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
- Martha Sajatovic, MD
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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
- Recipient: David Steffens, M.D., M.H.S.
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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.
