Career/Lifetime Achievement Arthur M Nezu, Ph.D., DHL, ABPP, Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Professor of Medicine, & Professor of Public Health, Drexel University
Outstanding Mentor Award Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D., ABPP, Founder, Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Clinical Director, Youth Anxiety Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital
Outstanding Researcher Michael W. Otto, Ph.D., Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy at Boston University
Sobell Innovative Addictions Research Award Mark A. Prince, Ph.D., Director of My Mental Health (MMH) Data Analysis and Dissemination, Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Distinguished Friend to Behavior Therapy • Donna E.M. Bailey, Chief Executive Officer, Community Behavioral Health Philadelphia • Natalie L. Dallard, M.A., Director, Evidence-Based Practice and Innovation Center
The Francis C. Sumner Excellence Award Praise Iyiewuare, MPH, Ph.D., Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kentucky
Anne Marie Albano Early Career Award Daisy Singla, Ph.D., Center for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto
Outstanding Service to ABCT The ABCT Staff: David Teisler, Deputy Director, Operations and Publications Stephen Crane, Senior Director of Education and Meeting Services Kelli Long, Senior Director Finances and HR Stephanie Schwartz, Managing Production Editor Tonya Childers, Manager, Convention and Concierge Services Rachel Lamb: Membership Services Manager Emily Ravaioli: Marketing and Communications Manager Rachel Greeman: Web Manager Maryilyn Brown: Administrative Specialist
Virginia Roswell Student Dissertation Award Ms. Olga Revzina, M.A., The Catholic University of America
Leonard Krasner Student Dissertation Award Jenna Sung, M.A., Doctoral Candidate, Stony Brook University and Harvard Medical School/ Massachusetts General Hospital
John R.Z. Abela Student Dissertation Award Ms. Azure Reid-Russell, M.A., Harvard University
President’s New Researcher Award Laurel Sarfan, Ph.D., Assistant Researcher, University of California, Berkeley
Student Research Grant Emily Bibby, M.A., Stony Brook University
Student Research Grant: Honorable Mention Kendall Poovey, M.A., University of South Florida
2024 Champions • Daniel Cheron, Ph.D., ABPP, The Baker Center for Children and Families/ Harvard Medical School • Carrie Comeau, LCSW, Community Care Behavioral Health • John C. Lestino, M.A., LPC, Edgewater Park School District, Edgewater Park, NJ • Gino Priolo, Ed.D., Haddonfield School District • Natalia Torres, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Chicago, IL • Kayla Turner, M.S., Ed.S., Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District
Elsie Ramos Memorial Student Poster • Min Eun (Michelle) Jeon M.A., M.S., Florida State University • Kelli Lahman, Ph.D., L.S.S.P., N.C.S.P., University of Houston • Emily Mueller, M.A., Bowling Green State University
Student Travel Award • Rachel McDonald, M.P.S., M.A., Autism and Neurodevelopment Lab, Montclair State University • Mariel Emrich, B.S., University of Connecticut
ADAA Student Career Travel Award (Anxiety and Depression Association of America) • Mark Shuquan Chen, Ph.D., Yale University • Juliana Petersen, Ph.D., Montefiore Medical Center
Spotlights on Mentors • Mark Shuquan Chen, Ph.D., Yale University • Michelle Elizabeth Roley-Roberts, Ph.D., West Virginia University • Maria Angela Kalantzis, M.A., Bowling Green State University • Clarissa Ong, Ph.D., University of Louisville
Fellows Class of 2024 • Adrian Aguilera, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley • Lori Eickleberry, Ph.D., ABPP, Institute for Life Renovation • Hiroaki Harai, M.D., IFAPA, Harai Consulting & Training Inc.
2024 ABCT Youth Community Leader Award • Colin Benjamin Deibler, Moorestown High School • Jackson Erdos, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy • Anita FardSanei, Garnet Valley High School • Sylvain Farrel, Horace Howard Furness High School • Maia Sevin, Friends' Central School
Mary Jane Eimer Student Convention Scholarship William Booker, Psy.D. student, PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium Sadie Calvano, undergraduate student, University of California Los Angeles Claire Chapman, master’s student, University of Denver Uravshi Dixit, Ph.D. student, University of South Alabama Lia Follet, Ph.D. student, University of Georgia Kimi Hashimoto, Ph.D. student / Psychology Resident, Seattle Pacific University / Palo Alto VA Mary Jensen, Ph.D. student, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Alexandria Klingman, master’s student, University of South Carolina, Aiken Yazmin Meza Lazaro, Ph.D. student, University of California, Los Angeles Angel Lee, Post baccalaureate project coordinator, DePaul University Emma Ilyaz, Ph.D. student, Queen’s University Monet Meyer, Ph.D. student, University of Hawaii at Manoa Tori Moore, Ph.D. student, University of Memphis Ellen Murphy, Psy.D. student, Georgia Southern University Kellyann Navarre, Post-Graduate Trainee / Research Assistant, Cleveland State University Jesus Hernandez Ortiz, Ph.D. student, George Mason University Jenny Shen, Ph.D. student, Stony Brook University, UCLA Semel Institute Colin Tidwell, Ph.D. candidate, The University of Arizona Ingrid Tien, Ph.D. student, University of California, Los Angeles Lucy Wetherall, Ph.D. student, The University of Wyoming