The Society for Research in Psychopathology presents eight awards each year.

Joseph Zubin Award

The Society for Research in Psychopathology instituted an award given each Fall to one deserving individual for lifetime 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 the most recent winners of the award.

2025

Steven Silverstein
University of Rochester

2023

Sherryl Goodman
Emory University

2022

Deanna Barch
Washington University St. Louis

2021

Barbara Cornblatt
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine

2020

No award, meeting
cancelled due to
COVID-19
pandemic

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(s) or other predoctoral individual(s) who makes the most outstanding poster presentation. Up to five other strong poster presentations receive SRP Travel Awards.

2025

Yinru Long
Vanderbilt University

2022

Clara Freeman
McGill University

2021

Erik Nook
Harvard University

2020

No award, meeting
cancelled due to
COVID-19
pandemic

2019

Qimin Liu
Vanderbilt University

2025 Travel Awards

Jiani Li, University of Birtish Columbia
Shayan Asadi, University of Michigan

2022 Travel Awards

Bronwen Grocott, University of British Columbia
Margo Menkes, University of Michigan
John Purcell, Minneapolis VA
Ian Raugh, University of Georgia
Audrey Stromberg, University of Michigan

2021 Travel Awards

Shannon Glasgow, Stony Brook University
Grant Jones, Harvard University
Jaisal Merchant, Washington University
Jamilah Silver, Stony Brook University
Alainna Wen, University of Notre Dame
Bita Zareian, University of British Columbia

2019 Travel Awards

Salahadin Lotfi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Rebecca Fortgang, Harvard University

Early Career Award

The Early Career Award was created to recognize exceptional young scholars in the field of psychopathology, who have shown considerable promise and productivity in the formative years of their career.

2025

Erik Nook
Princeton University

2023

Antonia Kaczkurkin
Vanderbilt University

2022

Dylan Gee
Yale University

2021

Anna Weinberg
McGill University

2021

Aiden Wright
University of Pittsburgh

2020

Scott Vrieze
University of Minnesota

John Neale Sustained Mentorship Award

The John Neale Sustained Mentorship Award was created to recognize an exceptional scholar in the field of psychopathology who has throughout her/his career demonstrated continuous dedication to mentoring students, post-docs, and faculty in the field.

2025

Deanna Barch
Washington University

2023

Keith Nuechterlein
UCLA

2022

Gregory A. Miller
UCLA

2021

Will Spalding
University of Nebraska Lincoln

2020

Lee Anna Clark
University of Notre Dame

Contributions to Advancing Representation and Equity (CARE) in Psychopathology Research Award

2025

Wendy Heller
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Sustained Contributions to Social Justice in Psychopathology Award

The SRP Sustained Contributions to Social Justice in Psychopathology Award was inaugurated in 2023 and recognizes an exceptional and sustained record of contributing to social justice (i.e., equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts), through research, service, teaching, mentorship, and/or other activities related to the field of psychopathology.

2023

Diedre Anglin,
The City College of New York

President's Award

The SRP President's Award was created to encourage and facilitate the participation of young scholars from diverse backgrounds and from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the society to join the organization and to participate in and present at SRP’s annual convention.

2025

Shayan Asadi
University of Michigan

Ellie Xu
University of Southern California

2022

Gifty Ayawvi
University of Georgia

Anh Dao
Vanderbilt  University

Haley Wang
University of California, Los Angeles

Beier Yao
Michigan State University

Yinghao Zhang
Stony Brook University

2021

  • Katrina Aberizk, Emory University
  • Shuquen Chen, Teacher's College, Columbia University
  • Grant Jones, Harvard University
  • Lillian Li, Northwestern University
  • Jamilah Silver, Stony Brook University

2020

  • (No awards, meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)

EDI Local Scholarships

2025

  • Aurora Webber, Occidental College
  • Paloma Benach, Occidental College 
  • Autumm Battles, Occidental College
  • Grace Morrow, Occidental College

EDI Poster Awards

2025

  • Annie Zhou, McGill University
  • Senwoo Hong, University of Britishh Columbia

Scholarship Award

2022

Simone Sanders
Georgia State University

Shuquan Chen
Columbia University

Riley McDanal
Stony Brook University

2021

  • Dominique Black, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Karen Tang, Dalhousie University
  • Kevin Narine, William James College

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Poster Award

2022

Shayan Asadi
University of Michigan

Jenny Shen
Stony Brook
University
(honorable mention)

2021

      • Natalia Drobotenko, Queen's University
      • Thien-An Le, Capital OCD & Anxiety Practice