Dr. Brenner is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (Councilor, 1980-82, Vice-President, 1983-84), the American Society of Nephrology (Councilor, 1980-86, President, 986-87), the American Society of Hypertension (Organizing Committee, 1985-87, Executive Committee, 1986-95, President, 1994-95), International Society of Nephrology (Councilor,1987-95, Co-Chairman, Commission for Global Advancement of Nephrology, 1994-99), American Association of Physicians (Councilor, 1995-99) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Chair, Section on Medical Sciences, 1995-98). Dr. Brenner has received numerous awards and accolades including his most recent honors: Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London (1998), Jean Hamburger (1999), Amgen (2003), A N Richards (2015) and Life Time Achievement (2016) Awards, International Society of Nephrology , Homer Smith (1984), John P. Peters and Robert G Narins (2010) Awards, American Society of Nephrolog and Novartis International Prize for High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart Assn (2005.. He has received honorary degrees from Harvard University (A.M., 1977), Long Island University (D.Sc., 1987), the Universite de Paris, Pierre et Marie Curie (D. Med. Sci.,1992), Diploma, Charles University, Prague (1995) and Universidad Complutense, Madrid,(2002).

Dr. Brenner has held 25 editorial board appointments, has participated in more than 300 Visiting Professorships and has published more than 700 scientific articles and reviews and edited 45 books.