Dr Thomas has been awarded a number of prizes for his work including the CSL Centenary Fellowship ($1.25M), K99-R00 Pathway to Independence award by the National Cancer Institute, NHMRC PhD award, Albert Bakie Medal, Douglas Hardy Prize, Nimmo Prize and CJ Martin Biomedical Fellowship, The Hospital Research Foundation 2020, 2 Ideas grants NHMRC 2020, MRFF funding 2020.