SRP Award Recipients
The Society for Research in Psychopathology presents eight awards each year. Here, you will find the most recent recipients of these awards.
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.
This Year's Winner (2025)
Steve Silverstein
University of Rochester
Last Year's Winner (2024)
Scott Monroe
University of Notre Dame
Past Winners
2023
Sherryl Goodman, Emory University
2022
Deanna Barch, Washington University St. Louis
2021
Barbara Cornblatt, Hofstra a 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.
This Year's Winner (2025)
To be Announced
Previous Smadar Levin Award Winners
2023 - Jessica Duda, Yale 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
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.
This Year's Winner (2025)
Erik Nook
Princeton University
Last Year's Winner (2024)
Craig Rodriguez-Seijas
University of Michigan
Past Winners
2023
Antonia Kaczkurkin, Vanderbilt University
2022
Dylan Gee, Yale University
2021
Anna Weinberg, McGill University
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.
This Year's Winner (2025)
Deanna Barch
Washington University
Last Year's Winner (2024)
Sheri Johnson
University of California, Berkeley
Previous John Neale Sustained Mentorship Award Winners
2023 - Keith Nuechterlein, UCLA
2022 - Gregory A. Miller, UCLA
2021 - Will Spalding, University of Nebraska Lincoln
2020 - Lee Anna Clark, University of Notre Dame
SRP Contributions to Advancing Representation and Equity (CARE) in Psychopathology Research Award
The SRP Contributions to Advancing Representation and Equity in Psychopathology Research 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.
This Year's Winner (2025)
Wendy Heller
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Prior Winner (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.
This Year's Winner (2025)
Ellie Xu
University of Southern California
This Year's Winner (2025)
Shayan Asadi
University of Michigan
2024
Teresa Vargas, Harvard University
2023
Scott Blain, Ohio State University
Emilia Cardenas, Vanderbilt University
Quanfa He, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Hanjoo Kim, University of Michigan
Samantha Pegg, Vanderbilt University
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)
Scholarship Award
This Year's Winner (2025)
To Be Announced
2024
Luz Maria Alliende Serra, Northwestern University
Emma Ilyaz, Queen's University
2023
Tanya Tran, Queen's University
Katrina Rbeiz, Vanderbilt University
Julia Moreau, Queen's University
2022
Simone Sanders, Georgia State University
Shoquan Chen, Columbia University
Riley McDoanal, Stony Brook University
2021
Dominique Black, Medical University of South Carolina
Karen Tang, Dollhousie University
Kevin Narine, William James College
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Poster Award
This Year's Winner (2025)
To Be Announced
2024
Craig McFarland
Aijia Yao, Rutgers (honorable mention)
2023
Lillian Hammer, University of Southern Mississippi
Katrina Rbeiz, Vanderbilt University (honorable mention)
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 (honorable mention)