AAGP Award Winners

2026

Elliott M. Stein Award for Lifetime Service to AAGP and the Field of Geriatric Psychiatry

  • Christopher C. Colenda, MD, MPH

Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award

  • Laura Gerlach, DO, MS

The Christopher and Kathryn Colenda Health Policy Award

  • Harold Pincus, MD

Distinguished Scientist Award

Jeanne Jackson-Siegal Clinician of the Year Award

  • Karen Reimers, MD

Member-in-Training Future Clinician of the Year Award

  • Victoria Kozar, MD

Dr. Iqbal “Ike” Ahmed Diversity Award

  • Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, MD

Member-in-Training Research Award

  • Angela Ianni, MD

Educator of the Year Award

  • Ebony Dix, MD

Images of Aging Award

  • “LifeSource: A Caregiver’s Guide for Managing Mental Wellness for the Older Adult” by Peddy Baddour, MBA and Charles Whitlock

2024

  • Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award
    • Recipient: Ryan O'Dell, M.D., Ph.D.

    Jeanne Jackson Siegal Clinician of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Cindy Marshall, M.D.

    Distinguished Scientist Award

    • Recipient: Eric Lenze, M.D.

    Educator of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Mario Fahed, M.D.

    Member-in-Training Research Award

    • Recipient: David Adamowicz, M.D., Ph.D.

    Member-in-Training Future Clinician Award

    • Recipient: Joanna Georgakas, M.D.

    IDEA Diversity Award

    • Recipient: Daniel Jimenez, Ph.D.
    • Recipient: Rajesh R. Tampi, M.D., M.S., D.F.A.P.A

    Images of Aging

    • Recipient: Christie Diez

2022

  • Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award
    • Recipient: Stephen F. Smagula, Ph.D.

    Jeanne Jackson Siegal Clinician of the Year Award

    • Recipient: William M. Petrie, M.D.

    Distinguished Scientist Award

    • Recipient: Paul Newhouse, M.D.

    Educator of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Michelle Conroy, M.D.

    Member-in-Training Research Award

    • Recipient: Ram Sharma, M.D.

    IDEA Diversity Award

    • Recipient: Daniel Jimenez, Ph.D.

2020

  • Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award
    • Recipient: Daniel Jimenez, Ph.D.

    Jeanne Jackson Siegal Clinician of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Maureen Nash, M.D.

    Distinguished Scientist Award

    • Recipient: Helen Lavretsky, M.D.

    Educator of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Kirsten Wilkins, M.D.

    Member-in-Training Research Award

    • Recipient: Dante Duarte, M.D., M.M.S.C., Ph.D.

2018

  • Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award
    • Recipient: Donovan Maust, M.D., M.S.

    Jeanne Jackson Siegal Clinician of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Sandra Swantek, M.D.

    Distinguished Scientist Award

    • Recipient: Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Ph.D.

    Educator of the Year Award

    • Recipient: William M. McDonald, M.D.

    Member-in-Training Research Award

    • Recipient: Oliver Glass, M.D.

2016

  • Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award
    • Recipient: Ipsit Vahia, M.D.

    Distinguished Scientist Award

    • Recipient: Robert Sweet, M.D.

    Educator of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Susan Lehmann, M.D.

    Member-in-Training Research Award

    • Recipient: Jennifer Gatchel, M.D., Ph.D.

    Member-in-Training Future Clinician Award

    • Recipient: Aaron Koenig, M.D.

2014

  • Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award
    • Recipient: Briana Mezuk, Ph.D.

    Jeanne Jackson Siegal Clinician of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Allan A. Anderson, M.D.

    Distinguished Scientist Award

    • Recipient: Allan A. Anderson, M.D.

    Educator of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Daniel E. Sewell, M.D.

    Member-in-Training Research Award

    • Recipient: Jennifer Gatchel, M.D., Ph.D.

2025

  • Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award
    • Recipient: Nili Solomonov, Ph.D.

    Jeanne Jackson Siegal Clinician of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Shilpa Srinivasan, M.D.

    Distinguished Scientist Award

    Educator of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Erica Garcia-Pittman, M.D.

    Member-in-Training Research Award

    • Recipient: Nicholas Ainsworth, M.D.

    Member-in-Training Future Clinician Award

    • Recipient: Brian Donley, M.D.

    IDEA Diversity Award

    • Recipient: Kirsten Wilkins, M.D.

    Images of Aging

    • Recipient: Deborah Kan

    Elliott M. Stein Award for Lifetime Service to AAGP and the Field of Geriatric Psychiatry

    • Sanford Finkel, M.D.

2023

  • Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award
    • Recipient: Jennifer Gatchel, M.D., Ph.D.
    • Honorable Mentions: Courtney Polenick, Ph.D.; Sophia Wang, M.D.

    Jeanne Jackson Siegal Clinician of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Mohammed S Siddiqui, M.D., F.A.P.A.

    Distinguished Scientist Award

    • Recipient: Christopher van Dyck, M.D.

    Educator of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Molly Camp, M.D.

    Member-in-Training Research Award

    • Recipient: Cristina Pritchett, M.D.

    Member-in-Training Future Clinician Award

    • Recipient: Gregg Robbins-Welty, M.D., M.S.

    IDEA Diversity Award

    • Recipient: Indiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Community Advisory Board

2021

  • Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award
    • Recipient: Adam Mecca, M.D., Ph.D.
    • Honorable Mentions: Stephen Smagula, Ph.D.

    Jeanne Jackson Siegal Clinician of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Neil Kremen, M.D.

    Distinguished Scientist Award

    • Recipient: Krista LanctĂ´t, Ph.D.

    Educator of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Shilpa Srinivasan, M.D.

    Member-in-Training Research Award

    • Recipient: Katharine Brewster, M.D.

2019

  • Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award
    • Recipient: Sanjeev Kumar, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.

    Jeanne Jackson Siegal Clinician of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Susan K. Schultz, M.D.

    Distinguished Scientist Award

    • Recipient: Mary Ganguli, M.D., M.P.H.

    Educator of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Rajesh R. Tampi, M.D., M.S., D.F.A.P.A.

    Member-in-Training Research Award

    • Recipient: Ellen Eum-Ok Lee, M.D.

2017

  • Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award
    • Recipient: Sarah Stahl, Ph.D.

    Jeanne Jackson Siegal Clinician of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Jwalant Vadalia, M.D.

    Distinguished Scientist Award

    • Recipient: Benoit Mulsant, M.D.

    Educator of the Year Award

    • Recipient: Paul Kirwin, M.D.

    Member-in-Training Research Award

    • Recipient: James Wilkins, M.D.

2015

  • Distinguished Scientist Award
    • Recipient: Davangere Devanand, M.D.