Submission Deadline

November 17, 2023

How to Apply

Applications must include:

  • 500-1000 word statement for the applicant
  • one single referee letter, this can have multiple signatures
  • An updated curriculum vitae (PDF format required)
    - Include detail of involvement in and service to APS
    - Include detail of involvement in mentoring of an/or support of the furthering of others' activities and careers, leadership potential, and teamwork
  • Reprints of 2-6 publications of the work for which the nomination is being made
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The Herbert Weiner Early Career Award is intended to identify individuals who, early in their career, have contributed significantly to the field of psychosomatic medicine and show substantial promise of continued meritorious academic accomplishments in the field.

The first “Early Career Award” was awarded in 1991, and in 2002, the name of the award was expanded to the “Herbert Weiner Early Career Award.”

The Award:

  • $1,000
  • A plaque signifying the award
  • The opportunity to present the research for which the award was given during APS Annual Meeting.

Criteria for Nominees:

  • New this year, all applications must be self-nominations
  • Must be members of the American Psychosomatic Society
  • Be fewer than ten years past receipt of their highest academic degree
  • CV and statements should include details of the context surrounding the candidate’s contribution
  • Those with post-degree clinical training (e.g. internship or residency) must be fewer than ten years past completion of their clinical training

Award Winners

2023: Martin Picard, PhD
2022: Jennifer Sumner, PhD
2021: Annie Ginty, PhD
2020: Christopher Fagundes, PhD
2019: Aoife O'Donovan, PhD
2018: Aric A. Prather, PhD
2017: J. David Creswell, PhD
2016: George Slavich, PhD
2015: Sarah Pressman, PhD
2014: David Sbarra, PhD
2013: Nicolas Rohleder, PhD
2012: Mark Hamer, PhD
2011: Naomi Eisenberger, PhD
2010: Anna Phillips, PhD
2009: Brigitte M. Kudielka, PhD
2008: Peter Gianaros, PhD
2007: Roland von Kaenel, MD
2006: Mary A. Whooley, MD
2005: Gregory E. Miller, PhD
2004: Mustafa al'Absi, PhD
2003: Dominique L. Musselman, MD
2002: Susan K. Lutgendorf, PhD
2001: Susan S. Girdler, PhD
2000: Shari R. Waldstein, PhD
1999: Alan J. Christensen, PhD
1998: Willem Kop, PhD
1997: Susan Everson, PhD
1996: Julian F. Thayer, PhD
1995: Paul J. Mills, PhD
1994: Shin Fukudo, MD
1993: J. Rick Turner, PhD
1992: Timothy W. Smith, PhD
1991: Michael R. Irwin, MD