 In May 2013 she was the subject of BBC Radio 4's "The Life Scientific" and was interviewed about her life and work by Jim Al-Khalili.Rothwell was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2005 Birthday Honours, Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2004, Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB) and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).In 2003 she won the prestigious Royal Society Pfizer Award.