylward S, Joshi S, Smith JK, Lin W, Ewend MG (2005) Vessel tortuosity and brain tumor malignancy: A blinded study. Academic Radiology 12:1232-1240.

2007: David Marr Prize. The David Marr Prize is one of the highest recognitions in the field of image analysis/computer vision. It is awarded every two years by the International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV). Although multiple awards are given in some years, Brad Davis was the only winner in 2007. Davis B, Fletcher PT, Bullitt E, Joshi S (2007) Population Shape Regression from Random Design Data.

2007: Cover article for the journal Radiology. Bullitt E, Lin NU, Smith JK, Zeng D, Winer EP, Carey LA, Lin W, Ewend MG (2007) Blood Vessel Morphological Changes as Visualized by MRA During Treatment of Brain Metastases. Radiology 245:824-830.