Each year, the Society for Health Psychology (SfHP) recognizes members for outstanding contributions to the field by presenting awards in Research, Clinical Practice, Education & Training, Mentoring, and Career Service. Award categories were established to acknowledge and appreciate excellence in health psychology across the career span and throughout the field.

Excellence in Health Psychology Research Award
      Ken Resnicow, PhD, University of Michigan

Excellence in Health Psychology Research by an Early Career Professional Award
      Christopher P. Fagundes, PhD, Rice University

Excellence in Clinical Health Psychology Award
      Barbara Ward-Zimmerman, PhD, Glastonbury, CT

Excellence in Clinical Health Psychology by an Early Career Professional Award
      Dawn Jewell, PsyD, Health Psychology Associates, Greeley, CO

Excellence in Health Psychology Mentoring Award
      Mark A. Lumley, PhD, Wayne State University

Cynthia D. Belar Award for Excellence in Health Psychology Education & Training
      Sharon L. Berry, PhD, ABPP, Children’s Minnesota
      Kevin S. Masters, PhD, University of Colorado, Denver

Nathan W. Perry, Jr. Award for Career Service to Health Psychology
      Christine Dunkel Schetter, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

2018 Health and Behavior International Collaborative Award

Jessica A. Latack, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital

2018 SfHP Graduate Student Research Awards

Angela P. Gutierrez, MS, San Diego State University/University of California San Diego, Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology

Jenesse Kaitz, MS, Suffolk University

Kimberly Lockwood, MS, University of Pittsburgh

Margaret Sala, MA, Southern Methodist University

Jennifer Warnick, MS, University of Florida

These awards, as well as the Outstanding Poster Travel Awards, and any special service awards directed by the Awards Committee, are presented at the Society’s Annual Membership Meeting, held in conjunction with the APA Annual Convention.