2000 - Dr. William A. & Ethel Perer Annual Award for Excellence in Biochemistry

1999 - Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Beta Chapter of Nebraska

1999 - Nebraska Medical Foundation Inc., Medical Student Research Scholarship

1998 Creighton University School of Medicine, Dean’s Research Scholarship

1993-1996 - National Institutes of Health, Molecular Biophysics Training Grant Trainee (NIH 5732-GM08277-07)

1991 - Summa Cum Laude, University of St. Thomas

1991 - Phi Lambda Upsilon, National Chemistry Honor Society

1990 - Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society

1989 - Delta Epsilon Sigma, National Honor Society of Catholic Colleges and Universities

1989 - Outstanding Introductory Physics Student for the Physical Sciences 
 

George, M.E.; Skarda, D. E.; Watts, C. R.; Pham, H. D.; Beilman, G. J. “Aggressive Red Blood Cell Transfusion: No Association with Improved Outcomes for Victims of Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury.” Neurocritical Care 2008, 8, 337-343.

Sperduto, C.M.; Watanabe Y.; Mullan, J.; Hood, T.; Dyste, G.; Watts, C.; Bender, G.P.; Sperduto, P. “A Validation Study of a New Prognostic Index for Patients with Brain Metastases: the Graded Prognostic Assessment.” Journal of Neurosurgery 2008, 109 (Suppl), 87-89.

Watts, C. R.; Mezei, M.; Murphy, R. F.; Lovas, S. “Conformational Space Comparison of GnRH and GnRH III using Molecular Dynamics, Cluster Analysis and Monte Carlo Thermodynamic Integration.” Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 2001, 18, 733-748.

Tóth, G.; Watts, C. R.; Murphy, R. F.; Lovas, S. “Significance of Aromatic-Backbone Amide Interactions in Protein Structure” Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics 2001, 43, 373-381.

Watts, C. R.; Tóth, G.; Murphy, R. F.; Lovas, S. “Domain Movement in the Epidermal Growth Factor Family of Peptides” Journal of Molecular Structure (Theochem) 2001, 535, 171-182.

Kallick, D. A.; Watts, C. R. “Determination of Specific Peptide Micelle Interactions Using NMR Spectroscopy.” Peptides 1999: Frontiers of Peptide Science, Proceedings of the 16th American Peptide Symposium, Barany, G.; Fields, G. B., Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 402-403.

Watts, C. R.; Lovas, S.; Murphy, R. F. “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Analogs of Human Epidermal Growth Factors: Conformation and Receptor Binding Properties.” Peptides 1998: Proceedings of the 25th European Peptide Symposium, Bajusz, S,; Hudecz, F., Eds., Akademiai Kiado, Hungary, 402-403.

Watts, C. R. Lovas, S.; Murphy, R. F. “Conformational Space Comparison of GnRH and GnRH-III.” Peptides 1998: Proceedings of the 25th European Peptide Symposium, Bajusz, S.; Hudecz, F., Eds., Akademiai Kiado, Hungary, 426-427.

Watts, C. R.; Lovas, S.; Murphy, R. F. “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Epidermal Growth Factors in Aqueous Solution.” Peptides 1997: Frontiers of Peptide Science, Proceedings of the 15th American Peptide Symposium, Tam, J. P.; Kaumaya, P. T. P., Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 412-413.

Watts, C. R.; Lovas, S.; Murphy, R. F. “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Epidermal Growth Factor and Transforming Growth Factor- Structures in Water.” Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics 1998, 33, 396-407.