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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

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 Lanctôt, 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.