2025 ACLP Foundation Research Professor Award Recipient
About the Award
Launched in 2016, the ACLP Foundation Research Professor Program was developed in memory of Dr. Wayne Katon, Academy president 2012-13, his contribution to research, and to the mentoring of young researchers. It aims to bring leading researchers to the annual meeting and provide research mentorship to early career researchers. It is administered by the Academy's Research & Evidence-Based Practice (REBP) Committee.
There are two complementary awards with separate application processes:
- ACLP Foundation Research Professor Award
- Early Career Researcher Mentee Award
The overall objectives of the awards are to promote interest in consultation-liaison psychiatry research and to support the development of emerging talent in the field. A maximum of three mentees are selected each year.
Foundation Research Professor Award
Candidate Criteria
Applicants must evidence: a substantial background and achievements in research in an area relevant to consultation-liaison psychiatry; a proven track record as a mentor; and a willingness to accept the responsibilities of the role, which are:
- Presentation of at least one lecture (or equivalent) in person at the Academy's annual scientific meeting;
- Mentoring of selected mentees at the Academy's annual scientific meeting;
- Organizing and maintaining regular contact (every other month is recommended) with assigned mentees for the duration of the program (phone, video-call, or other preferred/suitable means);
- Concluding the program by submitting a summary report on mentee interactions to the fACLP Board of Directors by November 1 of the year following selection.
Award Details
- Financial Award: Round-trip economy-class air travel, hotel accommodations for up to four (4) nights at host hotel, meal expenses, and ground transportation.
- Waived Annual Meeting Registration: Yes
- Annual Meeting Presention: Yes, General Session (or equivalent)
Early Career Research Mentee Award
Candidate Criteria
- Demonstration of current research activity
- Willingness and ability to effectively use research mentorship
- Academy membership preferred, but not required; no geographical limitations
Award
- Financial Award: $500.00 travel grant (to be used to offset travel-related expenses to attend the Annual Meeting), plus hotel accommodations for up to four (4) nights at host hotel.
- Waived Registration: Yes
HOW TO APPLY for the ACLP Foundation Research Professor Program
Research Professor: Applications open March 15, 2026
Research Mentees: Applications open June 16, 2026
2025 Award Recipient
Jesse Fann, MD
Dr. Jesse Fann is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington and holds the Mark N. Tabbutt Endowed Professorship for Education in Brain Health. An NIH-funded investigator for more than two decades, his research in psycho-oncology and neuropsychiatry has shaped collaborative care models and improved outcomes for patients with medical illness. He is a dedicated mentor whose work continues Dr. Wayne Katon’s legacy.
Previous Award Winners
| Foundation Research Professor | |
| 2025 |
Jesse Fann, MD
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| 2024 | Gary Maslow, MD, MPH |
| 2023 | Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH |
| 2022 | Jane Walker, MBChB, PhD, FACLP, Oxford University, UK |
| 2021 | David Arciniegas, MD, FANPA, FACLP, University of New Mexico School of Medicine |
| 2020 | Jeff Huffman, MD, FACLP, Associate Chief of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 2019 | Gail Ironson, MD, Professor, University of Miami, Florida |
| 2018 | Mary Whooley, MD, FACP, FAHA, FACC, Professor, University of California, San Francisco |
| 2017 | Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH, FACLP, Assistant Professor, University of Washington |
| 2016 | Kurt Kroenke, MD, Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine |