Award Winners

2022 Award Winners

Jennifer Moye, Ph.D.

M. Powell Lawton Award for Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Geropsychology

Ann Steffen, Ph.D.

Distinguished Clinical Mentorship Award

Veronica Shead, Ph.D.

Todd “TJ” McCallum Award for Excellence in Gerodiversity (Psychologist)

Carmen M. Tyler, M.A., MEd

Todd “TJ” McCallum Award for Excellence in Gerodiversity (Psychologist-in-training)

Matthew C. Picchiello, M.A

Student Paper Award

Lisa Stone, M.A.

Student Paper Award

Past Winners

M. Powell Lawton Award for Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Geropsychology

2021 Thomas Hadjistavropoulos
2020 Nancy A Pachana
2019 Peter Lichtenberg
2018 Michael “Mick” Smyer
2017 Michele Karel
2016 Sara Honn Qualls
2015 Gregory Hinrichsen
2014 Forrest Scogin
2013 Victor Molinari
2012 Bob Knight
2011 David Guttman
2010 George Niederehe
2009 K. Warner Schaeie
2008 Margy Gatz;
John Santos(special award)
2007 Dolores Gallagher-Thompson
2006 Steve Zarit
2005 John Santos
2002 Larry Thompson
2001 Robert Kastenbaum
2000 Martha Storandt

Distinguished Clinical Mentorship Award

2020 Kate L. M. Hinrichs
2019 Benjamin Mast
2018 Julia Kasl-Godley & Martha Crowther
2017 Daniel Segal
2016 Douglas Lane
2015 Brian Carpenter
2014 Rebecca Allen & Heather Smith
2013 Jennifer Moye
2012 Sara Qualls
2011 Forrest Scogin
2010 Michele Karel
2007 Lee Hyer
2006 Deborah King
2004 Antonette Zeiss
2003 Bob Knight & Greg Hinrichsen
2002 Barry Edelstein

Todd “TJ” McCallum Award for Excellence in Gerodiversity

2021
Kimberly Hiroto, Ph.D. (Psychologist)
Stacy Yun (Psychologist-in-Training)

2020 
Martha Regina Crowther, PhD, MPH (Psychologist)
Danielle L. McDuffie, M.A. (Psychologist-in-Training)

2019 
Kate L. M. Hinrichs (Psychologist)

2018 
Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, PhD, ABPP (Psychologist)
Hillary Dorman, M.A. (Psychologist-in-Training Award)

Gerodiversity Award

2017
Nancy Pachana (Psychologist)
Catherine Escher (Psychologist-in-Training Award)

2016
Weston Donaldson (Psychologist)
Katherine Ramos (Psychologist-in-Training)

Student Paper Award

2021 Annika Sophia Goldman
2020 Rachael Spalding
2019 Meghan McDarby
2018 Matthew Wynn;
Christine Juang (honorable mention)
2017 Elissa Kozlov;
Allison Midden (honorable mention)
2016 Jesse Passler
2015 Kellye Carver
2014 Jon Gooblar
2013 Philip Sayegh
2012 Lindsay Gerolimatos
2011 Sheri Gibson
2010 Jennifer Kellough
2009 Katherine Kane
2008 Joseph Dzierzewski
2007 Donald Caudle;
Joseph Dzierzewski (honorable mention)
2006 Caitlin Holley
2005 Steve Balsis
2004 Amanda Schafer
2003 Tara Victor
2002 Brian Yochim
2001 Sherry Beaudreau
2000 Julie Wetherell
1999 Benjamin Mast
1998 Lynn Northrop
1997 Jennifer Hillman

Special Awards

Extraordinary Leadership
2019 Debbie DiGilio

Distinguished Achievement Award
1999 George Niederehe, Norman Abeles

M. Powell Lawton Award for Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Geropsychology
For exceptional lifetime contributions to Clinical Geropsychology

Jennifer Moye, Ph.D., ABPP, is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an Adjust Professor at the Boston University School of Medicine as well as the Associate Director for Education and Evaluation at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC).  Her nominator shared “Jenny is an esteemed scholar, with an H-index of 37 and nearly 6000 citations of her work. She is well-known for her work on capacity in later life, with her 2003 edited book “Evaluating Competencies” having over 1500 citations. … her involvement in getting a wide range of disciplines interacting with older adults to understand the complexities of capacity, competency and decision-making has had a major impact in the field” As well as “her editorship of the Clinical Gerontologist has been a blue-print of a senior academic and clinical researcher building a strong legacy. She has encouraged early career clinical researchers to be involved in every aspect of the journal, from reviews to being members of the editorial board. … And she has widened the mentoring available for these early career contributors, both nationally and internationally.” ”.  When informed that she had been selected for this award, Dr. Moye expressed her deep gratitude to her colleagues in geropsychology for their many years of collaboration and support, and noted she looks forward to a bright future for the field.

Distinguished Clinical Mentorship Award
To those who played important mentorship roles in the clinical and research supervision or professional development of Clinical Geropsychology trainees
Distinguished Clinical Mentorship Award

Ann M. Steffen, Ph.D., ABPP is a tenured Professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.  We received letters of support from 4 of her mentees, who attested to the quality of her supervision, her sense of caring, and her overall embodiment of the role of mentor.  In the words of one nominator, she is “a fantastic ambassador and advocate for the field and the profession” and “ she works diligently to engage her mentees and help them find their best career path.”  Another stated “her passion for geropsychology extends to her students”.  When informed that she had been selected for this award, Dr. Steffen noted “my work is easy because I have such great students.”

Todd “TJ” McCallum Award for Excellence in Gerodiversity
To honor psychologists and psychologists-in-training in the advancement of clinical practice, training, research, advocacy, and/or public policy for underrepresented older adults
Veronica Shead, Ph.D.
Todd "TJ" McCallum Award for excellence in gerodiversity
To honor psychologists and psychologists-in-training in the advancement of clinical practice, training, research, advocacy, and/or public policy for underrepresented older adults 
Carmen M. Tyler, M.A., MEd
Student Paper Award
For exemplary original geropsychology research for which the student is the senior author

Matthew C. Picchiello, M.A., Doctoral Candidate at Washington University in St. Louis
Mentor:  Brian D. Carpenter , Ph.D.
Paper Title: Prevalence of Reported Dementia and Subjective Cognitive Decline Across U.S. National Surveys

Student Paper Award
For exemplary original geropsychology research for which the student is the senior author

Lisa Stone, M.A., Doctoral Candidate at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Mentor:  Daniel L. Segal, Ph.D.
Paper Title: An Empirical Evaluation of the DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorders in Later Life