Award Winners

2022 Award Winners

M. Powell Lawton Award for Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Geropsychology  
David Coon, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research Initiatives, Support, & Engagement Professor,
Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation
Arizona State University
Distinguished Clinical Mentorship Award  
Nicole Torrence, Ph.D.
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco
Todd “TJ” McCallum Gerodiversity Award – Professional Member
Katie Mendoza, Psy.D.
Staff Psychologist
VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Division
Todd “TJ” McCallum Gerodiversity Award – Student Member  
Erin Timperlake, M.A.
Gallaudet University
Student Paper Award
“A Scoping Review of Cognitive Dysfunction Considerations in Late-Life Depression Psychotherapy Trials”  
Matthew Schurr, M.A.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Past Winners

M. Powell Lawton Award for Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Geropsychology

2023 Julie Wetherell
2022 Jennifer Moye
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

2023 Richard Zweig
2022 Ann Steffen
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

2023
Shayne S.-H. Lin (Psychologist-in-Training)

2022
Veronica Shead (Psychologist)
Carmen M. Tyler (Psychologist-in-Training)

2021
Kimberly Hiroto (Psychologist)
Stacy Yun (Psychologist-in-Training)

2020 
Martha Regina Crowther (Psychologist)
Danielle L. McDuffie (Psychologist-in-Training)

2019 
Kate L. M. Hinrichs (Psychologist)

2018 
Dolores Gallagher-Thompson (Psychologist)
Hillary Dorman (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

2023 Shayne S.-H. Lin
2022 Matthew C. Picchiello
2022 Lisa Stone
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