He is also the first person of Chinese descent to win the German Ernst Jung Prize in Medicine, second in prestige only to the Nobel. The Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, of which he is director, is a leader in many areas of AIDS research.
他是世界上第一個從人類精液中將愛滋病毒分離出來的人，也是第一位獲得學術地位僅次於諾貝爾獎的德國容格醫學獎的華人；他所主持的阿倫．戴蒙德愛滋病研究中心，在愛滋病研究的許多範疇均居領導地位。