2026 Award Winners
 | M. Powell Lawton Award for Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Geropsychology Rebecca (Becky) S. Allen, PhD Professor of Psychology Executive Director, Alabama Research Institute on Aging The University of Alabama |
 | Distinguished Clinical Mentorship Award Cecilia Poon, Ph.D., ABPP, HSP Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry University of Nebraska Medical Center |
 | Todd “TJ” McCallum Gerodiversity Award – Professional Member Flora Ma, Ph.D. Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University School of Medicine |
 | Todd “TJ” McCallum Gerodiversity Award – Student Member Rakshitha Mohankumar, M.A. University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
 | Student Paper Award Blake Peeples Ph.D. Student University of Louisville |
| Student Travel Awards Ellen Park Ph.D. Student, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University Hannah Heintz-Monette, M.S. Ph.D. Student, Virginia Commonwealth University Colin Schmitt Master’s Student, University of Colorado Colorado Springs |
Past Winners
M. Powell Lawton Award for Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Geropsychology
2026 Rebecca S. Allen
2025 Erin Emery-Tiburcio
2024 David Coon
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
2026 Cecilia Poon
2024 Nicole Torrence
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
2026 Flora Ma (Psychologist)
Rakshitha Mohankumar (Psychologist-in-Training)
2025 Cecilia Poon (Psychologist)
Laurie Chin (Psychologist-in-Training)
Timothy Ly (Psychologist-in-Training)
2024 Katie Mendoza (Psychologist)
Erin Timperlake (Psychologist-in-Training)
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
2026 Blake Peeples
2025 Jacqueline Hogan
2024 Matthew Schurr
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
Student Travel Awards
2026
Ellen Park
Hannah Heintz-Monette
Colin Schmitt
Special Awards
Extraordinary Leadership
2019 Debbie DiGilio
Distinguished Achievement Award
1999 George Niederehe, Norman Abeles