Award Winners
The Society for Research in Psychopathology presents two awards each year.


Joseph Zubin Award
The Society for Research in Psychopathology instituted an award given each Fall to one deserving individual for life-time contributions to the understanding of psychopathology. The first award was given in 1987 to Dr. Joseph Zubin. In 1990, the organization's annual award was officially named the Joseph Zubin Award. Listed below are the winners of the award.
2009: Connie Hammen

Smadar Levin Award
The Smadar Levin Award was created to honor the memory of Smadar Levin, who left a lasting mark on psychopathology research before her untimely death. The award is given at the Annual Meeting each year to the graduate student or other predoctoral individual who makes the most outstanding poster presentation.
2009: Randy Auerbach
McGill University, Advisor Azbela (Poster Title: A Comparison of Transactional and Diathesis-Stress Models of Depression: An Examination of Perceived Social Support, Symptom Specificity, and Interpersonal versus Noninterpersonal Stressors)
2009: Vijay Mittal (Honorable Mention)
University of California at Los Angeles, Advisor Ty Cannon (Poster Title: Markers of basal ganglia dysfunction and conversion:Neurocognitive deficits, dyskinesia, and individuals at high-risk for psychosis)
2009: Ryan Bogdan (Honorable Mention)
Harvard University, Advisor Diego Pizzagalli (Poster Title: TREK1 genotypes linked to antidepressant response are associated with potentiated neural responses to reward)


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