The Wayne Katon Research Award honors an individual currently studying psychopathology in the medically ill and is intended to recognize a currently active researcher in the field. The recipient will be asked to give a lecture in person at the Academy’s fall scientific meeting. The award will cover the recipient’s costs to attend the meeting and an additional unrestricted monetary award.
At the Academy’s 2015 scientific meeting, the former APM Research Award was renamed in the spirit and memory of Wayne J. Katon, MD, FACLP, a dedicated clinical researcher and pioneer in collaborative care who passed away March 1, 2015. Dr. Katon received the Academy’s highest honor, the Eleanor and Thomas P. Hackett Memorial Award, in 2003 and was president of APM 2012-2013. For more information about Dr. Katon’s notable career and contributions, see the In Memoriam by Dimitry S. Davydow, MD, FACLP, and Jürgen Unützer, MD, in the May-June 2015 issue of General Hospital Psychiatry, of which Dr. Katon was editor-in-chief.
| KATON RESEARCH AWARD RECIPIENTS | |
| 2023 | Gen Shinozaki, MD, FACLP |
| 2022 | Judith Rosmalen, PhD |
| 2021 | Sir Simon Wessely, MSc, MD, FRCP, FRCPsych |
| 2020 | Bernd Löwe, MD |
| 2019 | Jeffrey Staab, MD, MS, FACLP |
| 2018 | Ian Kronish, MD, MPH |
| 2017 | Robert Carney, MD, FACP, FACC |
| 2016 | Matthew Hotopf, MRCPsych, PhD |
| 2015 | Kimberly Yonkers, MD |
| 2014 | Jesse R. Fann, MD, MPH, FACLP |
| 2013 | Brett Thombs, PhD |
| 2012 | Scott Kim, MD, PhD |
| 2011 | Andrea F. DiMartini, MD, FACLP |
| 2010 | Bruce L. Rollman, MD, MPH |
| 2009 | Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH |
| 2008 | Kurt Kroenke, MD |
| 2007 | François Lespérance, MD |
| 2006 | Mary Amanda Dew, PhD |
| 2005 | Linda Ganzini, MD, MPH, FACLP |
| 2004 | Harvey M. Chochinov, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), FACLP |
| 2003 | William S. Breitbart, MD, FACLP |
| 2002 | Constantine G. Lyketsos, MD, FACLP |
| 2001 | Michael C. Sharpe, MD, FACLP |
| 2000 | Thomas P. Beresford, MD, FACLP |
| 1999 | Robert G. Robinson, MD, FACLP |
| 1998 | James L. Levenson, MD, FACLP |
| 1997 | Paula T. Trzepacz, MD, FACLP |
| 1996 | David R. Rubinow, MD |
| 1995 | Joel E. Dimsdale, MD |
| 1994 | Roger G. Kathol, MD, FACLP |
| 1993 | Wayne J. Katon, MD, FACLP |
Criteria for the Award. The nominee should be an active researcher in C-L psychiatry but does not need to be a psychiatrist. The scientific work of the nominee should be predominantly clinically focused. The award is not a lifetime achievement award and contributions to ACLP are not a factor in the selection of the recipient. An individual may receive this award only once.
Grading of Candidates. The ACLP Research Subcommittee reviews the submissions and grades the candidates on the following:
To apply or recommend an individual for the Research Award, fill out and submit online the Research Award Nomination Form by April 30.