Herbert Weiner Early Career Award

The Council of the American Psychosomatic Society announces the call for nominations for the Herbert Weiner Early Career Award for Contributions to Psychosomatic Medicine. The first "Early Career Award" was awarded in 1991 and in 2002, the name of the award was expanded to the "Herbert Weiner Early Career Award." This award is intended to identify individuals who, early in their career, have contributed significantly to the field of psychosomatic medicine and show substantial promise of continued meritorious academic accomplishments in the field of psychosomatic medicine. *New* > The nominees must be members of the American Psychosomatic Society and fewer than 10 years past receipt of their highest academic degree, or for those with post-degree clinical training (e.g., internship or residency), fewer than 10 years past completion of their clinical training.

The award consists of $1,000, a plaque signifying the award, and the opportunity to briefly present the research, for which the award was given, during the annual meeting of the Society. Nominations must include a 500-1000 word justification for the nomination, an updated curriculum vitae, and reprints of 2-6 publications of the work for which the nomination is being made. Any person may self-nominate or nominate another individual. The application deadline is December 1st of each year. Address application letters to:

Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101

President's Award

The President’s Award, established in 1996, is presented each year by the current President. The award may go to whomever the President would like for unique contributions to psychosomatic medicine. The award consists of a plaque and up to $2,000 total ($1,000 honorarium and up to $1,000 in expenses if the recipient chooses to go to the Annual Meeting to accept the award). The recipient does not have to be present at the Annual Meeting to accept the award.

Patricia R. Barchas Award in Sociophysiology

The Patricia R. Barchas Award in Sociophysiology, established in 1999, is to memorialize Patricia Barchas by furthering the field of sociophysiology, the study of the reciprocal relationships that could lead to long-term change both in social behavior and in physiology. The only requirement is that the recipient has done interesting and exciting work that helps to expand our knowledge of the interface of the social and physiological worlds. Nominations should include a 500-1000 word justification for the nomination and an updated curriculum vitae. The award consists of a plaque and $1,500, which is presented at the Annual Meeting. The application deadline is June 30th of each year. Address application letters to:

Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101

APS Scholar Awards

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YOU MUST SUBMIT an abstract to be considered for this award.

There will be between 10 and 24 APS Scholar Awards presented to outstanding abstract submissions where the first author of an accepted abstract is either a student, resident, or fellow. Scholars are selected on a competitive basis. Each award provides monetary assistance for conference fees, travel, and hotel accommodations. No more than one award or scholarship will be granted to any individual.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicant must be student or trainee enrolled in medical, graduate or undergraduate school, or in residency, internship, or post-doctoral fellowship program.
• Applicant must be first author on an abstract accepted for presentation at the APS Annual Meeting
• Applicants must be a member of APS, or in the process of applying for membership (for a membership application, please go to the membership section on the APS website www.psychosomatic.org).

In order to be considered for this award, you will need to indicate your interest by checking the special box provided when submitting your abstract, and complete the application. The deadline for receipt of your completed application is November 1st of each year.

Alvin P. Shapiro Award

The Alvin P. Shapiro Award Lecture, established in the fall of 2001 through the generosity of his family, is presented each year during the Annual Meeting. The late Dr. Shapiro was an internist and clinical pharmacologist who conducted innumerable studies on behavioral and psychosocial influences on hypertension and cardiovascular health. He was a continuously active member of APS for four decades and served as the Society’s president in 1974-1975. Each year, the award will go to a physician, preferably an internist or internal medicine subspecialist, who has made major scholarly contributions to our understanding of psychosocial factors in the clinical care of patients in a primary care setting. Typically, the awardee will not be a member of the Society and will attend the entire meeting. These features are intended to provide the Society with outside input, while also maximizing opportunity for formal and informal dialogue between the awardee and Society members. The award consists of a $1,000 honorarium and itemized travel expenses, which is presented at the Annual Meeting. Nominations should include a 500-1000 word justification for the nomination and an updated curriculum vitae. The application deadline is June 30th of each year. Address application letters to:

Award Committee
American Psychosomatic Society
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101

International Travel Assistance Awards

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YOU MUST SUBMIT an abstract to be considered for this award.

For the fifth year, the APS will award $1,000 to an individual from a "developing nation" who has interest and experience in psychosomatic medicine. The award is intended to assist with travel, hotel accommodations and meeting registration fees. No more than one award or scholarship will be granted to any individual.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicant must have financial need.
• Applicant must reside in a developing nation.
• Applicant must submit an abstract for the APS Annual Meeting.

In order to be considered for this award, you will need to indicate your interest by checking the special box provided when submitting your abstract, complete the application and submit your curriculum vitae/biographical sketch. The deadline for receipt of your completed application is November 1st of each year.

Medical Student / Medical Resident / Medical Fellow Travel Scholarships

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The American Psychosomatic Society (APS) Medical Student/ Medical Resident/ Medical Fellow Travel Scholarships are intended to assist with travel, hotel accommodations and meeting registration fees to the APS Annual Meeting. Each scholarship will include $500 travel funds, a complimentary registration to the 3-day meeting and a complimentary one year membership. No more than one award or scholarship will be granted to any individual.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicant must be a Medical Student, Medical Resident, or Medical Fellow.
• Applicant must participate in the Mentor/Mentee Program at the APS Annual Meeting offered for meeting attendees.
• Applicant must agree to submit a summary of the experience, after attending the meeting.

In order to be considered for this award, please complete the application and submit your curriculum vitae/biographical sketch. The deadline for receipt of your completed application is November 1st of each year.

Minority Initiative Award

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The American Psychosomatic Society (APS) Minority Initiative Awards are intended to assist with travel, hotel accommodations, and other fees associated with attending the APS Annual Meeting. Each scholarship will include travel funds, and a complimentary registration. No more than one award or scholarship will be granted to any individual.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicant must be an underrepresented minority as defined by the NIH to be African-Americans, Hispanics, Native-Americans and Alaska Natives, and Pacific Islanders
• Applicant must participate in the Mentor/Mentee Program at the APS Annual Meeting offered for meeting attendees.
• Applicant must agree to submit a summary of the experience, after attending the meeting.

In order to be considered for this award, please complete the application form, and submit your curriculum vitae/biographical sketch. The deadline for receipt of your completed application is November 1st of each year.

Donald Oken Fellowship

This new fellowship, first awarded in 2006, was created for the purpose of bringing a C-L psychiatrist or internist to the APS annual meeting each year. The person chosen should be someone who is in a leadership position in his or her field and able to influence others to become interested in APS by virtue of the stature and prestige of that person. The annual award consists of $1000 to the recipient in addition to travel expenses to attend the Annual Meeting.

Recipient Requirements
1) The recipient will be required to attend the entire annual meeting.
2) The recipient will be required to stay at the conference hotel.
3) The recipient will be required to participate in the meeting in some useful way. For
example, that person might present a paper, poster, workshop or roundtable lunch.

The key idea is for the person to immerse him or herself in the meeting and to get to know the Society.

The ideal candidate will be someone who has not previously attended an APS meeting but is a leader and respected voice in his or her own field. It should be someone who has had some involvement in research, which could be clinical or basic research. The person should be an effective teacher and should be in a position to influence others, especially medical students, residents, and fellows.

Please submit nominations (include CV) to the APS office by August 31st of each year.

If you have any questions regarding The Oken Fellowship, please contact the APS office.

Sponsorship of Psychosomatic Medicine Interest Groups

The American Psychosomatic Society will sponsor the development of Psychosomatic Medicine Interest Groups (PMIGs) at ten medical schools during the academic year.

These competitive awards will fund and guide innovative efforts to foster interest in psychosomatic medicine among medical students, residents, and other clinical trainees. The award for one year includes $1,000 per interest group for meeting-related expenses plus support in the form of guidelines for activities, slide sets, model curricula, speaker lists, reading lists, and other resources provided by the Strategic Growth Subcommittee of the Membership Committee of the APS.

The goals of the award are to: 1) facilitate interest in psychosomatic medicine among medical students and other trainees; 2) promote education and research collaborations in psychosomatic medicine at that institution; 3) recruit promising physicians and young researchers into the American Psychosomatic Society; 4) cultivate the career paths of students interested in psychosomatic medicine; and 5) establish the feasibility of developing interest groups at a larger number of medical schools.

Recipients of the awards, who will serve as Sponsor of the local PMIG, must be a faculty member of a medical school. Sponsors will be expected to recruit a student or trainee leader, hold at least 6 meetings, submit a report on how the funds were used, and participate in the assessment of the effectiveness of the program.

Applications should be submitted to APS Central Office by August 17, 2007 using the online form. Selection will be based on the sponsor's expressed commitment to the project, proposed use of funds, potential for growth of the interest group at that institution, availability of other like-minded faculty members in the vicinity, and geographical distribution of the applicants. Awards will be announced in September 2007, and the first half of the funds will be distributed soon after the announcement. The remainder of the funds will be distributed January 1, 2008, or sooner if requested.

If you have any questions, please contact the APS office.

Herbert Weiner Early Career Award

1991: Michael R. Irwin, MD
1992: Timothy W. Smith, PhD
1993: J. Rick Turner, PhD
1994: Shin Fukudo, MD
1995: Paul J. Mills, PhD
1996: Julian F. Thayer, PhD
1997: Susan Everson, PhD
1998: Willem Kopp, PhD
1999: Alan J. Christensen, PhD
2000: Shari R. Waldstein, PhD
2001: Susan S. Girdler, PhD
2002: Susan K. Lutgendorf, PhD
2003: Dominique L. Musselman, MD
2004: Mustafa al'Absi, PhD
2005: Gregory E. Miller, PhD
2006: Mary A. Whooley, MD
2007: Roland von Känel, MD
2008: Peter Gianaros, PhD


President's Award

1997: Monica Montgomery (Dr. Drossman was President)
1998: Dr. Bernard Lown (Dr. Chesney was President)
1999: Dr. David Hamburg (Dr. Dimsdale was President)
2000: Dr. John Mason (Dr. Cameron was President)
2001: Dr. Bruce S. McEwen (Dr. Endicott was President)
2002: Dr. David Shapiro (Dr. Jennings was President)
2003: Dr. Douglas A. Drossman (Dr. Novack was President)
2004: Dr. Arthur J. Barsky (Dr. Locke was President)
2005: Dr. Karen A. Matthews (Dr. Frasure-Smith was President)
2006: Dr. Hugo D. Critchley (Dr. Lane was President)
2007: Dr. Wayne Katon (Dr. Shapiro was President)
2008: Leanne Williams, PhD


Patricia R. Barchas Award in Sociophysiology

1999: Bernard T. Engel, PhD
2000: Michael Meaney, PhD
2001: Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD
2002: Michael Marmot, MPH, PhD
2003: John P. Capitanio, PhD
2004: John T. Cacioppo, PhD
2005: Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, PhD
2006: Sheldon Cohen, PhD
2007: Lennart Levi, MD
2008: Christopher L. Coe, PhD


Alvin P. Shapiro Award

2002: Stevo Julius MD, ScD
2003: Steve Schroeder, MD
2004: Timothy Quill, MD
2005: William Busse, MD
2006: C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
2007: Patricia A. Ganz, MD
2008: Thomas Pickering MD, DPhil

Travel Assistance Award

2002: Xiongzhao Zhu, MD, PhD (Changsha, Hunan, P.R. of China)
2003: Piroska Balog, PhD (Budapest, Hungary)
2004: Dan L. Dumitrascu, MD (Cluj, Romania)
2005: Vinod Kochupillai, MBBS (New Delhi, India)
2006: Valeska Marinho, MD (Ruobe Janeiro, Brazil) and Hyun-Gyun Son, MD, PhD (Seoul Korea)
2007: Olena Victorivna Bogdanova, PhD and Volodymryr Borysomych Bogdanova, PhD (both of Kyiv, Ukraine)
2008: Lilla Szeifert, MD (Budapest, Hungary)

1) Maria Bleil, BA ~ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2) Tavis Campbell, BA ~ McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3) Marcel Ebrecht, Dipl. In Psych. ~ Guy's, King's and St. Thomas' School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
4) Patricia Mona Eng, MS ~ Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
5) Richard Fleet, PhD ~ Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
6) Jens Gaab, MSc ~ University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
7) Natalie Hamrick, MS ~ Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
8) Jeanne McCaffery, MS ~ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
9) Nicolas Rohleder, Dipl Psych ~ University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
10) Wendy Troxel, BA ~ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
11) Oliver Wolf, PhD ~ University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
12) Stefan Wüst, PhD ~ University of Trier, Trier, Germany

1) Victoria Burns, BSc ~ SPORTEX, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
2) Sally Dickerson, MD ~ Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
3) Peter Gianaros, PhD ~ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
4) Jeffrey Gonzalez, BA ~ Deparement of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
5) Harald Gündel, MD ~ Department of Psychosomatics, University of München, München, Germany
6) Michiko Kano, MD ~ Psychosomatic Medicine, Pharmacology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
7) Sabine Kunz, Psy Dipl ~ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
8) Kim Lavoie, MA ~ Montreal Heart Institute, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
9) David Lydston, BA ~ Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
10) Christina Masley, BA ~ Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
11) Conall O'Cleirigh, MS ~ Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
12) Marie-Anne Roberge ~ Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2003:
1) Adam Carrico, BS ~ Coral Gables, FL, "Maintenance of Social Support Predicts Increases in Natural Killer Cell Cytoxicity 6 to 12 Months After a Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Intervention with HIV + Gay Men."
2) Ruby C. Castilla ~ Puentes, MD - Pittsburgh, PA, "Depressed Women Have Elevated Coagulation Factors in Midlife."
3) Debra A. Davis, MA ! Tempe, AZ, "Is Exposure to Childhood Maltreatment Related to the Experience of Chronic Pain in Adulthood? A Meta-Analytic Review."
4) Anastasia Georgiades, PhD ~ Stockholm, Sweden, "Mental Stress Reactivity in the Prediction of Left Ventricular Mass 10 Years Later Among a Group of Borderline Hypertensive Men."
5) Mazy Gillis, PhD ~ Detroit, MI, "Written Emotional Disclosure in Fibromyalgia Syndrome."
6) Jeffrey Greeson, MS ~ Miami, FL, "Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management Influences Viral Load and CD8 Cells: 10-Week Treatment Effects in HIV + Men and Women."
7) Ajit Itty ~ Tucson, AZ, "Neural Modulation of Pain by Pleasant and Unpleasant Emotion"
8) Christy Perez, BS ~ San Diego, CA, "The Effects of Negative Mood States and Hostility on Coagulation Factors D-Dimer and Tissue Factor."
9) Tina Marie Meyer, PhD ~ Detroit, MI, "Written or Verbal Emotional Disclosure about Stress in Rheumatoid Arthritis."
10) Jutta Wolf, Dipl. Psych. ~ Duesseldorf, Germany, "Altered Pattern of NFKB Activation after Psychosocial Stress in Patients with ATopic Disease."

2004:

1) Patricia K. Agatisa, PhD ~ Pittsburgh, PA, "Coronary and Aortic Calcification in Healthy Middle-Aged Women with a History of Recurrant Major Depression."
2) Jos A. Bosch, PhD ~ Chicago, IL, "Stress-Induced Mobilization of Natural Killer Cells is Function Dependent."
3) Heather Burke, MA ~ San Francisco, CA, "Effects of Subclinical Elevations in Depressive Symptoms on Cortisol Responses to Stress in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis."
4) Adam Carrico, MS, Coral Gables, FL, "Optimism Moderates Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Effects on Epstein-Barr Virus Antibody Titers in HIV-Infected Gay Men Over Time."
5) Lucia Dettenborn, MS ~ New York, NY, "Ortisol Responses to Daily Stress in Women Working at Familal Risk for Breast Cancer."
6) Lia Fernald, PhD ~ Berkely, CA, "Salivary Cortisol and Heart Rate in Low-Income Mexican Children and their Mothers."
7) Tara Gruenewald, PhD ~ Los Angeles, CA, "A Multi-Systems Analysis of SES Disparities in Biological Risk: The Carda Study."
8) Karin Hammerfald, MSc ~ Zurich, Switzerland, "Persistent Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Training on Psychobiological Stress Responses: Results of a Randomized-Controlled 3-month Follow-up."
9) David Kinsinger, BS ~ Miami, FL, "Depression Mediates the Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxicity in Men Treated for Prostate Cancer."
10) Brigitte Kudielka, PhD ~ Zurich, Switzerland, "Health Related Quality of Life Measure by the SF-12 Survey: Association with Psychosocial Work Characteristics and Chronic Distress (Exhaustion) in a Working Population?"
11) Tene Lewis, PhD ~ Chicago, IL, " Weight Gain in a Biracial Sample of Women at Midlife."
12) Scott Matthews, MD ~ San Diego, CA, "Cortial Modulation of the Parasympathetic Nervous System."
14) Jennifer McGrath, PhD ~ Pittsburgh, PA, "Socioeconomic Status of Famiy and the Neighborhood Influence Adolescent Blood Pressure."
15) Alicia Meuret, BA ~ Hamburg, Germany, "Impact of Breathing Exercises on Panic Symptomatology and Respiration Regulation: Dissociation of Effect Within Exercises and Across Therapy."
16) Rama Murali, BA ~ Vancouver, BC, Canada, "Exposure to Violence and Biological Measures in Adolescents."
17) Karen Petersen, MS ~ Pittsburgh, PA, "Community Socioeconomic Status is Associated with Plaque Occurence in Untreated, Hypetensive Men."
18) Theodore Robles, MA ~ Columbus, OH, "As the Glow Fades, So Does the Cellular Immunity? Changes in Positive Conflict Behaviors Affect Spouses' NK Cell Lysis."
19) Sari Schwartz, BA ~ Bethesda, MD, "Detection of Mental Stress-Induced Ischemia in Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Dysfunction."
20) Scott Siegel, MS ~ Coral Gables, FL, "A Group-Based Congnitve Behavioral Stress Managment Intervention Improves Psychosocial and Medical Outcome in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome."
21) Jeffrey Walch, BSA ~ Pittsburgh, PA, "The Effect of Sunlight on Parameters of Hospitalization."
22) Hui-Xin Wang, PhD ~ Stockholm, Sweden, "Influence of Social Support on Atherosclerosis Progression in Women with Coronary Hearth Disease."
23) Lori Warner, MA ~ Detroit, MI, "Expressive Writing and Health in Pediatric Asthma."
24) Aliza Weinrib, BA ~ Iowa City, IA, "Stress, Coping and Dirurnal Cortisol in Ovarian Cancer Patients."

1) Victoria Beckner, PhD ~ Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA ~ “The Effect Of Stress And Endogenous Cortisol On Distinct Memory Processes”
2) Malinda Breda, PhD ~ Department of Clinical Psychology, Alliant International University, San Diego, CA, USA ~ “A Controlled Clinical Trial Of The Effects Of Yoga On Health Status In Fibromyalgia Patients”
3) A. Dietrich, MA ~ Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands ~ “Relationship Between Autonomic Function And Temperament In Preadolescents”
4) Michael Forlenza, PhD ~ Department of CCEP, UNC Lineberger, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ~ “Increased Serum Levels Of 8-Ohdg In Clinical Depression”
5) Mark Hamer, PhD ~ Department of Psychobiology, University College London, London, UK ~ “High Job Demands Predict Circulating C-Reactive Protein Responses To Mental Stress”
6) Shamini Jain, MS ~ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA ~ “High Fatigued Breast Cancer Patients Show Poorer Mood And More Disturbed Sleep During Chemotherapy”
7) Sally Jensen, BA ~ Department of Clinical & Health Psychology, U of FL, Gainesville, FL, USA ~ “Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management (Cbsm) Effects On Social Support &Amp; Positive Affect Among Hiv+ Women At Risk For Cervical Cancer”
8) Doerte Junghaenel, MA ~ Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, US ~ “Differential Efficacy Of Written Emotional Disclosure Among Subgroups Of Fibromyalgia Patients”
9) Rebecca Klatzkin, BS ~ Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ~ “Histories Of Depression In Women Are Associated With Alterations In Allopregnanolone Stress Reactivity”
10) Martijn Kwaijtaal, MSc ~ Department of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands ~ “Impact Of A Behavioral Intervention On Inflammation In Coronary Patients”
11) Nicole Maninger, MA ~ Department of Psychology Department, University of California, Davis, CA, USA ~ “Sociability, Interferon-Gamma, And Siv Disease In Rhesus Monkeys”
12) Laust Mortensen, BA ~ Center for Alcohol Research, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark ~ “Hostility In Relation To Drinking Pattern And Problem Drinking In Us Army Veterans: Interactions With Socio-Economic Position”
13) Laurel Paterson, BA ~ Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada ~ “Neighborhood, Family, And Subjective Socioeconomic Status: How Do They Relate To Adolescent Health?”
14) Joseph Poole, MS ~ Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, US ~ “Obesity Modulates Association Between Adrb2 Haplotype And Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity”
15) Phillip Quartana, MS ~ Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA ~ “Pain Catastrophizing Moderates Effects Of Cognitive Pain Coping Efforts During Pain-Induction On 'Symptom-Specific' Physiological Reactivity Among Chronic Low Back Pain Patients”
16) Alison Radcliffe, BA ~ Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA ~ “Written Emotional Disclosure: Testing The Need For Social Sharing And The Effects Of Placebo Writing”
17) Scott Siegel, MS ~ Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA ~ “Sociability Is Related To Emotional-Support Coping, Well-Being, And 24-Hour Urinary Free Cortisol Levels In Men Recovering From Treatment For Prostate Cancer: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis”
18) Janet Sterner, PhD ~ Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Heatlh, Boston, MA, USA ~ “Evaluating Expressive Writing As A Presurgical Stress Management Intervention For Breast Cancer Patients”
19) Jesse Stewart, PhD ~ Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ~ “Depression Symptoms Predict More Rapid Progression Of Carotid Atherosclerosis”
20) Elin Strand, ~ Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway ~ “Positive Affect As A Buffer In The Pain-Negative Affect Relationship In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthrtis ?”
21) Derek Turesky, BS ~ Department of Psychology, U. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA ~ “Predictors Of Sleep Quality In Ovarian Cancer Patients”
22) Henriët van Middendorp, PhD ~ Department of Health Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands ~ “Psychological, Clinical, And Physiological Effects Of Home-Based Emotional Disclosure In Rheumatoid Arthritis”
23) Jet Veldhuijzen van Zanten, MSc ~ Department of Sportex, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK ~ “Increase In C-Reactive Protein In Response To Acute Stress In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis”
24) Cora Weber, MD ~ Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany ~ “Salt-Sensitive Normotensive Males Show Lower Norepinephrine And Enhanced Cortisol Levels When Facing Mental Stress”

2007:
1) Silja Bellingrath, DiplPsy ~ DYSREGULATIONS OF THE HPA-AXIS AND INCREASED ALLOSTATIC LOAD IN JOB-RELATED CHRONIC STRESS: A LINK TO BURNOUT AND EXHAUSTION IN SCHOOL TEACHERS
2) Yoichi Chida, MD, PhD ~ PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS IN CHILDHOOD EXACERBATES ADULT MOUSE ASTHMA VIA HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS
3) Sarah Conklin, PhD ~ DIETARY INTAKE OF THE LONG-CHAIN OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED GREY MATTER VOLUME IN THE PERIGENUAL CINGULATE CORTEX
4) Vincent Costa, BS ~ FEAR OF PAIN INCREASES NEURAL ACTIVATION IN FRONTAL CORTEX AND AMYGDALA DURING PAIN ANTICIPATION
Joshua Davis, M.Phil ~ EMOTION REGULATION THROUGH CHANGES TO FACIAL EXPRESSION
6) Louisa Edwards, PhD ~ EFFECTS OF CHRONIC AND PULSATILE BLOOD PRESSURE ON TACTILE SENSATION: EVIDENCE FOR INSENSITIVITY TO SENSORY NERVE STIMULATION IN HYPERTENSION
7) Patrick Finan, BA ~ PERSONAL CONTROL IN CHRONIC PAIN SUFFERERS DURING ACUTE INTERPERSONAL STRESS
8) Tanya Goyal-Spruill, PhD ~ EFFECTS OF INDUCED RUMINATION ON AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE
9) Joshua Grant, PhD ~ EXPERIENCED ZEN MEDITATORS EXHIBIT ATTENTUATION AND HIGH MODERATE-PAIN THRESHOLD FOR EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED THERMAL PAIN
10) Joni Howard, MS ~ THE RELATION OF ANGER EXPRESSION-OUT TO CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION IN AN OLDER SUBSAMPLE OF PARTICIPANTS AGED 50 YEARS AND ABOVE
11) Hong Jin Jeon, MD ~ EXOGENOUS CORTICOSTEROID MEDICATION AND DEPRESSION IN CANCER PATIENTS
12) Brenda Key, MSc ~ THE INFLUENCE OF TRAIT AND STATE RUMINATION ON CARDIOVASCULAR RECOVERY FROM A NEGATIVE EMOTIONAL STRESSOR
13) Hiroe Kikuchi, MD ~ PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS AND MOOD STATES AS AGGRAVATING FACTORS OF TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE: INVESTIGATION USING COMPUTERIZED ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT
14) Sara Levin, BA ~ RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HEALTH STATUS IN A DIVERSE POPULATION
15) Sarah Linke, BA ~ THE JOINT IMPACT OF SMOKING AND PURPOSEFUL EXERCISE CAPABILITY ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES AMONG WOMEN WITH SUSPECTED MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA: THE WISE STUDY
16) Teresa Marin, MA ~ CAREGIVING ACTIVATES INFLAMMATORY AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY SIGNALLING PATHWAYS
17) Mitsue Nagamine, DSc ~ DIFFERENT EMOTIONAL MEMORY IN WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT CANCER-RALATED INTRUSION
18) Anna Phillips, PhD ~ SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION AND CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIONS TO ACUTE PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS
19) Heather Rogers, MA, MS, MPH ~ STRESS-INDUCED ANGER AND TRAIT ANGER ARE RELATED TO QT VARIABILITY INDEX AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN ICD PATIENTS
20) Nicolas Rohleder, PhD ~ RECENT DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS PREDICT SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY IN HEALTHY YOUNG WOMEN
21) Sarah Short, MS ~ MATERNAL FLU INFECTION DURING PREGNANCY AND INFANT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
22) Otto Smith, MSc ~ CARDIAC HISTORY, PRIOR DEPRESSION, AND PERSONALITY PREDICT PERSISTENCE OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS POST-MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
23) Jutta Wolf, PhD ~ PROSPECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS OF PARENTS´ PERCEIVED STRESS AND DEPRESSION WITH INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN CHILDREN: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA AND HEALTHY CHILDREN
24) Kaki York, PhD ~ A META-ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF GINKGO BILOBA ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING AND MOOD IN COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED AND HEALTHY ADULTS

2008:

1) Hyong Jin Cho, MD, PhD, Prior Depression History Predicts Physical Health Decline in Community-dwelling Older Adults - a Prospective Cohort Study.
2) Denise Cooper,MA, Depressive Symptoms Differentially Predict Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among African American Men and Women.
3) Erin Costanzo, PhD, Daily Stress Predicts Psychological and Physical Symptoms and HPA Profiles Among Cancer Survivors.
4) J. David Creswell, PhD, Pathways Linking Mindfulness and Health Outcomes.
5) Sonja Entringer, PhD, Prenatal Psychosocial Stress Exposure and Neuroendocrine, Immune and Metabolic Function in Human Adults.
6) Jennifer Gordon, BSc,Health Behaviors Mediate the Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and CVD and All-Cause Mortality: The Framingham Heart Offspring Study.
7) Indrani Halder, PhD, Emerging topics in Genetics, Stress Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease Risk.
8) Neil Harrison, MD, Sickness and inflammation cause mood changes through alterations in subgenual cingulate activity and mesolimbic connectivity.
9) Chiao-wen Hsiao, MA, Associations and Time Course of Depression and Vital Exhaustion in Coronary Artery Disease Patients.
10) Ihori Kobayashi, MS, Albuterol Administered Soon After a Motor Vehicle Accident May Alleviate Subsequent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms.
11) Katie O’Donnell, MSc, Self-esteem levels and cardiovascular and inflammatory responses to acute stress.
12) The power of negative thinking: Associations between pessimism and telomere length in older women.
13. Sarah Pressman, PhD,Restorative Activities are associated with Physiological and Psychological Well-Being.
14) S. Carrington Rice, MA, Psychosocial and Psychophysiologic Factors Are Associated With Subclinical Vascular Disease.
15) Rebecca Rios, BA, The Role of Daily and Chronic Financial Stress in Socioeconomic Pain Disparities.
16) Hannah Schreier, BA, Longitudinal Relationships Between Family Routines and Biological Profiles in Youth with Asthma.
17) Patrick Smith, BA, Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Ventricular Ectopy Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.
18) Maike ter Wolbeek, PhD, Neonatal Dexamethasone but not Hydrocortisone Treatment of Prematurely Born Children Changes Behavior, Cytokine Balance and HPA-axis & Cardiovascular Stress Reactivity at School Age.
19) Vera Tsenkova, MA, Biopsychosocial Approach to Nondiabetic Glucose Metabolism: The Interacting Influences of Age, Stress, Coping, and Obesity.
20) Krista van den Broek, MA, Anxiety Levels in Implantable Defibrillator Patients Differ Depending on Indication and Etiology.
21) Hope Walker, BSc, Prospective Associations of Family Asthma Management with Immune Markers: A Longitudinal Study of Children with Asthma.
22) Caroline Wright, PhD, Psychological predictors of poor sleep the night before breast cancer surgery.br> 23) Jianping Zhang, MD, PhD, Gender Differences Prominent in Linking Anxiety to Long-Term Mortality Among the Elderly.

Medical Student / Medical Resident / Medical Fellow Travel Scholarships

2005 - Full Award
Ama Terasha Nkumah Arthur, BA, Nashville, TN
Christopher S. Bermant, BS, Madison, WI
Anthony Charuvastra, MD, Los Angeles, CA
James F. Cunagin, MD, Cleveland, OH
Andrea Iaboni, BSc, Dphi,l Toronto, ON, Canada
Roger J. Jou, MD, New Haven, CT
Karen Lommel, DO, Lexington, KY
Qian Lu, MD, MS, Los Angeles, CA
James Brad McConville, MD, Iowa City, IA
Maryruth Mendoza, MD, Queens Village, NY
Karran Phillips, MD, Baltimore, MD
Maria Rueda-Lara, MD, Robbinsville, NJ
Isabel Schuermeyer, MD, Cleveland, OH
Nakia G. Scott, MD, Salado, TX
Stephanie Tache, MD, MPH, San Francisco, CA
Glendon Tait, MD, MS, Toronto, ON, Canada
Lukas Van Oudenhove, MD, Leuven, Belgium
Subhdeep Virk, MD, Syracuse, NY
Stephen Kayode Williams, MD, New York, NY

2005 – Partial Award
Adomas Bunevicius, BS, Kauno Rajonas, Lithuania
Robertas Bunevicius, MD, Chapel Hill, NC
Tiffany Cooke, BS, Nashville ,TN
Shirley Delaleu, BA, New York, NY
Patrick Dominguez, BA, Los Angeles, CA
Kimberly A. Humann, MD, Springfield, VA
Arta Lahiji, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
Shanthi Pramila Lewis, MBBS, MD, Monmouth Junction, NJ
Zohra Lodin, MD, Albany, NY
Christina Mueller, BA, MD, Cleveland, OH
Michelle Nichols, MD, St Louis, MO
Rheanna Platt, BA, Rochester, MN
Joseph J. Rasimas, MD, PhD, Rochester, MN
Alicia A. Romeo, MD, Milford, CT
Ashish Sharma, MD, Omaha, NE
Farid Singh, MD, Augusta, GA
Sareena Singh, BS, BA, Cincinnati, OH
Roderick Stuart, MD, Colton, CA
Jeffrey Walch, BSA, Pittsburgh, PA
Lei Wei, DO, Lawrence, KS
Melissa Wysong, MD, Loma Linda, CA

2006 - Full Award
Sarah Singleton, BA, Ann Arbor, MI
Silvana Barone, BSc, Montreal, PQ, Canada
Sandra Demaries, MD, Westmount, PQ, Canada
Rebekah Kaplowitz, MD, MPH, Providence, RI
Patrick Blake, BA, Cleveland, OH
Norana Irene Caivano, MD, West Hollywood, CA
Michelle Nichols, MD, St Louis, MO
Nosheen Javed, MD, Pittsburgh, PA
Neil A. Harrison, MBBS, BSc, London, United Kingdom
Meghan Kolodziej, MD, Boston, MA
Manuel Paz-Yepes, MD, New York, NY
Paul Koch, BA, Cleveland Heights, OH
Matheen A. Khuddus, MD, Gainesville, FL
Karran Phillips, MD, Baltimore, MD
Jianping Zhang, PhD, MD, Strongsville, OH
Jason P. Caplan, MD, Boston, MA
Ian Kronish, MD, New York, NY
Howard Liu, MD, Canton, MI
Jeffrey Aaron Horn, MD, PhD, Pittsburgh, PA
Kathleen A. Hecksel, BSc, Rochester, MN
Hideaki, Suzuki, Sendai, Japan
Takuya Hasegawa, MD, Kingston, ON, Canada
Gregory Sayuk, MD, St. Louis, MO
Fahd Zarrouf, MD, Charleston, WV
David Wolfe, MD, MPH, Boston, MA
Vinayak A. P. Hegde, MD, Pittsburgh, PA
David B. Merrill, MD, New York, NY
Bernadette M. Stevenson, MD, PhD, Hollywood, FL
Adomas Bunevicius, BS, Kauno Rajonas, Lithuania
Anthony Charuvastra, MD, Los Angeles, CA

2006 - Partial Award
Lian Phay Chien, MD, San Gabriel, CA
Shirley Delaleu, BA, New York, NY
Doralynne Di Pasquale, , Brooklyn, NY
Michael A. Rapp, MD, PhD, New York, NY
Dallas Peter Seitz, MD, Kingston, ON, Canada
Sareena Singh, BS, B.A., Cincinnati, OH
Magdalena Spariosu, MD, Floral Park, NY
Lina Wiedemar, MS, Bern, Switzerland

2007 Awards
Vance Albaugh, BS, Penn State University, State College, PA, USA
Shannon Allen, MD, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Tamara Arroyo Cordero, MD/JD, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA
David Atkinson, BS, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Avni Atul-Shah, BS, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Paul Ballas, DO, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Georgi Bergitha, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Robert Bolash, BS, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
Mark Bradley, MD, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
Marianne Chai, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
Catherine Chung, BA, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Melanie deLuna, MD, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Spencer Dorn, MD, Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Esther Glick, BA, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Suchan Gupta, MD, University of Texas, Galveston, TX, USA
Max Henderson, MD, Institute of Psychiatry, Leston Education Ctr, London, United Kingdom
Stephanie Ho, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Cory Daniel Jaques, BS, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Nathan Kolla, MD, MA, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jennifer Kurth, DO, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Tania Murynka, MD, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Michael Noll-Hussong, MD, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
Rebecca Payne, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Mimi Raka –Bhattacharyya, MBBS, MRCP, BS, University College London, United Kingdom
Misty Richards, MD, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
Kristen Shirey, MD, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Lineke Tak, University of Groningen, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Danielle Verbeek, MD, Martini Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands
Michelle Wang, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Megan Wynne, MD, Long Island Jewish Hospital, Long Beach, NY, USA<

2008 Award
Yoichi Chida, MD, PhD, University College London, London, England
Sigrid Gardner, MD, MPH, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Niama Jacobs, MD, Harvard University Psychiatry Residency, Boston, MA USA
Eun-Ho Kang, MD, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Sujith Kuruvilla, MD, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
David Medelson, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Darcy Shaw, MD, University of Minnesota, Roseville, MN, USA
Isabella Soreca, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ekaterina Stepanova, MD, Stony Brook Medical Park, Stony Brook, NY

Public Service Award (5-year grant supported by Fetzer Institute)

1994: Dan Goleman, PhD
1995: T George Harris
1996: Laurance Rockefeller
1997: NONE given
1998: Sally Squires
1999: Beatrix Hamburg, MD


WT Grant Award

1997: W. Thomas Boyce, MD
1998: David Abrams, PhD
1999: Albert Bandura, PhD
2000: Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, PhD

2007:
Neil Harrison, MD
Michiko Kano, MD, PhD
Yoshiya Moriguchi, MD

Minority Initiative Award

2008:
Frank Bandiera, MPH, University of Miami, Miami, Fl, USA
Danielle Beatty, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Sharon Batista, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Noel Burns, BA, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Charles Jonassaint, MA, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Catherine Mills, MA, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, USA
Shakira Suglia, ScD, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Kamala Thomas, PhD, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Chante Wellington, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA