Awards and honors

Communications Award of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2019, for A Second Chance, a story about the eradication of yaws, reported from Papua New Guinea.
Finalist, European Science Writer of the Year award, 2018, for Fishy Business, a story about research fraud in Sweden.
The Golden Chisel 2017, award for Best Dutch Science Writer, for Fishy Business.
Communications Award of the American Society for Microbiology 2012, for False Positive, a story about the highly controversial link between a mouse retrovirus, and chronic fatigue syndrome. (With Jon Cohen)
Communications Award of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2011, awarded to Science for “outstanding reporting of tropical medicine and hygiene over the last several years,” including many stories by Martin Enserink.
Tough Lessons From Golden Rice included in The Best American Science Writing 2009, published by Ecco/Perennial.
Honorable mention for the Media Award of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, for Tough Lessons From Golden Rice.
Communications Award of the American Society for Microbiology 2008, for Malaria Treatments: ACT Two, a story about the slow roll-out of a new generation of anti-malaria drugs. (With Leslie Roberts)
Honorable mention, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Communications Award 2007, for Welcome to Ethiopia’s Fly Factory, a story about the controversial use of the sterile insect technique to fight tsetse flies in Ethiopia.
Communications Award of the American Society for Microbiology 2004, for China’s Missed Chance, a story about the Chinese scientific response to SARS. (With Dennis Normile)