[8] He is president and Founder of the National Academy of Inventors, a partner organization with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to honor and enhance academic invention.
[9][10] In 2000, Sanberg and fellow scientist Archie Silver conducted a study of the effects of nicotine patches on Tourette's victims.
Those who were administered the nicotine patch along with Haldol showed significantly increased muscle control and ability to desist from verbal outbursts.
The study suggests that nicotine and its analogues could also be used to treat the symptoms of mental disorders including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
Sanberg's team found that the injected rats recovered fifty percent more brain function than did the control group.
Sanberg explained to media outlets that the umbilical cells could be injected directly into the blood stream where they would be attracted to the stroke-damaged brain.
In 2011 he received the Everfront Award at the Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cell and Cancer Research, Taichung, Taiwan.
[17] Also in 2015, he was inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame,[18] and was named Alumnus of the Year for Research or Academics by the Australian National University, Canberra.