Awards & Scholarships

APS Awards

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  Herbert Weiner Early Career Award

The Herbert Weiner Early Career Award is intended to identify individuals who, early in their career, have contributed significantly to the field of psychosomatic medicine and show substantial promise of continued meritorious academic accomplishments in the field. The first "Early Career Award" was awarded in 1991, and in 2002, the name of the award was expanded to the "Herbert Weiner Early Career Award." The award consists of $1,000, a plaque signifying the award, complimentary meeting registration, and the opportunity to briefly present the research, for which the award was given, during the annual meeting of the Society.

Criteria:
The nominees must be members of the American Psychosomatic Society and be fewer than ten years past receipt of their highest academic degree.

Those with post-degree clinical training (e.g., internship or residency), must be fewer than ten years past completion of their clinical training.

Procedures:
Nominations must include a 500-1000 word justification for the nomination, an updated curriculum vitae, and reprints of 2-6 publications of the work for which the nomination is being made. Any person may self-nominate or nominate another individual.

Deadline:
The application deadline is December 1 of each year. Address application letters to:
Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101

Previous Winners

  • 1991: Michael R. Irwin, MD
  • 1992: Timothy W. Smith, PhD
  • 1993: J. Rick Turner, PhD
  • 1994: Shin Fukudo, MD
  • 1995: Paul J. Mills, PhD
  • 1996: Julian F. Thayer, PhD
  • 1997: Susan Everson, PhD
  • 1998: Willem Kop, PhD
  • 1999: Alan J. Christensen, PhD
  • 2000: Shari R. Waldstein, PhD
  • 2001: Susan S. Girdler, PhD
  • 2002: Susan K. Lutgendorf, PhD
  • 2003: Dominique L. Musselman, MD
  • 2004: Mustafa al'Absi, PhD
  • 2005: Gregory E. Miller, PhD
  • 2006: Mary A. Whooley, MD
  • 2007: Roland von Känel, MD
  • 2008: Peter Gianaros, PhD
  • 2009: Brigitte M. Kudielka, PhD
  • 2010: Anna Phillips, PhD
  • 2011: Naomi Eisenberger, PhD
  Patricia R. Barchas Award in Sociophysiology

The Patricia R. Barchas Award in Sociophysiology was established in 1999. The purpose is to memorialize Patricia Barchas by furthering the field of sociophysiology, the study of the reciprocal relationships that could lead to long-term change both in social behavior and in physiology. The award consists of $1,500, complimentary meeting registration, and a plaque, which is presented at the Annual Meeting.

Criteria:
The only requirement is that the recipient has done interesting and exciting work that helps to expand our knowledge of the interface of the social and physiological worlds.

Procedures:
Nominations should include a 500-1000 word justification for the nomination and updated curriculum vitae.

Deadline:
The application deadline is June 30 of each year. Address application letters to:

Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101

Previous Winners

  • 1999: Bernard T. Engel, PhD
  • 2000: Michael Meaney, PhD
  • 2001: Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD
  • 2002: Michael Marmot, MPH, PhD
  • 2003: John P. Capitanio, PhD
  • 2004: John T. Cacioppo, PhD
  • 2005: Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, PhD
  • 2006: Sheldon Cohen, PhD
  • 2007: Lennart Levi, MD
  • 2008: Christopher L. Coe, PhD
  • 2009: George A. Kaplan, PhD
  • 2010: George Davey Smith, PhD
  • 2011: Shelley E. Taylor, PhD
  Distinguished Scientist Award

The Society has created a Distinguished Scientist Award, eligibility for which extends to senior scientists and physicians who have made an important and protracted contribution in any research field within the Society's bailiwick. In addition, nominees should be members of the Society and would be expected to have contributed substantially over the years to its aims and goals. The recipient must attend the Annual Meeting, where they will receive a commemorative plaque and a check for $1,500.

Criteria:
Recipients must be senior scientists and physicians who have made an important and protracted contribution in any research field within the Society's bailiwick. In addition, nominees should be members of the Society and would be expected to have contributed substantially over the years to its aims and goals.

Procedures:
Nominations should include a 500 - 1000 word justification for the nomination and an up-to-date curriculum vitae of the nominee.

Deadline:
Address application letters to:

Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101

  Donald Oken Fellowship

This new fellowship, first awarded in 2006, was created for the purpose of bringing a C-L psychiatrist or internist to the APS annual meeting each year. The award consists of $1000. complimentary meeting registration, and itemized travel expenses to the Annual Meeting.
Criteria:

  • The person chosen should be someone who is in a senior leadership position in his or her field and able to influence others to become interested in APS by virtue of the stature and prestige of that person.
  • The ideal candidate will be someone who has not previously attended an APS meeting.
  • It should be someone who has had some involvement in research, which could be clinical or basic research.
  • The person should be an effective teacher and should be in a position to influence others, especially medical students, residents, and fellows. The key idea is for the person to immerse him or herself in the meeting and to get to know the Society.
  • Self-nominations will not be permitted for this award.

 Procedures:

  1. The recipient will be required to attend the entire annual meeting.
  2. The recipient will be required to stay at the conference hotel.
  3. The recipient will be required to participate in the meeting in some useful way. For example, that person might present a paper, poster, workshop or roundtable lunch.

Deadline:
The application deadline is August 31 of each year. Address application letters to: Award Committee American Psychosomatic Society 6728 Old McLean Village Drive McLean, VA 22101

Previous Winners

  • 2006: Elizabeth Lin, MD, MPH, Center for Health Studies, Group Cooperative, Seattle, WA
  • 2007: William Breitbart, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
  • 2008: Theodore A Stern, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • 2009: Kurt Kroenke, MD, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN
  • 2010: Jurgen Unutzer, MD University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  • 2011: James L. Levenson, MD, VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA

   Paul D. MacLean Award

The Paul D. MacLean Award for Outstanding Neuroscience Research in Psychosomatic Medicine

Paul MacLean was a physician whose visionary neuroscientific research career at Yale Medical School and NIMH was inspired by his recognition of the importance of emotion in clinical medicine and everyday life. In 1949 he hypothesized that psychosomatic disorders arose from impairment in communication between the limbic system and neocortex. This award is intended to honor Dr. MacLean and promote the line of research that he created on emotion, the brain and physical disease. The award consists of a $1500 honorarium, complimentary meeting registration, up to $1000 in travel expenses, a plaque, and the opportunity to give a talk at the American Psychosomatic Society (APS) Annual Meeting.

Criteria:

  • Outstanding neuroscientific research (human or animal)
  • Advances knowledge directly related to Dr. MacLean's hypothesis regarding altered cortical-subcortical interactions affecting physical disease outcomes or mediating processes (e.g. autonomic, neuroendocrine, immune) that can be directly linked to disease outcomes.
  • Individuals may self-nominate.

 

Procedures:
Nominations should include a 500-1000 word supporting statement, the nominee's C.V. and three representative reprints.

Deadline:
The application deadline is November 1 of each year. Address application letters to:

Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101

Previous Winners

  • 2010: Tor Wager, PhD
  • 2011: Richard J. Davidson, PhD
  Historical Awards

Alvin P. Shapiro Award
Please note that 2011 was the last year that the Alvin P. Shapiro Award Lecture was offered.

Previous Winners

  • 2002: Stevo Julius MD, ScD
  • 2003: Steve Schroeder, MD
  • 2004: Timothy Quill, MD
  • 2005: William Busse, MD
  • 2006: C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
  • 2007: Patricia A. Ganz, MD
  • 2008: Thomas Pickering MD, DPhil
  • 2009: W. Thomas Boyce, MD
  • 2010: Daniel Clauw, MD
  • 2011: Lisa Rubenstein, MD

President's Award
Please note that 2010 was the last year that the President's Award was offered.

Previous Winners

  • 1997: Monica Montgomery
    (Dr. Drossman was President)
  • 1998: Dr. Bernard Lown
    (Dr. Chesney was President)
  • 1999: Dr. David Hamburg
    (Dr. Dimsdale was President)
  • 2000: Dr. John Mason
    (Dr. Cameron was President)
  • 2001: Dr. Bruce S. McEwen
    (Dr. Endicott was President)
  • 2002: Dr. David Shapiro
    (Dr. Jennings was President)
  • 2003: Dr. Douglas A. Drossman
    (Dr. Novack was President)
  • 2004: Dr. Arthur J. Barsky
    (Dr. Locke was President)
  • 2005: Dr. Karen A. Matthews
    (Dr. Frasure-Smith was President)
  • 2006: Dr. Hugo D. Critchley
    (Dr. Lane was President)
  • 2007: Dr. Wayne Katon
    (Dr. Shapiro was President)
  • 2008: Dr.Leanne Williams
    (Dr. Lovallo was President)
  • 2009: no award given
    (Dr. Muldoon was President)
  • 2010: Dr. Thomas Pickering, posthumously
    (Dr. Waldstein was President)
Travel Scholarships

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  APS Scholar Awards

Between ten and 24 APS Scholar Awards are presented to outstanding abstract submissions where the first author of an accepted abstract is either a student, resident, or fellow. Each award provides monetary assistance for the APA conference fees, travel, and hotel accommodations.

Criteria:

  • You must submit an abstract to be considered for this award. If you have won this award in the past, you are not eligible to win again, so please do not submit an application.
  • Applicants must be a member of APS, or in the process of applying for membership (for a membership application, please go to the membership section on the APS website www.psychosomatic.org).
  • Applicant must be a student or trainee enrolled in medical, graduate or undergraduate school, or in a residency, internship, or post-doctoral fellowship program.
  • Applicant must be first author on an abstract accepted for presentation at the APS Annual Meeting.

Procedure:
To be considered for this award, you will need to indicate your interest by checking the special box provided when submitting your abstract.

Deadline: The application deadline is November 1 of each year. Address applications to:
Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101

Application
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Previous Winners

1998

  • Jos Bosch, MSc ~ Vrije Universteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Sherry Broadwell, MD ~ University of North Carolina
  • Beverly Brummett, Ph.D. ~ Duke University Medical Center
  • Deidre Byrnes, MS ~ University of Miami
  • Deborah Da Costa ~ University of Montreal
  • Natalie Hamrick, BA ~ Carnegie Mellon University
  • Joshua Smyth, MA ~ SUNY at Stony Brook
  • Kevin Stein, Ph.D. ~ Moffitt Cancer Center and U. of South Florida

1999

  • David Aboussafy ~ McGill University
  • Vernon Barnes, PhD ~ Medical College of Georgia
  • Paul Ciechanowski, MD ~ University of Washington
  • Sylvie Cossette ~ McGill University
  • Dan Crues, PhD ~ University of Miami
  • Paul Lynch ~ Oklahoma University College of Medicine
  • Gregory Miller, PhD ~ Carnegie Mellon University
  • Catherine Monk, PhD ~ Columbia University
  • Gunnlaugur Olafsson ~ University of Iceland
  • Frank Penedo ~ University of Miami
  • Paul Rowan ~ University of Alabama
  • Tara Smith ~ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    2000

  • Ingrid Connerney, MPH ~ Columbia University, New York NY
  • Jonathan Feldman, MS ~ Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ
  • Masayo Kojima, MD/PhD ~ Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec CANADA
  • John Quigley, MA ~ Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda MD
  • Katherine Raichle, MA ~ University of Iowa, Iowa City IA
  • Douglas Raynor, MS ~ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
  • Nicole Schommer, Dipl.-Psych. ~ University of Trier, Trier, Germany
  • Maida Sewitch, MSc ~ Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
  • Denise Sloan, PhD ~ University of Florida, Gainesville FL
  • Brian Stogner, PhD ~ Wayne State University, Detroit MI
  • Patricia Straneva, BS ~ The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC
  • Terrie Thomas, PhD ~ University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, City OK

    2001

  • Maria Bleil, BA ~ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Tavis Campbell, BA ~ McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Marcel Ebrecht, Dipl. In Psych. ~ Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
  • Patricia Mona Eng, MS ~ Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Richard Fleet, PhD ~ Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Jens Gaab, MSc ~ University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Natalie Hamrick, MS ~ Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Jeanne McCaffery, MS ~ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Nicolas Rohleder, Dipl Psych ~ University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
  • Wendy Troxel, BA ~ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Oliver Wolf, PhD ~ University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
  • Stefan Wüst, PhD ~ University of Trier, Trier, Germany

2002

  • Victoria Burns, BSc ~ SPORTEX, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Sally Dickerson, MD ~ Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  • Peter Gianaros, PhD ~ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Jeffrey Gonzalez, BA ~ Deparement of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
  • Harald Gündel, MD ~ Department of Psychosomatics, University of München, München, Germany
  • Michiko Kano, MD ~ Psychosomatic Medicine, Pharmacology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
  • Sabine Kunz, Psy Dipl ~ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
  • Kim Lavoie, MA ~ Montreal Heart Institute, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • David Lydston, BA ~ Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
  • Christina Masley, BA ~ Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
  • Conall O'Cleirigh, MS ~ Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
  • Marie-Anne Roberge ~ Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    2003

  • Adam Carrico, BS ~ Coral Gables, FL, "Maintenance of Social Support Predicts Increases in Natural Killer Cell Cytoxicity 6 to 12 Months After a Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Intervention with HIV + Gay Men."
  • Ruby C. Castilla ~ Puentes, MD - Pittsburgh, PA, "Depressed Women Have Elevated Coagulation Factors in Midlife."
  • Debra A. Davis, MA ! Tempe, AZ, "Is Exposure to Childhood Maltreatment Related to the Experience of Chronic Pain in Adulthood? A Meta-Analytic Review."
  • Anastasia Georgiades, PhD ~ Stockholm, Sweden, "Mental Stress Reactivity in the Prediction of Left Ventricular Mass 10 Years Later Among a Group of Borderline Hypertensive Men."
  • Mazy Gillis, PhD ~ Detroit, MI, "Written Emotional Disclosure in Fibromyalgia Syndrome."
  • Jeffrey Greeson, MS ~ Miami, FL, "Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management Influences Viral Load and CD8 Cells: 10-Week Treatment Effects in HIV + Men and Women."
  • Ajit Itty ~ Tucson, AZ, "Neural Modulation of Pain by Pleasant and Unpleasant Emotion"
  • Christy Perez, BS ~ San Diego, CA, "The Effects of Negative Mood States and Hostility on Coagulation Factors D-Dimer and Tissue Factor."
  • Tina Marie Meyer, PhD ~ Detroit, MI, "Written or Verbal Emotional Disclosure about Stress in Rheumatoid Arthritis."
  • Jutta Wolf, Dipl. Psych. ~ Duesseldorf, Germany, "Altered Pattern of NFKB Activation after Psychosocial Stress in Patients with ATopic Disease."

2004

  • Patricia K. Agatisa, PhD ~ Pittsburgh, PA, "Coronary and Aortic Calcification in Healthy Middle-Aged Women with a History of Recurrant Major Depression."
  • Jos A. Bosch, PhD ~ Chicago, IL, "Stress-Induced Mobilization of Natural Killer Cells is Function Dependent."
  • Heather Burke, MA ~ San Francisco, CA, "Effects of Subclinical Elevations in Depressive Symptoms on Cortisol Responses to Stress in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis."
  • Adam Carrico, MS, Coral Gables, FL, "Optimism Moderates Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Effects on Epstein-Barr Virus Antibody Titers in HIV-Infected Gay Men Over Time."
  • Lucia Dettenborn, MS ~ New York, NY, "Ortisol Responses to Daily Stress in Women Working at Familal Risk for Breast Cancer."
  • Lia Fernald, PhD ~ Berkely, CA, "Salivary Cortisol and Heart Rate in Low-Income Mexican Children and their Mothers."
  • Tara Gruenewald, PhD ~ Los Angeles, CA, "A Multi-Systems Analysis of SES Disparities in Biological Risk: The Carda Study."
  • Karin Hammerfald, MSc ~ Zurich, Switzerland, "Persistent Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Training on Psychobiological Stress Responses: Results of a Randomized-Controlled 3-month Follow-up."
  • David Kinsinger, BS ~ Miami, FL, "Depression Mediates the Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxicity in Men Treated for Prostate Cancer."
  • Brigitte Kudielka, PhD ~ Zurich, Switzerland, "Health Related Quality of Life Measure by the SF-12 Survey: Association with Psychosocial Work Characteristics and Chronic Distress (Exhaustion) in a Working Population?"
  • Tene Lewis, PhD ~ Chicago, IL, " Weight Gain in a Biracial Sample of Women at Midlife."
  • Scott Matthews, MD ~ San Diego, CA, "Cortial Modulation of the Parasympathetic Nervous System."
  • Jennifer McGrath, PhD ~ Pittsburgh, PA, "Socioeconomic Status of Famiy and the Neighborhood Influence Adolescent Blood Pressure."
  • Alicia Meuret, BA ~ Hamburg, Germany, "Impact of Breathing Exercises on Panic Symptomatology and Respiration Regulation: Dissociation of Effect Within Exercises and Across Therapy."
  • Rama Murali, BA ~ Vancouver, BC, Canada, "Exposure to Violence and Biological Measures in Adolescents."
  • Karen Petersen, MS ~ Pittsburgh, PA, "Community Socioeconomic Status is Associated with Plaque Occurence in Untreated, Hypetensive Men."
  • Theodore Robles, MA ~ Columbus, OH, "As the Glow Fades, So Does the Cellular Immunity? Changes in Positive Conflict Behaviors Affect Spouses' NK Cell Lysis."
  • Sari Schwartz, BA ~ Bethesda, MD, "Detection of Mental Stress-Induced Ischemia in Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Dysfunction."
  • Scott Siegel, MS ~ Coral Gables, FL, "A Group-Based Congnitve Behavioral Stress Managment Intervention Improves Psychosocial and Medical Outcome in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome."
  • Jeffrey Walch, BSA ~ Pittsburgh, PA, "The Effect of Sunlight on Parameters of Hospitalization."
  • Hui-Xin Wang, PhD ~ Stockholm, Sweden, "Influence of Social Support on Atherosclerosis Progression in Women with Coronary Hearth Disease."
  • Lori Warner, MA ~ Detroit, MI, "Expressive Writing and Health in Pediatric Asthma."
  • Aliza Weinrib, BA ~ Iowa City, IA, "Stress, Coping and Dirurnal Cortisol in Ovarian Cancer Patients."

2005

  • Victoria Beckner, PhD ~ Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA ~ "The Effect Of Stress And Endogenous Cortisol On Distinct Memory Processes"
  • Malinda Breda, PhD ~ Department of Clinical Psychology, Alliant International University, San Diego, CA, USA ~ "A Controlled Clinical Trial Of The Effects Of Yoga On Health Status In Fibromyalgia Patients"
  • A. Dietrich, MA ~ Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands ~ "Relationship Between Autonomic Function And Temperament In Preadolescents"
  • Michael Forlenza, PhD ~ Department of CCEP, UNC Lineberger, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ~ "Increased Serum Levels Of 8-Ohdg In Clinical Depression"
  • Mark Hamer, PhD ~ Department of Psychobiology, University College London, London, UK ~ "High Job Demands Predict Circulating C-Reactive Protein Responses To Mental Stress"
  • Shamini Jain, MS ~ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA ~ "High Fatigued Breast Cancer Patients Show Poorer Mood And More Disturbed Sleep During Chemotherapy"
  • Sally Jensen, BA ~ Department of Clinical & Health Psychology, U of FL, Gainesville, FL, USA ~ "Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management (Cbsm) Effects On Social Support &Amp; Positive Affect Among Hiv+ Women At Risk For Cervical Cancer"
  • Doerte Junghaenel, MA ~ Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, US ~ "Differential Efficacy Of Written Emotional Disclosure Among Subgroups Of Fibromyalgia Patients"
  • Rebecca Klatzkin, BS ~ Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ~ "Histories Of Depression In Women Are Associated With Alterations In Allopregnanolone Stress Reactivity"
  • Martijn Kwaijtaal, MSc ~ Department of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands ~ "Impact Of A Behavioral Intervention On Inflammation In Coronary Patients"
  • Nicole Maninger, MA ~ Department of Psychology Department, University of California, Davis, CA, USA ~ "Sociability, Interferon-Gamma, And Siv Disease In Rhesus Monkeys"
  • Laust Mortensen, BA ~ Center for Alcohol Research, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark ~ "Hostility In Relation To Drinking Pattern And Problem Drinking In Us Army Veterans: Interactions With Socio-Economic Position"
  • Laurel Paterson, BA ~ Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada ~ "Neighborhood, Family, And Subjective Socioeconomic Status: How Do They Relate To Adolescent Health?"
  • Joseph Poole, MS ~ Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, US ~ "Obesity Modulates Association Between Adrb2 Haplotype And Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity"
  • Phillip Quartana, MS ~ Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA ~ "Pain Catastrophizing Moderates Effects Of Cognitive Pain Coping Efforts During Pain-Induction On 'Symptom-Specific' Physiological Reactivity Among Chronic Low Back Pain Patients"
  • Alison Radcliffe, BA ~ Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA ~ "Written Emotional Disclosure: Testing The Need For Social Sharing And The Effects Of Placebo Writing"
  • Scott Siegel, MS ~ Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA ~ "Sociability Is Related To Emotional-Support Coping, Well-Being, And 24-Hour Urinary Free Cortisol Levels In Men Recovering From Treatment For Prostate Cancer: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis"
  • Janet Sterner, PhD ~ Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Heatlh, Boston, MA, USA ~ "Evaluating Expressive Writing As A Presurgical Stress Management Intervention For Breast Cancer Patients"
  • Jesse Stewart, PhD ~ Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ~ "Depression Symptoms Predict More Rapid Progression Of Carotid Atherosclerosis"
  • Elin Strand, ~ Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway ~ "Positive Affect As A Buffer In The Pain-Negative Affect Relationship In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthrtis"
  • Derek Turesky, BS ~ Department of Psychology, U. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA ~ "Predictors Of Sleep Quality In Ovarian Cancer Patients"
  • Henriët van Middendorp, PhD ~ Department of Health Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands ~ "Psychological, Clinical, And Physiological Effects Of Home-Based Emotional Disclosure In Rheumatoid Arthritis"
  • Jet Veldhuijzen van Zanten, MSc ~ Department of Sportex, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK ~ "Increase In C-Reactive Protein In Response To Acute Stress In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis"
  • Cora Weber, MD ~ Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany ~ "Salt-Sensitive Normotensive Males Show Lower Norepinephrine And Enhanced Cortisol Levels When Facing Mental Stress"

    2006

  • Jeremy Anderson, Ma, Department Of Psychology, University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ~ Influence Of Culture On Cardiovascular Response To Anger
  • Janet Baker, Msc, Department Of Psychiatry, Flinders University, Adelaide, Sa, Australia ~ An Investigation Into Life Events And Difficulties, Coping Style And Patterns Of Emotional Expression In Women With Functional Voice Disorders (Fvd)
  • Jennifer Bernard, B.A., Department Of Psychology, University Of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Usa ~ Posttraumatic Growth In Hispanic And Caucasian Women With Cervical Cancer
  • Kavita Chandwani, Md, Mph, Houston, Texas, Usa ~ A Randomized Controlled Trial Of Yoga For Women With Breast Cancer Undergoing Radiation Treatment
  • A. Cordes, Department Of Psychosomatics, University Of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany ~ Psychophysiology Of Heart Failure: A Key Role Of Vital Exhaustion (Ve)? Results From The Medvip 1- Year Follow-Up
  • Dolf De Boer, Msc, Sport And Exercise Sciences, University Of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom ~ Colloid Osmotic Pressure As A Mechanism For Recovery From Mental Stress-Induced Hemoconcentration
  • Jennifer Graham, Phd, Institute For Behavioral Medicine Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Usa ~ Psychosocial Predictors Of Marital Stress-Induced Impairment Of Wound Healing
  • Jeffrey Greeson, Ms, Behavioral Medicine Research Center, University Of Miami, Miami, Fl, Usa ~ Psychological Distress And Hiv Pathogenesis: Role Of Cytotoxic T-Cell Activation And Inflammatory Cytokine Production
  • Melissa Griffin, B.Sc., Department Of Psychology, University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, Bc, Canada ~ Perceived Control And Immune And Pulmonary Outcomes In Children With Asthma
  • Roger Jou, Md, Department Of Psychiatry, Yale University School Of Medicine, New Haven, Ct, Usa ~ Brainstem Volumetric Alterations In Children And Adolescents With Pervasive Devemopmental Disorder
  • Carissa Low, Ma, Department Of Psychology, Ucla, Los Angeles, Ca, Usa ~ Coping Processes, Spiritual Well-Being, And Heart Rate Variability Among Breast Cancer Survivors
  • Qian Lu, Phd, Department Of Psychology, University Of California, Los Angeles, Usa ~ How Health Benefits Of Expressive Writing Vary As A Function Of Writing Instructions, Ethnicity, And Personality
  • Beth Mechlin, Bs, Department Of Psychiatry, University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Nc, Usa ~ Allopregnanolone, Ethnicity, And Pain Sensitivity
  • Yoshiya Moriguchi, M.D., Department Of Psychosomatic Research, National Institute Of Mental Health, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan ~ The Neural Network Of Mirror Neuron System And Mentalizing In Alexithymia
  • Urs Nater, Ph.D., Department Of Psychiatry &Amp; Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School Of Medicine, Usa ~ Determinants Of Diurnal Course Of Salivary Alpha-Amylase Activity
  • Michele Okun, Ph.D., Department Of Psychiatry, University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa, Usa ~ Sleep Disturbance And Natural Killer Cell Activity In Caregivers
  • Michael Rapp, Md, Phd, Department Of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School Of Medicine, New York, Ny, Usa ~ Post-Acs Depression Is Associated With Cerebral Deep White Matter Changes
  • Alison Shea, M.Sc., Institute Of Medical Sciences, University Of Toronto, Canada ~ Maternal Depression And Salivary Alpha Amylase Response To Stress In Their Infants
  • Beate Stanske, Department Of Psychosomatics, University Of GÖTtingen, GÖTtingen, Germany ~ Psychosocial And Biological Determinants Of Depressive Symptoms In Patients With Risk Factors For Congestive Heart Failure (Chf)-The Medvip Study Group
  • Hideaki Suzuki, Bs, Department Of Behavioral Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School Of Medicine, Sendai, Japan ~ Brain Activation Correlated With Changes In Heart Rate And Autonomic Functions During Rectal Distention
  • A. Janet Tomiyama, M.A., Department Of Psychology, Ucla, Los Angeles, Ca, Usa ~ Dieting Predicts Daily Stress
  • Ranak Trivedi, Ma, Department Of Psychiatry &Amp; Beh. Sci., Duke Univ Med Ctr, Durham, Nc, Usa ~ Psychosocial Predictors Of Hospitalizations In Congestive Heart Failure Patients
  • Lukas Van Oudenhove, Md, Department Of Psychiatry, University Of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium ~ Determinants Of Symptoms In Functional Dyspepsia
  • N Vogelzangs, Msc, Department Of Psychiatry, Vu University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands ~ Psychological Stress And Metabolic Syndrome In The Elderly
  • Lina Wiedemar, M.S., Department Of Cardiology, University Hospital, Berne, Switzerland ~ Prevalence Of Ptsd And Predictors Of Posttraumatic Stress In First-Time Myocardial Infarction Patie

    2007

  • Silja Bellingrath, Diplpsy ~ Dysregulations Of The Hpa-Axis And Increased Allostatic Load In Job-Related Chronic Stress: A Link To Burnout And Exhaustion In School Teachers
  • Yoichi Chida, Md, Phd ~ Psychological Stress In Childhood Exacerbates Adult Mouse Asthma Via Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis
  • Sarah Conklin, Phd ~ Dietary Intake Of The Long-Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids Is Associated With Increased Grey Matter Volume In The Perigenual Cingulate Cortex
  • Vincent Costa, Bs ~ Fear Of Pain Increases Neural Activation In Frontal Cortex And Amygdala During Pain Anticipation
  • Joshua Davis, M.Phil ~ Emotion Regulation Through Changes To Facial Expression
  • Louisa Edwards, Phd ~ Effects Of Chronic And Pulsatile Blood Pressure On Tactile Sensation: Evidence For Insensitivity To Sensory Nerve Stimulation In Hypertension
  • Patrick Finan, Ba ~ Personal Control In Chronic Pain Sufferers During Acute Interpersonal Stress
  • Tanya Goyal-Spruill, Phd ~ Effects Of Induced Rumination On Ambulatory Blood Pressure
  • Joshua Grant, Phd ~ Experienced Zen Meditators Exhibit Attentuation And High Moderate-Pain Threshold For Experimentally Induced Thermal Pain
  • Joni Howard, Ms ~ The Relation Of Anger Expression-Out To Coronary Artery Calcification In An Older Subsample Of Participants Aged 50 Years And Above 11. Hong Jin Jeon, Md ~ Exogenous Corticosteroid Medication And Depression In Cancer Patients
  • Brenda Key, Msc ~ The Influence Of Trait And State Rumination On Cardiovascular Recovery From A Negative Emotional Stressor
  • Hiroe Kikuchi, Md ~ Psychological Stress And Mood States As Aggravating Factors Of Tension-Type Headache: Investigation Using Computerized Ecological Momentary Assessment
  • Sara Levin, Ba ~ Religious Community Social Support And Health Status In A Diverse Population
  • Sarah Linke, Ba ~ The Joint Impact Of Smoking And Purposeful Exercise Capability On Clinical Outcomes Among Women With Suspected Myocardial Ischemia: The Wise Study
  • Teresa Marin, Ma ~ Caregiving Activates Inflammatory And Anti-Inflammatory Signalling Pathways
  • Peggy Mycek, Ma ~ Measures Of Rumination Differentially Predict Cortisol Responses To A Laboratory Speech Task
  • Mitsue Nagamine, Dsc ~ Different Emotional Memory In Women With And Without Cancer-Ralated Intrusion
  • Anna Phillips, Phd ~ Symptoms Of Depression And Cardiovascular Reactions To Acute Psychological Stress
  • Heather Rogers, Ma, Ms, Mph ~ Stress-Induced Anger And Trait Anger Are Related To Qt Variability Index And Heart Rate Variability In Icd Patients
  • Nicolas Rohleder, Phd ~ Recent Depressive Symptoms Predict Systemic Inflammatory Activity In Healthy Young Women
  • Sarah Short, Ms ~ Maternal Flu Infection During Pregnancy And Infant Brain Development
  • Otto Smith, Msc ~ Cardiac History, Prior Depression, And Personality Predict Persistence Of Depressive Symptoms Post-Myocardial Infarction
  • Jutta Wolf, Phd ~ Prospective Associations Of Parents &Acute; Perceived Stress And Depression With Inflammatory Markers In Children: A Longitudinal Study Of Children With Asthma And Healthy Children
  • Kaki York, Phd ~ A Meta-Analysis Of The Effects Of Ginkgo Biloba On Cognitive Functioning And Mood In Cognitively Impaired And Healthy Adults

    2008

  • Hyong Jin Cho, MD, PhD, Prior Depression History Predicts Physical Health Decline in Community-dwelling Older Adults - a Prospective Cohort Study.
  • Denise Cooper,MA, Depressive Symptoms Differentially Predict Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among African American Men and Women.
  • Erin Costanzo, PhD, Daily Stress Predicts Psychological and Physical Symptoms and HPA Profiles Among Cancer Survivors.
  • J. David Creswell, PhD, Pathways Linking Mindfulness and Health Outcomes.
  • Sonja Entringer, PhD, Prenatal Psychosocial Stress Exposure and Neuroendocrine, Immune and Metabolic Function in Human Adults.
  • Jennifer Gordon, BSc,Health Behaviors Mediate the Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and CVD and All-Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Offspring Study.
  • Indrani Halder, PhD, Emerging topics in Genetics, Stress Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease Risk.
  • Neil Harrison, MD, Sickness and inflammation cause mood changes through alterations in subgenual cingulate activity and mesolimbic connectivity.
  • Chiao-wen Hsiao, MA, Associations and Time Course of Depression and Vital Exhaustion
  • Ihori Kobayashi, MS, Albuterol Administered Soon After a Motor Vehicle Accident May Alleviate Subsequent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms.
  • Katie O'Donnell, MSc, Self-esteem levels and cardiovascular and inflammatory responses to acute stress.
  • Aoife O'Donovan, MpsychSc, The power of negative thinking: Associations between pessimism and telomere length in older women.
  • Sarah Pressman, PhD,Restorative Activities are associated with Physiological and Psychological Well-Being.
  • S. Carrington Rice, MA, Psychosocial and Psychophysiologic Factors Are Associated With Subclinical Vascular Disease.
  • Rebecca Rios, BA, The Role of Daily and Chronic Financial Stress in Socioeconomic Pain Disparities.
  • Hannah Schreier, BA, Longitudinal Relationships Between Family Routines and Biological Profiles in Youth with Asthma.
  • Patrick Smith, BA, Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Ventricular Ectopy Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.
  • Maike ter Wolbeek, PhD, Neonatal Dexamethasone but not Hydrocortisone Treatment of Prematurely Born Children Changes Behavior, Cytokine Balance and HPA-axis & Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity at School Age.
  • Vera Tsenkova, MA, Biopsychosocial Approach to Nondiabetic Glucose Metabolism: The Interacting Influences of Age, Stress, Coping, and Obesity
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  • Krista van den Broek, MA, Anxiety Levels in Implantable Defibrillator Patients Differ Depending on Indication and Etiology.
  • Hope Walker, BSc, Prospective Associations of Family Asthma Management with Immune Markers: A Longitudinal Study of Children with Asthma.
  • Caroline Wright, PhD, Psychological predictors of poor sleep the night before breast cancer surgery.
  • Jianping Zhang, MD, PhD, Gender Differences Prominent in Linking Anxiety to Long-Term Mortality Among the Elderly.

    2009

  • Claudia Buss, PhD, Abstract # 1231, Attenuation of the cortisol awakening response over the course of human pregnancy is associated with length of gestation
  • Beate Ditzen, PhD, Abstract # 1548, Effects of Couple Conflict in the Laboratory on Salivary Alpha Amylase
  • Siera Goodnight, Abstract # 1397, Acute Supplementation of Long-chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Parietal Asymmetry in Healthy Young Adults: A Double-blind Placebo Controlled Study
  • Margaret Hanson, MA, Abstract # 1259, Examining the effects of socioeconomic status on daily stress, sleep, and health symptoms
  • Nancy Henry, MS, Abstract # 1117, Marriage, Depressive Symptoms, and the Metabolic Syndrome: A Couples' Structural Model
  • Rebecca Reese, MA, Abstract # 1665, Predictors of Hopelessness in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Juan Francisco Roy, PhD, Abstract # 1110, Impact of Acute Coronary Syndrome on Incident Depression in the General Population
  • Severine Sabia, MSc, Abstract # 1289, Health behaviours from early to late midlife as predictors of cognitive function: the Whitehall II prospective cohort study,
  • Adrie Seldenrijk, MSc, Abstract # 1446, Subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in persons with and without depressive and anxiety disorders: preliminary results from a large cohort study
  • Richard Slatcher, PhD, Abstract # 1424, Momentary Stress and Salivary Cortisol among Parents of Young Children
  • Emilia Symoniak, BS, Abstract # 1694, Acute Long-Chain Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation May Decrease Neuroticism, Depression, and Anxiety in Healthy Young Adults
  • Sarah Yager, BA, Abstract # 1190, Depression and Oxidative Damage to Lipids: Linking Psychology to Biology

    2010

  • Svetlana Bershadsky, MA, Abstract # 1039, The Impact of Hatha Yoga on Cortisol Levels In Pregnancy, Christine Cho, BSc, Abstract # 1329, Attachment Insecurity is Associated with Health-related Quality of Life in Heart Failure
  • David Domachowski, Abstract # 1095, Evening Chronotype is Associated with Daytime Dysfunction and Neuroticism in College Students
  • Kate Edwards, PhD, Abstract # 1509, Increased inflammatory Regulator Macrophage Migratory Inhibitory Factor (MIF) in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Kathleen Gali, BA, Abstract # 1737, Mitigating Factors of Perceived Stress: Mood Self-efficacy and Depressive Symptoms
  • Annie Ginty, BS, Abstract # 1232, Baseline and Recovery Pulse Rate is Lower in Individuals with a Balanced Outlook on Life Stressors
  • Sophia Green, BS, Abstract # 1729, Assessing Self-Reported Stress and Cortisol in Pregnant African American and Hispanic Women
  • Genna Hymowitz, MA, Abstract # 1688, Stress and Abdominal Pain after Exposure to a Laboratory Stressor: Preliminary Analyses of Patients with Gastrointestinal Illness
  • Andrew Litchy, BA, Abstract # 1785, The Effects of Samatha-Vipassana Meditation on Stress, Mood, and Health
  • Claire Stramrood, MD, Abstract # 1649, Fathers with PTSD or Depression after a Complicated Pregnancy
  • Erin Tooley, MS, Abstract # 1587, Coping Flexibility in Women with Fibromyalgia and Healthy Controls
  • Catherine Vance, Abstract # 1099, Exercise is Related to Daytime Sleep Architecture, but not Self-Reported Sleep Quality, in Young Adults

2011

  • Maxine Boudreau, BA, Abstract #1173, The Association Between BMI, Severity of Depressive Symptoms and the Perception of Dyspnea In Adult Asthmatics
  • Romano Endrighi, MSc, Abstract#1086, Mood Disturbance Following Exercise Withdrawal Is Associated With Greater Inflammatory Responses To Stress
  • Lauren Garfield, PhD, MPH, Abstract# 1590, The Independent Association of Anxiety Disorders with Incident Heart Failure in a Retrospective Cohort of VA Patients
  • Mathew Gregoski, PhD, Abstract# 1198, Modulating Influences of ET-1 Lys198Asn Genotype and Chronic Stress Upon Stress Reduction Programs in Reducing Ambulatory Blood Pressure (BP) Among African American (AA) Adolescents
  • Jennifer Knight, MD, Abstract# 1003, Psychosocial Factors Predict Neutrophil Recovery and Cytokine Levels Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Elizabeth Lush, MS, Abstract# 1236, Tumor-promoting biological factors are associated with circadian and endocrine disruption, but not social support, in pre-surgical breast cancer patients
  • Tuong-Vi Nguyen, MD, Abstract# 1437, Comorbidity of Anxiety and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
  • Eli Puterman, PhD, Abstract# 1400, Social support buffers the effects of anger on the systemic proinflammatory response induced by acute stress
  • John Ryan, PhD, Abstract# 1146, Functional Connectivity Between Insula and Ventral Striatum Jointly Covaries with Insulin Resistance and Depressive Symptoms
  • Andrew J. Wawrzyniak, PhD, Abstract# 1695, Perceived Social Support and Markers of Heart Failure Severity
  • Gerald Giesbrecht, PhD, Abstract# 1640, Momentary Association of Mood and Cortisol in Pregnancy: A Fetal Programming Proof of Concept
  • Annelieke Roest, MSc, Abstract# 1112, Improvement in somatic and cognitive depressive symptoms and its association with adverse outcome in the Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease (ENRICHD) study
  Medical Student / Resident / Fellow Travel Scholarships

The American Psychosomatic Society (APS) Medical Student/ Medical Resident/ Medical Fellow Travel Scholarships are intended to assist with travel, hotel accommodations and meeting registration fees to the APS Annual Meeting. Each scholarship will include $500 travel funds, a complimentary registration to the 3-day meeting, and a complimentary one year membership.

Criteria:

  • If you have won this award in the past, you are not eligible to win again, so please do not submit an application.
  • Applicant must be a Medical Student, Medical Resident, or Medical Fellow.
  • Applicant must participate in the Mentor/Mentee Program at the APS Annual Meeting offered for meeting attendees.
  • Applicant must agree to submit a summary of the experience, after attending the meeting.

Procedure:
In order to be considered for this award, please complete the application and submit your curriculum vitae/biographical sketch.

Deadline:
The deadline for receipt of your completed application is November 1 of each year. Address applications to: Award Committee American Psychosomatic Society 6728 Old McLean Village Drive McLean, VA 22101

Application
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Previous Winners

2005 - Full Award

  • Ama Terasha Nkumah Arthur, BA, Nashville, TN
  • Christopher S. Bermant, BS, Madison, WI
  • Anthony Charuvastra, MD, Los Angeles, CA
  • James F. Cunagin, MD, Cleveland, OH
  • Andrea Iaboni, BSc, Dphil, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Roger J. Jou, MD, New Haven, CT
  • Qian Lu, MD, MS, Los Angeles, CA
  • James Brad McConville, MD, Iowa City, IA
  • Maryruth Mendoza, MD, Queens Village, NY
  • Karran Phillips, MD, Baltimore, MD
  • Maria Rueda-Lara, MD, Robbinsville, NJ
  • Isabel Schuermeyer, MD, Cleveland, OH
  • Nakia G. Scott, MD, Salado, TX
  • Stephanie Tache, MD, MPH, San Francisco, CA
  • Glendon Tait, MD, MS, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Lukas Van Oudenhove, MD, Leuven, Belgium
  • Subhdeep Virk, MD, Syracuse, NY
  • Stephen Kayode Williams, MD, New York, NY

2005 - Partial Award

  • Adomas Bunevicius, BS, Kauno Rajonas, Lithuania
  • Robertas Bunevicius, MD, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Tiffany Cooke, BS, Nashville ,TN
  • Shirley Delaleu, BA, New York, NY
  • Patrick Dominguez, BA, Los Angeles, CA
  • Kimberly A. Humann, MD, Springfield, VA
  • Arta Lahiji, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Shanthi Pramila Lewis, MBBS, MD, Monmouth Junction, NJ
  • Zohra Lodin, MD, Albany, NY
  • Christina Mueller, BA, MD, Cleveland, OH/
  • Michelle Nichols, MD, St Louis, MO
  • Rheanna Platt, BA, Rochester, MN
  • Joseph J. Rasimas, MD, PhD, Rochester, MN
  • Alicia A. Romeo, MD, Milford, CT
  • Ashish Sharma, MD, Omaha, NE
  • Farid Singh, MD, Augusta, GA
  • Sareena Singh, BS, BA, Cincinnati, OH
  • Roderick Stuart, MD, Colton, CA
  • Jeffrey Walch, BSA, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Lei Wei, DO, Lawrence, KS
  • Melissa Wysong, MD, Loma Linda, CA

2006 - Full Award

  • Sarah Singleton, BA, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Silvana Barone, BSc, Montreal, PQ, Canada
  • Sandra Demaries, MD, Westmount, PQ, Canada
  • Rebekah Kaplowitz, MD, MPH, Providence, RI
  • Patrick Blake, BA, Cleveland, OH
  • Norana Irene Caivano, MD, West Hollywood, CA
  • Michelle Nichols, MD, St Louis, MO
  • Nosheen Javed, MD, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Neil A. Harrison, MBBS, BSc, London, United Kingdom
  • Meghan Kolodziej, MD, Boston, MA
  • Manuel Paz-Yepes, MD, New York, NY
  • Paul Koch, BA, Cleveland Heights, OH
  • Matheen A. Khuddus, MD, Gainesville, FL
  • Karran Phillips, MD, Baltimore, MD
  • Jianping Zhang, PhD, MD, Strongsville, OH
  • Jason P. Caplan, MD, Boston, MA
  • Ian Kronish, MD, New York, NY
  • Howard Liu, MD, Canton, MI
  • Jeffrey Aaron Horn, MD, PhD, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Kathleen A. Hecksel, BSc, Rochester, MN
  • Hideaki, Suzuki, Sendai, Japan
  • Takuya Hasegawa, MD, Kingston, ON, Canada
  • Gregory Sayuk, MD, St. Louis, MO
  • Fahd Zarrouf, MD, Charleston, WV
  • David Wolfe, MD, MPH, Boston, MA
  • Vinayak A. P. Hegde, MD, Pittsburgh, PA
  • David B. Merrill, MD, New York, NY
  • Bernadette M. Stevenson, MD, PhD, Hollywood, FL
  • Adomas Bunevicius, BS, Kauno Rajonas, Lithuania
  • Anthony Charuvastra, MD, Los Angeles, CA

2006 - Partial Award

  • Lian Phay Chien, MD, San Gabriel, CA
  • Shirley Delaleu, BA, New York, NY
  • Doralynne Di Pasquale, , Brooklyn, NY
  • Michael A. Rapp, MD, PhD, New York, NY
  • Dallas Peter Seitz, MD, Kingston, ON, Canada
  • Sareena Singh, BS, B.A., Cincinnati, OH
  • Magdalena Spariosu, MD, Floral Park, NY
  • Lina Wiedemar, MS, Bern, Switzerland

2007 Awards

  • Vance Albaugh, BS, Penn State University, State College, PA, USA
  • Shannon Allen, MD, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Tamara Arroyo Cordero, MD/JD, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA
  • David Atkinson, BS, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Avni Atul-Shah, BS, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
  • Paul Ballas, DO, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Georgi Bergitha, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
  • Robert Bolash, BS, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
  • Mark Bradley, MD, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
  • Marianne Chai, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
  • Spencer Dorn, MD, Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  • Esther Glick, BA, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Suchan Gupta, MD, University of Texas, Galveston, TX, USA
  • Max Henderson, MD, Institute of Psychiatry, Leston Education Ctr, London, United Kingdom
  • Stephanie Ho, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA Cory Daniel Jaques, BS, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Nathan Kolla, MD, MA, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Tania Murynka, MD, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Michael Noll-Hussong, MD, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
  • Rebecca Payne, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
  • Mimi Raka –Bhattacharyya, MBBS, MRCP, BS, University College London, United Kingdom
  • Misty Richards, MD, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
  • Kristen Shirey, MD, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
  • Lineke Tak, University of Groningen, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Danielle Verbeek, MD, Martini Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Michelle Wang, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA

2008 Award

  • Yoichi Chida, MD, PhD, University College London, London, England
  • Sigrid Gardner, MD, MPH, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
  • Niama Jacobs, MD, Harvard University Psychiatry Residency, Boston, MA USA
  • Eun-Ho Kang, MD, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea Sujith Kuruvilla, MD, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
  • David Medelson, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Darcy Shaw, MD, University of Minnesota, Roseville, MN, USA Isabella Soreca, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Ekaterina Stepanova, MD, Stony Brook Medical Park, Stony Brook, NY

2009 Award

  • Sunny Aslam, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
  • Jessica Bury, BA, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN, USA
  • Matthew P. Harbaugh, BS, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Petra Wilhelmina Hoen, BSc, University of Groningen, Groninger, The Netherlands Yelena Kalitenko, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
  • David Lovas, MD, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Eliza M. Park, MD, Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Jamaica Plain, MA
  • Leah Rosenberg, BA, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
  • Costin Roventa, MD, Pr. Dr. Alexandru Obregia, Bucharest, Romania

2010 Award

  • Rafael Camara, MD, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Virginia Carroll, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
  • Mark Dreusicke, MD, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
  • Jessica Eccles, MBChB, Brighton & Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK
  • Brandon Hidaka, MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
  • Jennifer Knight, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
  • Sarah Patterson, BA, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Christian Schultzer-Florey, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
  • Sophie Adrienne Vreeburg, MD, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Felicia Kuo Wong, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

2011

  • Jay Champlin, BA University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Parikshit Deshmukh, MD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
  • Sheryl B. Fleisch, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Samantha Leathers, BS, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Alexander Otti, MD, Technical University Munich, Germany
  • Paul R. Puri, MD, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
  • Sarah Ramer, BA, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Tracie B. Rivera, MD, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
  • Magdalena Romanovicz, MD, Warsaw Medical University, Poland
  • Claire Stramrood, MD, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands
  Minority Initiative Award

The American Psychosomatic Society (APS) Minority Initiative Awards are intended to assist with travel, hotel accommodations, and other fees associated with attending the APS Annual Meeting. Each scholarship will include travel funds, and a complimentary registration.

Criteria:

  • If you have won this award in the past, you are not eligible to win again, so please do not submit an application.
  • Applicant must be an underrepresented minority as defined by the NIH to be African-Americans, Hispanics, Native-Americans and Alaska Natives, and Pacific Islanders
  • Applicant must participate in the Mentor/Mentee Program at the APS Annual Meeting offered for meeting attendees.
  • Applicant must agree to submit a summary of the experience, after attending the meeting.

Procedure:
In order to be considered for this award, please complete the application form, and submit your curriculum vitae/biographical sketch.

Deadline:
The deadline for receipt of your completed application is November 1 of each year. Address applications to: Award Committee, American Psychosomatic Society, 6728 Old McLean Village Drive, McLean, VA 22101

Application
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Previous Winners

2007

  • Mehret Birru, BA, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • LaBarron Hill, BA, Ohio State University, Ohio, USA
  • Linda Marc, ScD, MPH, MS, Cornell University, New York, USA
  • Maria Rueda-Lara, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Centre, New York, USA
  • Renee Walker, DrPH, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

2008

  • Frank Bandiera, MPH, University of Miami, Miami, Fl, USA
  • Danielle Beatty, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Sharon Batista, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
  • Noel Burns, BA, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Charles Jonassaint, MA, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
  • Catherine Mills, MA, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, USA
  • Shakira Suglia, ScD, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
  • Kamala Thomas, PhD, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Chante Wellington, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

2009

  • Karla Espinosa, BA, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
  • Ryan Felipe Estevez, MD, MPH, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
  • Denise C. Jarrin, MA, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Mahasin Mujahid, PhD, Harvard, Boston, MA, USA
  • Regina Sims, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
  • Michael Stanton, BA, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

2010

  • Denise Cooper, PhD, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
  • Melissa Guaderrama, BA, Penn State, University Park, PA, USA
  • Sherlyn Jimenez, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
  • Erica Williams, MA, National Institutes of Health/ National Cancer Institutes, Bethesda, MD, USA

2011

  • Robin Haddad, MPH, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
  • Dorothy Octavia Jackson, MA, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
  • Shellie-Anne Levy-Massey, MS, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
  • Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi, BSc, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Rodlescia Sneed, MPH, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  Cousin's Center Global Outreach Awards

Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, Virginia 22101, USA2
Phone 703-556-9222 or Fax 703-556-8729
email: [email protected]

Application
Nomination/Application Form

Previous Winners

  • 2002: Xiongzhao Zhu, MD, PhD (Changsha, Hunan, P.R. of China)
  • 2003: Piroska Balog, PhD (Budapest, Hungary)
  • 2004: Dan L. Dumitrascu, MD (Cluj, Romania)
  • 2005: Vinod Kochupillai, MBBS (New Delhi, India)
  • 2006: Valeska Marinho, MD (Ruobe Janeiro, Brazil) and Hyun-Gyun Son, MD, PhD(Seoul Korea)
  • 2007: Olena Victorivna Bogdanova, PhD and Volodymryr Borysomych Bogdanova, PhD (both of Kyiv, Ukraine)
  • 2008: Lilla Szeifert, MD (Budapest, Hungary)
  • 2009: Mariantonia Lemos Hoyos, MS (Colombia)
  • 2010: Alok Mishra, PhD, India
  • 2010: Andri Andri, MD, Indonesia
  • 2011: Nazur Mazurak,MD, Ukraine
  • 2011: Mohammad Z. Pezeshki, MD, Iran
  Travel Awards for MacLean Scholars

The MacLean Scholar awards were created to enable at least five neuroscience trainees to attend the APS Annual Meeting and interact with the recipient of the Paul D. MacLean Award for Outstanding Neuroscience Research in Psychosomatic Medicine.  MacLean Scholar winners will receive travel reimbursement in the amount of $500 to attend the meeting.

Criteria:

  • Applicants must be a member of APS, or in the process of applying for membership (for a membership application, please go to the membership section on the APS website.
  • YOU MUST SUBMIT an abstract to be considered for this award.
  • Selection will be based primarily on outstanding research or research potential and research that addresses questions that will advance the legacy of Paul MacLean and should link direct measures of brain function either to medical outcomes or mediating variables that can be directly linked to such outcomes.
  • Applicant must be undergraduate or graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, medical students or resident physicians.
  • Applicant must be first author on an abstract accepted for presentation at the APS Annual Meeting

Procedure:
In order to be considered for this award, please complete the application form, submit your curriculum vitae/biographical sketch, and include the number(s) of your submitted abstract(s).

Deadline:
The deadline for receipt of your completed application is November 1 of each year. Address applications to: Award Committee, American Psychosomatic Society, 6728 Old McLean Village Drive, McLean, VA 22101

Application
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Previous Winners

    2010:

  • Adomas Bunevicius, MD, Abstract # 1614, Organic Brain Lesions in the Left Temporal Lobe and Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Three Cases and Abstract # 1616, Vulnerability to Stress in Medical Students is Associated with Mood Symptoms and Personality Traits
  • Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi, BSc, Abstract # 1383, Metabolic Syndrome Covaries with Reduced Grey Matter Volume in the Hippocampus
  • Lukas Van Oudenhove, MD, Abstract # 1277, Abnormal Brain Activity as a Putative Mediating Mechanism between Adverse Life Events and Symptom reporting in Functional Dyspepsia and Abstract # 1318, Abnormal Brain Activity in Interoceptive and Pain Modulatory Regions in Functional Dyspepsia
  • John Ryan, PhD, Abstract # 1326, Functional Connectivity of the Cingulate Cortex Jointly Covaries with Agreeableness and Stressor-Evoked Cardiovascular Reactivity

    2011:

  • Layla Banihashemi, PhD, Abstract # 1297, Childhood Physical Abuse Correlates with Adulthood Stressor-evoked Activity in Limbic Forebrain and Hypothalamic Regions
  • Masahiro Matsunaga, PhD, Abstract# 1403, Perceived happiness level influences evocation of positive emotions
  • Keely Muscatell, MD, Abstract# 1363, Social Status Modulates Neural Activity in the Mentalizing Network
  • Christian Schultze-Florey, MD, PhD, Abstract# 1820, Nucleus accumbens activation in response to an attachment figure: Replication and extension of findings in Complicated Grief,
  • Atsushi Sekiguchi, MD, PhD, Abstract# 1028, Neural characteristics of cognitive control of negative emotion in subjects with irritable bowel syndrome,