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Awards

Our Awards celebrate exceptional achievements in psychiatry, support educational opportunities for medical students, empower early-career psychiatrists, and champion diversity in the field.


Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Prevention

Recognizes a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has made significant contributions to the prevention of mental disorders in children and adolescents and influenced the general well-being of young people.

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Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement

Honors a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has been noted for outstanding contributions to the advancement of child and adolescent psychiatry in activities such as teaching, research, writing, clinical care, advocacy, and policy.

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Alexandra Symonds Award

Recognizes a woman psychiatrist who has made significant contributions to promoting women's health and the advancement of women.

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Award for Research in Psychiatry

First awarded in 1949 as the Hofheimer Prize, the Award for Research in Psychiatry recognizes a single distinguished contribution, a body of work, or a lifetime contribution that has had a major impact on the field and/or altered the practice of psychiatry.

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Chester Pierce Human Rights Award

Recognizes the extraordinary efforts of individuals to promote the human rights of populations with mental health needs by bringing attention to their work.

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George Tarjan Award

Honors a physician who has made significant contributions to the enhancement of the integration of international medical graduates into American psychiatry.

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Gralnick Award for Research in Schizophrenia

Named after the late Alexander Gralnick, M.D., the award acknowledges research achievements in the treatment of schizophrenia, emphasizing early diagnosis and treatment and psychosocial aspects of the disease process.

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Hartford-Jeste Award for Future Leaders in Geriatric Psychiatry

Recognizes an early-career geriatric psychiatrist who has made noteworthy contributions to geriatric psychiatry through excellence in research, teaching, clinical practice, and community service and has demonstrated the potential to develop into a leader in the field.

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Health Services Research Award – Early Career

The Early Career Award, established in 1998, recognizes the best paper published in the past year by an early career psychiatrist. 

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Health Services Research Award – Senior Career

The Senior Scholar Award recognizes sustained research accomplishments in the area of mental health.

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Ittleson Award for Research in Child Psychiatry

This award was established in 1976 in memory of noted philanthropic friend of psychiatry Blanche F. Ittleson — and recognizes outstanding and published research in child and adolescent psychiatry that has resulted in, or promises to lead to, a significant advance in promoting the mental health of children.

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Jack Weinberg Memorial Award in Geriatric Psychiatry

Honors a psychiatrist who over the course of his or her career has demonstrated special leadership or has done outstanding work in clinical practice, training, or research into geriatric psychiatry.

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Jeanne Spurlock, M.D. Minority Fellowship Achievement Award

Recognizes the achievements of former fellows of the Minority Fellowships who have made (or are making) significant contribution(s) to the profession and/or the minority community.

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John Fryer Award

Honors an individual whose work has contributed to the improvement of mental health of sexual minority communities.

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Judd Marmor Award

It was established to honor a distinguished member of the psychiatry field who has contributed to advancing the understanding of how multiple levels of organization (from molecular to individual to societal levels) impact mental health and illness.

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Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry

This award, established in 1988, recognizes a senior researcher who has made a significant contribution to research on the causes and treatment of schizophrenia as both a researcher and a mentor. An award is also made to support the career development of a young research psychiatrist working in a mentor-trainee relationship with the award winner.

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Kun-Poo Soo Award

Recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions toward understanding the impact and importance of Asian cultural heritage in areas relevant to psychiatry.

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Mrazek Award in Psychiatric Pharmacogenomics

Created in 2014, the David A. Mrazek Memorial Award recognizes an outstanding clinician in the field of pharmacogenomics.

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Nasrallah Family Award for Advances in Psychiatric Neuroscience

This award, established in 2020 and endowed by the Nasrallah family, recognizes distinguished contributions to Psychiatric Neuroscience that have had a major impact on the field and/or altered the practice of psychiatry.

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O'Leary Award For Innovation in Psychiatry

Recognizes a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has made significant contributions to the prevention of mental disorders in children and adolescents and influenced the general well-being of young people.

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Oskar Pfister Award

Honors an outstanding contributor in the field of psychiatry and religion.

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Research Mentorship Award

The Research Mentorship Award, established in 1976, honors an academic psychiatrist who has fostered the pursuit of student research within his/her university department through direct mentorship of individual students or by the promotion of novel research-oriented training activities.

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Simon Bolivar Award

Honors a prominent advocate for Hispanic mental health.

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Solomon Carter Fuller Award

Honors a black citizen who has pioneered in an area that has significantly benefited the quality of life of black people.

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