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Wayne Katon Research Award

Wayne J. Katon, MD, FACLP

The Wayne Katon Research Award honors an individual currently studying psychopathology in the medically ill and recognizes an active researcher whose work has significantly advanced consultation-liaison psychiatry. The award is not a lifetime achievement award and does not consider service contributions to ACLP in the selection process.

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.

AWARD DETAILS

ELIGIBILITY

    • Nominee must be an active researcher in consultation-liaison psychiatry or a closely related field
    • Nominee does not need to be a psychiatrist
    • Scientific work should be predominantly clinically focused
    • An individual may receive this award only once

SELECTION

    • Nominations are reviewed and scored by the ACLP Research Subcommittee

RECOGNITION

The recipient receives:
    • Plaque presented at the Annual Meeting
    • $1,000 honorarium
    • Complimentary Annual Meeting registration for non-members
    • An invitation to deliver a lecture at the Annual Meeting

TIMELINE

    • Applications open March 16, 2026 and close April 30, 2026.

APPLICATION

Nominations may be submitted by the candidate or by others on their behalf through the online nomination Form.

 

Candidates are evaluated based on:
    • Original research publications, particularly as first or last author in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals
    • Principal investigator status on grants, with federal funding receiving the greatest weight
    • Importance and impact of research contributions to consultation-liaison psychiatry
    • Effective dissemination of research findings to influence policy or clinical practice

2026 Award Recipient

Jochen Stefan Gensichen, MD, MSc, MPH

Jochen Stefan Gensichen, MD, MSc, MPH

Jochen Gensichen is the Director/Chair of the Institute of General Practice at the LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich). He holds a degree in medicine and education from the University of Cologne, a Master of Public Health from Hannover Medical School, and is a board-certified specialist in general practice. His academic background also includes research stays at Christian-Albrechts-Universität of Kiel, Goethe University Frankfurt, as well as visiting scholar appointments at the University of Washington and the Kaiser Permanente Research Institute and the Department for Psychiatry & Behavioral Science University of Washington, Medical School in Seattle WA. Furthermore he had different practice cooperations in general medicine in Frankfurt a. Main. Prior he served as the Director / Chair of the Institute of General Medicine at Friedrich Schiller University Hospital Jena.

Prof. Gensichen’s research focuses primarily on primary care health services, chronic disease management, multimorbidity, and the integration of mental health care—particularly depression management—into general practice. He serves as Chairman of the Board of The Primary Health Care Foundation and is the lead for the German Research Foundation funded research training group "POKAL". In recognition of his contributions to health services research, he received the David Sackett Award in 2020 and was elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2025.

Previous Award Winners

2025 Hermioni Amonoo, MD, MPP, MPH
2024 Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH, FACLP
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