How to Apply

Nominations should include:

  • 500-1000 word justification for the nomination
  • Updated curriculum vitae

The Patricia R. Barchas Award in Sociophysiology was established in 1999. The purpose is to memorialize Patricia Barchas by furthering the field of sociophysiology, the study of the reciprocal relationships that could lead to long-term change both in social behavior and in physiology.

The Award:

  • $1,500
  • Complimentary meeting registration
  • A plaque, presented at the Annual Meeting

Criteria for Nominees:

  • The recipient has done interesting and exciting work that helps to expand our knowledge of the interface of the social and physiological worlds

Award Winners

2020: Anna Marsland, PhD, RN

2019: Steve Cole, PhD

2018: Edith Chen, PhD

2017: Andrew Steptoe, DSc

2016: Elizabeth Brondolo, PhD

2015: Christine Heim, PhD

2014: Timothy W. Smith, PhD

2013: Karen Matthews, PhD

2012: Stephen Manuck, PhD

2011: Shelley E. Taylor, PhD

2010: George Davey Smith, PhD

2009: George A. Kaplan, PhD

2008: Christopher L. Coe, PhD

2007: Lennart Levi, MD

2006: Sheldon Cohen, PhD

2005: Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, PhD

2004: John T. Cacioppo, PhD

2003: John P. Capitanio, PhD

2002: Michael Marmot, MPH, PhD

2001: Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD

2000: Michael Meaney, PhD

1999: Bernard T. Engel, PhD