Patrick H. DeLeon Prize for Outstanding Student Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy
Division 55 is pleased to offer the Patrick DeLeon Prize, in honor of former APA president Patrick H. DeLeon, PhD, JD, MPH. In acknowledgment of DeLeon's long-standing commitment to advancing the career of young psychologists, this award is aimed at graduate students or those who have recently completed a course of graduate training. The prize will be awarded on the basis of a paper on the subject of psychopharmacology or the advancement of the prescriptive authority movement.
The paper need not be published, but should substantially reflect work done while the candidate was a graduate student. If published, the student should be at least the second author.
The recipient will be awarded a plaque at the Division 55 social hour at the APA Annual Convention. Nomination by major professors or advisers is ideal, but self-nominations are also encouraged.
This award is aimed at graduate students or those who have recently completed a course of graduate training. The prize will be awarded on the basis of a paper on the subject of psychopharmacology or the advancement of the prescriptive authority movement. The paper need not be published, but should substantially reflect work done while the candidate was a graduate student. If published, the student should be at least the second author.
Nomination by major professors or advisers is ideal, but self-nominations are also encouraged.
Please submit nominations, including letters of nominations or other attestations, to 2025 Division 55 Awards Chair Lynette Pujol, PhD, MSCP, in electronic format only.
2026
Rita Rivera, PsyD, MSCP
2025
Erinn Bailey-Sawatzky, PsyD
2024
Angela Shoulders
2023
Phillip Hughes, MS
2022
David Benitez, MS
2021
Ryan Cooper, PhD, JD
2020
Derek Phillips, PsyD, MSCP
2019
Brian Humphrey, PsyD
2018
Joanna Sells, MS
2017
Daniel Kaplin, PhD
2016
Wendy P. Linda, PhD
2015
Anthony Rinaldi
2014
Andrew Davis, PhD
2013
Jeff Shahidullah