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SOCIETY AWARDS
A.E. Bennett Research Awards 1994 The Society of Biological Psychiatry offers annual awards of $1,500 each in basic science and in clinical science for the purpose of stimulating international research in biological psychiatry by young investigators. These awards are made possible by the A.E. Bennett Neuropsychiatric Research Foundation.
Guidelines 1. Candidates shall not have passed their thirty-fifth birthday on January 31, 1994. When more than one investigator is listed as an author of the submitted work, all must meet this requirement. 2. Although the research is not to be judged in comparison with the work of the more senior investigators, special consideration will be given to the originality of the approach and independence of thought evident in the submission. 3. The candidate(s) must be still actively involved in the area of research described in the submission. 4. The submission should be in the form of a manuscript that describe~ studies recently completed but not published or currently under consideration. The studies and the data must not have been published elsewhere. The Society's journal, Biological Psychiatry, shall have first option to publish the winning papers. No changes in authorship will be permitted. The winning papers will be subject to the same editorial process as any paper accepted for publication in the Journal. 5. The winning authors will receive their awards and will be invited to read their papers at the Annual Meeting of the Society in Philadelphia, PA, at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel, May 18-22, 1994. A final manuscript, prepared in the journal style and ready for publication, must be presented to the Chair of the A.E. Bennett Research Awards Committee at the time of presentation. 6. Submissions will be welcomed from young investigators in any country.
7. Candidates need not be current members of the Society of Biological Psychiatry.
Instructions 1. Please submit manuscripts (eight copies) ready for publication, following the instructions to authors of the Society's journal, Biological Psychiatry. 2. Manuscripts should be 15-25 pages in length, excluding references. 3. A brief biographical sketch (eight copies) should be sent with the manuscript. 4. The deadline for receipt of submissions is January 31, 1994. 5. Send submissions to Dr. S. Craig Risch, at the address given below. A.E. BENNETTAWARDSCOMMITTEE
Chairperson S. Craig Riseh, M.D. Institute of Psychiatry Medical University of South Carolina 171 Ashley Avenue Charleston, SC 29425
Committee Members Floyd Bloom, M.D. Deborah Cowley, M.D. Ned H. Kalin, M.D. St~n!ey Watson, M.D. Daniel Weinberger, M.D., Ph.D.
Zis kind-Somerfe ld Research Award 1994 The Society of Biological Psychiatry offers an annual award of $2,500 in either basic or clinical research for the purpose of stimulating investigations in biological psychiatry by senior investigators, who are members in good standing of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. This award is made possible by the Ziskind-Somerfeld Research Foundation.
Guidelines 1. Candidates will be at least thirty-five years of age at the time of submission. When more than one investigator is listed as the author of the submitted work, the principal investigators (first and last authors) must be over the age of 35. 2. The research will be judged in comparison with the work of other senior investigators. Special consideration is given to the originality of the approach and independence of thought evident in the submission. 3, The principal investigators must continue to be actively involved in the area of research described in the submission. 4. The principal investigators must be members in good standing of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. 5. The submission should be in the form of a manuscript that describes studies recently completed but not published or currently under consideration. The studies and the data must not have been published elsewhere. The Society's journal, Biological Psychiatry, shall have first option to publish the winning papers. No changes in authorship will be permitted. The winning papers will be subject to the same editorial process as any paper accepteo for publication in the Journal. 6. The winning authors will receive their awards and will be invited to read their papers at the Annual Meeting of the Society in Philadelphia, PA, at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel, May 18-22, 1994. A final manuscript, prepared in the journal style and ready for publication, must be presented to the Chair of the Ziskind-Somerfeld Research Award Committee at the time of presentation. 7. Submissions are welcomed from senior investigators who reside in any country.
Instructions I. Please submit manuscripts (eight copies) ready for publication, following the instructions to authors of the Society's journal, Biological Psychiatry, 2. Manuscripts should be limited to 30 pages in length, excluding references. 3. A brief biographical sketch (eight copies) should be st~nt with the manuscript. 4. "Re deadline for receipt of submissions is January 31, 1994. 5. Send submissions to Dr. Victor I. Reus, at the address given be!,~w~
ZISKIND-SOMERFELDRESEARCHAWARDCOMMITTEE
Chairperson Victor I. Reus, M.D. Department of Psychiatry Langley Porter Hospital (Box F-0984) 401 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94143 Committee Members Naomi Breslau, Ph.D. Joseph T. Coyle, M.D. Samuel B. Guze, M.D. Frederick Petty, M.D. Mare Schuckit, M.D.
GoM Medal Award 1994 The Gold Medal award was established by the Society of Biological Psychiatry to honor pioneering contributions to the field. A gold medal and citation arc given for significant and sustained work that advances and extends knowledge in biological psychiatry. The recipient is determined by the Committee listed below, subject to approval by the Council of the Society. The Committee is chaired by the current President and is composed of the immediate past Presidents of the Society. Committee members are not eligible for the Gold Medal Award. The following conditions apply:
Guidelines I. All scientists working in the field of biological psychiatry including, but not limited to, individuals from academic institutions, foundations, governmental, industrial and research organizations regardless of age, sex, race, or nationality shall be eligible. 2. Nominees need not be members of the Society o1" Biological Psychiatry. 3. The decision of the Awards Committee shall be based on the nominee's scientific accomplishments, their independence, originality, and impact; their devclopmcnt of new concepts, theories, and techniqucs that constitute a definitive, mature, and significant contribution to knowledge sustained over a period of years. 4. The decision of the Awards Committee shall be final, subject to approval by the Council of the Society. An award may be made every year, but the
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Awards Committee and the Council reserve the right to make no award in any year. The President of the Society hereby requests nominations of one or two proposed recipients of the Gold Medal Award from each member of the Society by January 31, 1994. Nominations will also be accepted from members of other national or international scientific associations. The President will contact nominators of the best possible candidates requesting additional information including a list of the candidate's major achievements, a curriculum vitae of the candidate, and up to ten of the candidate's most important publications. Eight copies of the materials listed above should be sent to Dr, Joel Kleinman at the address given below. The award for 1994 will be presented at the 49th Annual Meeting by the president of fl~e Society at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel in Philadelphia, PA, May 18-22, 1994. At the discretion of the President and the Program Chairman, the recipient may be invited to deliver an oration that deals with the major contributions being recognized.
GOLD MEDALAWARDCOMMITTEE
Chairperson Joel E. Kleinman, M.D., Ph.D. NIMH Neuroscience Center at St. Elizabeths William A. White Bldg. 2700 MLK, Jr. Avenue, S.E. Washington, DC 20035 Committee Members Wagner H. Bridger, M.D. Kenneth L. Davis, M.D. David L. Dunner, M.D. John F. Greden, M.D. David Kupfer, M.D.
George N. Thompson Founders Awardfor Distinguished Service 1994 The Society for Biological Psychiatry established the George N. Thompson Award for Distinguished Service in 1982. The award recognized Dr. George M. Thompson's role as one of the founders of the Society in 1944 and his contributions over the years to the growth of the Society. The award is intended to honor members of the Society who have given outstanding service to promote the wel-
fare of the organization. The recipients may be honored for work in the areas of leadership, governance, development of publications, special projects, financial contributions, or other services recognized as distinguished by the council. The award will be advertised yearly, but the Council reserves the fight to make no award in any year. Nominations will be received until January 3 l, 1994 and should be sent by members of the Society to Dr. Joseph Wortis at the address given below. The awards committee listed below will recommend a recipient to the Council. The recipient accepted by the Council will be announced during the Presidential Address at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society in Philadelphia, PA, May !8-22, 1994 at the Sheraton Society Ilili Hotel.
GEORGEN. THOMPSONAWARDCOMMITTEE Chairperson Joseph Wortis, M.D. 152 Hicks Street Brooklyn, NY ! 1201 Committee Members Enoch Callaway, III, M.D. Katherine Halmi, M.D. John Kane, M.D. Robert Robinson, M.D. Peter Stokes, M.D.
Dista Fellowship Award The training of a new generation of psychiatric acadenficlans is a major objective of The Society for Biological Psychiatry. Participation in professional meetings, where new information is exchanged and contacts are made, can have a critical impact on the career of a developing clinician-scientist. In recognition of the importance of academic exchange, The Society of Biological Psychiatry, through an educational grant from Dista Products Company, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, is pleased to announce the continuation of ten annual Travel Fellowships. Each Fellowship will provide $1,500 to help defray the cost of attending the Society's Annual Meeting. In addition to the stipend and the opportunity to attend sessions of interest to them, Fellows will receive certificates of excellence and participation in a special ceremony held during the meeting in their honor. Awardees will be expected to remain for the entire meeting. Each University Department of Psychiatry in the
United States may nominate one candidate for this award. Only medical school graduates in their third, fourth, or fifth year of residency of fellowship training are eligible for consideration. Recipients will be limited to one award during their training. In addition to a letter of nomination by the Department Chair and Training Director, applicants must submit a current curriculum vitae and a onepage statement of career interests and objectives. Additional letters of support from academic mentors are welcomed. Fellows will be selected on the basis of past excellence and potential for professional growth in activities pertaining to academic biological psychiatry or clinical neuroscience.
Letters of nomination and all supporting material must be submitted by March 25, 1994. Please address all correspondence to: Society of Biological Psychiatry/ Dista Fellowship Committee c/o John F. Greden, M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Psychiatry The University of Michigan Medical Center 1500 E. Medical Center Drive Box 0704 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
A.E. Bennett Research Awards 1994 The Society of Biological Psychiatry offers annual awards of $1,500 each in basic science and in clinical science for the purpose of stimulating international research in biological psychiatry by young investigators. These awards are made possible by the A.E. Bennett Neuropsychiatric Research Foundation.
Guidelines 1. Candidates shall not have passed their thirty-fifth birthday on January 31, 1994. When more than one investigator is listed as an author of the submitted work, all must meet this requirement. 2. Although the research is not to be judged in comparison with the work of the more senior investigators, special consideration will be given to the originality of the approach and independence of thought evident in the submission. 3. The candidate(s) must be still actively involved in the area of research described in the submission. 4. The submission should be in the form of a manuscript that describe~ studies recently completed but not published or currently under consideration. The studies and the data must not have been published elsewhere. The Society's journal, Biological Psychiatry, shall have first option to publish the winning papers. No changes in authorship will be permitted. The winning papers will be subject to the same editorial process as any paper accepted for publication in the Journal. 5. The winning authors will receive their awards and will be invited to read their papers at the Annual Meeting of the Society in Philadelphia, PA, at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel, May 18-22, 1994. A final manuscript, prepared in the journal style and ready for publication, must be presented to the Chair of the A.E. Bennett Research Awards Committee at the time of presentation. 6. Submissions will be welcomed from young investigators in any country.
7. Candidates need not be current members of the Society of Biological Psychiatry.
Instructions 1. Please submit manuscripts (eight copies) ready for publication, following the instructions to authors of the Society's journal, Biological Psychiatry. 2. Manuscripts should be 15-25 pages in length, excluding references. 3. A brief biographical sketch (eight copies) should be sent with the manuscript. 4. The deadline for receipt of submissions is January 31, 1994. 5. Send submissions to Dr. S. Craig Risch, at the address given below. A.E. BENNETTAWARDSCOMMITTEE
Chairperson S. Craig Riseh, M.D. Institute of Psychiatry Medical University of South Carolina 171 Ashley Avenue Charleston, SC 29425
Committee Members Floyd Bloom, M.D. Deborah Cowley, M.D. Ned H. Kalin, M.D. St~n!ey Watson, M.D. Daniel Weinberger, M.D., Ph.D.
Zis kind-Somerfe ld Research Award 1994 The Society of Biological Psychiatry offers an annual award of $2,500 in either basic or clinical research for the purpose of stimulating investigations in biological psychiatry by senior investigators, who are members in good standing of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. This award is made possible by the Ziskind-Somerfeld Research Foundation.
Guidelines 1. Candidates will be at least thirty-five years of age at the time of submission. When more than one investigator is listed as the author of the submitted work, the principal investigators (first and last authors) must be over the age of 35. 2. The research will be judged in comparison with the work of other senior investigators. Special consideration is given to the originality of the approach and independence of thought evident in the submission. 3, The principal investigators must continue to be actively involved in the area of research described in the submission. 4. The principal investigators must be members in good standing of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. 5. The submission should be in the form of a manuscript that describes studies recently completed but not published or currently under consideration. The studies and the data must not have been published elsewhere. The Society's journal, Biological Psychiatry, shall have first option to publish the winning papers. No changes in authorship will be permitted. The winning papers will be subject to the same editorial process as any paper accepteo for publication in the Journal. 6. The winning authors will receive their awards and will be invited to read their papers at the Annual Meeting of the Society in Philadelphia, PA, at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel, May 18-22, 1994. A final manuscript, prepared in the journal style and ready for publication, must be presented to the Chair of the Ziskind-Somerfeld Research Award Committee at the time of presentation. 7. Submissions are welcomed from senior investigators who reside in any country.
Instructions I. Please submit manuscripts (eight copies) ready for publication, following the instructions to authors of the Society's journal, Biological Psychiatry, 2. Manuscripts should be limited to 30 pages in length, excluding references. 3. A brief biographical sketch (eight copies) should be st~nt with the manuscript. 4. "Re deadline for receipt of submissions is January 31, 1994. 5. Send submissions to Dr. Victor I. Reus, at the address given be!,~w~
ZISKIND-SOMERFELDRESEARCHAWARDCOMMITTEE
Chairperson Victor I. Reus, M.D. Department of Psychiatry Langley Porter Hospital (Box F-0984) 401 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94143 Committee Members Naomi Breslau, Ph.D. Joseph T. Coyle, M.D. Samuel B. Guze, M.D. Frederick Petty, M.D. Mare Schuckit, M.D.
GoM Medal Award 1994 The Gold Medal award was established by the Society of Biological Psychiatry to honor pioneering contributions to the field. A gold medal and citation arc given for significant and sustained work that advances and extends knowledge in biological psychiatry. The recipient is determined by the Committee listed below, subject to approval by the Council of the Society. The Committee is chaired by the current President and is composed of the immediate past Presidents of the Society. Committee members are not eligible for the Gold Medal Award. The following conditions apply:
Guidelines I. All scientists working in the field of biological psychiatry including, but not limited to, individuals from academic institutions, foundations, governmental, industrial and research organizations regardless of age, sex, race, or nationality shall be eligible. 2. Nominees need not be members of the Society o1" Biological Psychiatry. 3. The decision of the Awards Committee shall be based on the nominee's scientific accomplishments, their independence, originality, and impact; their devclopmcnt of new concepts, theories, and techniqucs that constitute a definitive, mature, and significant contribution to knowledge sustained over a period of years. 4. The decision of the Awards Committee shall be final, subject to approval by the Council of the Society. An award may be made every year, but the
5.
6.
7. 8.
Awards Committee and the Council reserve the right to make no award in any year. The President of the Society hereby requests nominations of one or two proposed recipients of the Gold Medal Award from each member of the Society by January 31, 1994. Nominations will also be accepted from members of other national or international scientific associations. The President will contact nominators of the best possible candidates requesting additional information including a list of the candidate's major achievements, a curriculum vitae of the candidate, and up to ten of the candidate's most important publications. Eight copies of the materials listed above should be sent to Dr, Joel Kleinman at the address given below. The award for 1994 will be presented at the 49th Annual Meeting by the president of fl~e Society at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel in Philadelphia, PA, May 18-22, 1994. At the discretion of the President and the Program Chairman, the recipient may be invited to deliver an oration that deals with the major contributions being recognized.
GOLD MEDALAWARDCOMMITTEE
Chairperson Joel E. Kleinman, M.D., Ph.D. NIMH Neuroscience Center at St. Elizabeths William A. White Bldg. 2700 MLK, Jr. Avenue, S.E. Washington, DC 20035 Committee Members Wagner H. Bridger, M.D. Kenneth L. Davis, M.D. David L. Dunner, M.D. John F. Greden, M.D. David Kupfer, M.D.
George N. Thompson Founders Awardfor Distinguished Service 1994 The Society for Biological Psychiatry established the George N. Thompson Award for Distinguished Service in 1982. The award recognized Dr. George M. Thompson's role as one of the founders of the Society in 1944 and his contributions over the years to the growth of the Society. The award is intended to honor members of the Society who have given outstanding service to promote the wel-
fare of the organization. The recipients may be honored for work in the areas of leadership, governance, development of publications, special projects, financial contributions, or other services recognized as distinguished by the council. The award will be advertised yearly, but the Council reserves the fight to make no award in any year. Nominations will be received until January 3 l, 1994 and should be sent by members of the Society to Dr. Joseph Wortis at the address given below. The awards committee listed below will recommend a recipient to the Council. The recipient accepted by the Council will be announced during the Presidential Address at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society in Philadelphia, PA, May !8-22, 1994 at the Sheraton Society Ilili Hotel.
GEORGEN. THOMPSONAWARDCOMMITTEE Chairperson Joseph Wortis, M.D. 152 Hicks Street Brooklyn, NY ! 1201 Committee Members Enoch Callaway, III, M.D. Katherine Halmi, M.D. John Kane, M.D. Robert Robinson, M.D. Peter Stokes, M.D.
Dista Fellowship Award The training of a new generation of psychiatric acadenficlans is a major objective of The Society for Biological Psychiatry. Participation in professional meetings, where new information is exchanged and contacts are made, can have a critical impact on the career of a developing clinician-scientist. In recognition of the importance of academic exchange, The Society of Biological Psychiatry, through an educational grant from Dista Products Company, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, is pleased to announce the continuation of ten annual Travel Fellowships. Each Fellowship will provide $1,500 to help defray the cost of attending the Society's Annual Meeting. In addition to the stipend and the opportunity to attend sessions of interest to them, Fellows will receive certificates of excellence and participation in a special ceremony held during the meeting in their honor. Awardees will be expected to remain for the entire meeting. Each University Department of Psychiatry in the
United States may nominate one candidate for this award. Only medical school graduates in their third, fourth, or fifth year of residency of fellowship training are eligible for consideration. Recipients will be limited to one award during their training. In addition to a letter of nomination by the Department Chair and Training Director, applicants must submit a current curriculum vitae and a onepage statement of career interests and objectives. Additional letters of support from academic mentors are welcomed. Fellows will be selected on the basis of past excellence and potential for professional growth in activities pertaining to academic biological psychiatry or clinical neuroscience.
Letters of nomination and all supporting material must be submitted by March 25, 1994. Please address all correspondence to: Society of Biological Psychiatry/ Dista Fellowship Committee c/o John F. Greden, M.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Psychiatry The University of Michigan Medical Center 1500 E. Medical Center Drive Box 0704 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109