Past Outstanding Achievement Prizewinners
The Outstanding Achievement Prizes are awarded to scientists recognized for outstanding research leadership and contributions to mental health research. These annual prizes include: The Lieber Prize for Schizophrenia Research, the Colvin Prize for Mood Disorders Research, the Ruane Prize for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research, the Goldman-Rakic Prize for Cognitive Neuroscience Research, and the Maltz Prize for Innovative Schizophrenia Research.
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Lieber Prize | Colvin Prize | Ruane Prize | Goldman-Rakic Prize | Maltz Prize
Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Schizophrenia Research
2009:
Ruben C. Gur, Ph.D. - University of Pennsylvania
Raquel E. Gur, M.D., Ph.D. - University of Pennsylvania
2008:
Irving I. Gottesman, Ph.D. - University of Minnesota
2007:
Eve C. Johnstone, M.D., FRCP, FRCPsych - Royal Edinburgh Hospital
2006:
Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D. - New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University
2005:
David A. Lewis, M.D. - University of Pittsburgh
2004:
Joseph T. Coyle, M.D. - Harvard Medical School
2003:
Robin Murray, M.D., D.Sc. - King's College London
2002:
Dr. Francine Benes - Harvard University
2001:
Dr. Solomon Snyder - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2000:
Dr. Nancy Andreasen - University of Iowa
Dr. William Carpenter - University of Maryland
1999:
Dr. Richard Jed Wyatt - NIMH
Dr. Salomon Z. Langer - Compugen - Israel
1998:
Dr. Sarnoff Mednick - University of Southern California
Dr. George Aghajanian - Yale University
1997:
Dr. Lars Farde - The Karolinska Institute
Dr. Goran Sedvall - The Karolinska Institute
1996:
Dr. Paul Greengard - The Rockefeller University
1995:
Dr. Kenneth S. Kendler - Medical College of Virginia
1994:
Dr. Arvid Emil Carlsson - Univ. of Gothenburg - Sweden
1993:
Dr. Daniel Weinberger - NIMH
1992:
Dr. John M. Kane - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dr. Herbert Y. Meltzer - Case Western Reserve University
1991:
Dr. Patricia Goldman-Rakic - Yale University
1990:
Dr. Philip Seeman - University of Toronto - Canada
1989:
Dr. Timothy J. Crow - Northwick Pk. Hospital - England
1987:
Dr. Benjamin S. Bunney - Yale University
Maltz Prize for Innovative & Promising Schizophrenia Research (formerly the Baer Prize)
2015:
M. Camille Hoffman, M.D., MSCS - Video Clip - University of Colorado School of Medicine and Denver Health Medical Center
Barnaby Nelson, Ph.D., MPSYCH - Video Clip - Orygen, The National Centre for Excellence in Youth Mental Health
2009:
Daniel H. Wolf, M.D., Ph.D. - University of Pennsylvania
2008:
Angus W. MacDonald, III, Ph.D. - University of Minnesota
2007:
Jeremy Hall, MB, Ph.D. - Royal Edinburgh Hospital
2006:
Lorna W. Role, Ph.D. - New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University
2004:
Jonathan Picker, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D. - McLean Hospital, Harvard University
Goldman-Rakic Prize for Cognitive Neuroscience Research
2022:
Peter L. Strick, Ph.D. - University of Pittsburgh
2021:
Elisabeth A. Murray, Ph.D. - National Institute of Mental Health
György Buzsáki, M.D., Ph.D. - New York University
2020:
Robert Desimone, Ph.D. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Angela C. Roberts, Ph.D. - Girton College, University of Cambridge
2019:
René Hen, Ph.D. - Columbia University
2018:
Jean Pierre Changeux, Ph.D. - College de France and Institut Pasteur, France
Xiao-Jing Wang, Ph.D. - Center for Neural Science, NYU
2017:
Trevor W. Robbins, Ph.D. - Video Clip - University of Cambridge
2016:
Earl K. Miller, Ph.D. - Video Clip - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2015:
Amy F.T. Arnsten, Ph.D. - Video Clip - Yale Medical School, Yale University
2009:
Brenda Milner, CC - Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
2008:
Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D. - Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2007:
Huda Akil, Ph.D. - University of Michigan
2006:
Joaquin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D. - Neuropsychiatric Institute & Hospital
2004:
Marcus Raichle, M.D. - Washington University
Michael Posner, Ph.D. - University of Oregon/Weill Medical College of Cornell University
2003:
Solomon H. Snyder, M.D. - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Colvin Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research
2022:
J. John Mann, M.D. - Columbia University / New York State Psychiatric Institute
2021:
Katherine E. Burdick. Ph.D. - Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Aleksander Mathé, M.D., Ph.D. - Karolinska Institutet
Colleen McClung, Ph.D. - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
2020:
Martin Alda, M.D., F.R.C.P.C. - Dalhousie University
Gustavo Turecki, M.D., Ph.D. - Douglas Institute, McGill University
2019:
Dennis S. Charney, M.D. - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sophia Frangou, M.D., Ph.D. - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
John H. Krystal, M.D. - Yale School of Medicine
2018:
Benjamin I Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC - University of Toronto & Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Lakshmi N. Yatham, M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.C., M.R.C. Psych(UK), MBA (Exec) - University of British Columbia
2017:
Hilary P. Blumberg, M.D. - Video Clip - Yale University School of Medicine
Mary L. Phillips, M.D., M.D. (CANTAB) - Video Clip - University of Pittsburgh
Tadafumi Kato, M.D., Ph.D. - RIKEN Brain Science Institute
2016:
Francis J. McMahon, M.D. - Video Clip - National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program
Thomas G. Schulze, M.D. - Video Clip - Medical Center of the University of Munich
Pamela Sklar, M.D., Ph.D. - Video Clip - Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai
2015:
Michael Berk, Ph.D., MBBCh, MMed, Ff(Psych)SA, FRANCZP - Video Clip - Deakin University
L. Trevor Young, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC - Video Clip - University of Toronto
Bipolar Mood Disorders Prize (2010 - 2011)
Falcone Prize (1999 - 2009)
2009:
Lewis L. Judd, M.D. - University of California, San Diego
Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D. - Mount Sinai Medical Center
2008:
Charles L. Bowden, M.D. - UTHSC at San Antonio
Mark S. George, M.D. - Medical University of South Carolina
2007:
Helen S. Mayberg, M.D. - Emory University School of Medicine
2006:
Lori Altshuler, M.D. - Neuropsychiatric Institute & Hospital
2005:
Alan F. Schatzberg, M.D. - Stanford University
2004:
Joseph R. Calabrese, M.D. - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Harold A. Sackeim, Ph.D. - Columbia University
2003:
Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D. - University of TX Medical Branch at Galveston
Ross J. Baldessarini, M.D. / Leonardo Tondo, M.D. - Harvard University
2002:
Ronald Duman, Ph.D. - Yale University
Paul Grof, M.D., Ph.D. - University of Ottawa
2001:
Hagop S. Akiskal, M.D. - University of California, San Diego
William E. Bunney, Jr., M.D. - University of California, Irvine
2000:
Robert Belmaker, M.D. - Ben Gurion University
A. John Rush, M.D. - Univ. of TX Southwestern Med. Ctr. at Dallas
Kay Jamison, Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins University
1999:
Frederick Goodwin, M.D. - George Washington University
Husseini Manji, M.D., FRCPC - National Institute of Mental Health
Selo Prize (1993 - 1998)
1998:
Martin Keller, M.D. - Brown University
Julien Mendlewicz, M.D., Ph.D. - Brussels University
1997:
Arthur Prange, Jr., M.D. - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Charles Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D. - Emory University
1996:
Wade Berrettini, M.D., Ph.D. - University of Pennsylvania
Elliot Gershon, M.D. - University of Chicago
J. Raymond DePaulo, M.D. - Johns Hopkins University
1995:
Claude DeMontigny, M.D., Ph.D. - McGill University
1993:
Robert Post, M.D. - National Institute of Mental Health
Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research
2022:
Boris Birmaher, M.D. - University of Pittsburgh
2021
Kenneth A. Dodge, Ph.D. - Duke University
John T. Walkup, M.D. - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine/Johns Hopkins University
2020
Joan L. Luby, M.D. - Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
2019
Stephen P. Hinshaw, Ph.D. - The University of California, San Francisco / The University of California, Berkeley
2018
Ami Klin, Ph.D. - Marcus Autism Center, Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Joseph Piven, M.D. - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2017: Video Clip
Nathan A. Fox, Ph.D. - University of Maryland, College Park
Charles A. Nelson III, Ph.D. - Harvard Medical School
Charles H. Zeanah, Jr., M.D. - Tulane University School of Medicine
2016:
John L.R. Rubenstein, M.D., Ph.D. - Video Clip - University of California at San Francisco
2015:
BJ Casey, Ph.D. - Video Clip - The Sackler Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine
Francisco Xavier Castellanos, M.D. - Video Clip - NYU Langone Medical Center
Avshalom Caspi, Ph.D. / Terrie E. Moffitt, Ph.D. - Video Clip - University of London
2009:
Elizabeth Jane Costello, Ph.D. - Duke University
Adrian C. Angold, M.D. - Duke University
2008:
Eric Andrew Taylor, M.D. - Institute of Psychiatry/King's College London
2007:
James F. Leckman, M.D. - Yale School of Medicine
2006:
David A. Brent, M.D. - Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, University of Pittsburgh
David Shaffer, M.B., F.R.C.P. - New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University
2005:
Allan L. Reiss, M.D. - Stanford University
2004:
Rachel G. Klein, Ph.D. - New York University
C. Keith Conners, Ph.D. - Duke University
Magda Campbell, M.D. - New York University
2003:
Leon Eisenberg, M.D., D.Sc. - New York University
2002:
Judith Rapoport, M.D. - National Institute of Mental Health
2001:
Donald Cohen, M.D. - Yale University
2000:
Sir Michael Rutter, M.D. - Institute of Psychiatry/King's College London
