holick has been awarded for his contributions to the field of vitamin d research with prizes, including the merit award from the national institute of health, the first american society for bone and mineral research fuller albright award, the mead johnson award, the osborne and mendel award, the mccollum award, the robert h. herman award from the american society for clinical nutrition, acn award from the american college of nutrition, the nih’s general clinical research center's program award for excellence in clinical research, the psoriasis research achievement award from the american skin association, the dsm innovation in nutrition award, the van slyke award from american association for clinical chemistry, the linus pauling prize in human nutrition, the delbert a fisher research scholar award from the endocrine society, and the american college of nutrition's communication media award.