Prize Award Winners 2022/23
l. to r.: P. Bommers, H.S. Mayberg, M.M. Rasenick, N. Michael, L.M. Monteggia, E.T. Kavalali, M. Bommers
2022/23 – 1st Prize
Prof. Helen S. Mayberg
Director of the Nash Family Center for Advanced Circuit Therapeutics
Mount Sinai West Hospital, New York, USA
Prof. Lisa M. Monteggia
Barlow Family Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Departement of Pharmacology, Psychiatry an Psychology
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
Prof. Ege T. Kavalali
Departement of Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
2022/23 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Mark M. Rasenick
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Departement of Physiology, Biophysics and Psychiatry
Chicago, USA
Prize Award Winners 2018/19
l. to r.: M. Bommers, A.H. Miller, M. Mameli, D. Pizzagalli, J. Stolze
2018/19 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Andrew H. Miller
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
2018/19 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Diego A. Pizzagalli
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Belmont, USA
2018/19 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Manuel Mameli
Department of Fundamental Neurosciences
University Lausanne, Switzerland
Prize Award Winners 2016/17
2016/17 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Eero Castrén
Neuroscience Center
University of Helsinki, Finland
2016/17 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Michael Bauer
Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden
Prize Award Winners 2014/15
2014/15 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Ned H. Kalin
Department of Psychiatry
University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, USA
Prof. Dr. Carmine M. Pariante
Department of Psychological Medicine,
Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, London, Great Britain
Prize Award Winners 2012/13
2012/13 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Alan F. Schatzberg
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
Prize Award Winners 2010/11
2010/11 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Eric J. Nestler
Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the Department of Neuroscience, Director of the Friedman Brain Institute at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
2010/11 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Rainer Rupprecht
Chairman and Director of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy,
University Regensburg
Prize Award Winners 2008/09
2008/09 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Aaron T. Beck
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Sancora
Prof. John H. Krystal
Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, USA
Prize Award Winner 2006/07
2006/07 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Alexander H. Glassman
Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University
Chief: Clinical Psychopharmacology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, USA
Prize Award Winner 2004/05
2004/05 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Elliot S. Gershon
Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry an Human
Genetics, The University of Chicago, USA
Prize Award Winner 2002/03
2002/03 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Dr. Florian Holsboer
Direktor Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, München
Prize Award Winner 2000/01
Prof. Dr. Ronald S. Duman
Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology,
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
Prize Award Winners 1998/99
1998/99 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Lewis L. Judd
Mary Gilman Marston Professor
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego, USA
Prof. Dr. Hagop S. Akiskal
Professor of Psychiatry, Director, International Mood Disorders Clinic, Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego, USA
Prize Award Winners 1996/97
1996/97 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Kenneth S. Kendler
Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Human Genetics
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics
Richmond, Virginia, USA
1996/97 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Isabella Heuser
Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim
Prize Award Winners 1994/95
1994/95 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Dennis S. Charney
Professor of Psychatry, Associate Chair for Research ,
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine,
Yale University, New Haven, USA
Prof. Dr. George R. Heninger
Professor of Psychatry, Director, Laboratory of Clinical
an Molecular Neurobiology
Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
Prof. Dr. Pedro L. Delgado
Associate Professor of Psychatry, Director of Psychiatry Research
University of Arizona, USA
1994/95 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Nicolas Barden, Ph.D.
Director, Molecular Psychogenetics,
Unité de Médecine Génétique et Moléculare
Centre de Recherche du CHUL, Québec, Canada
1994/95 – 3rd Prize
Prof. Phil Skolnick, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Neuroscience
Research Professor of Psychiatry
University of the Health Sciences, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
1992/93 – 2nd Prize
Frau Dr. Beth J. Hoffman
Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Institut of Mental Health,Department
Bethesda, USA
1992/93 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Hans Agren, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital,
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
1992/93 – 3rd Prize
Dr. Paul Linkowski, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Erasme,
Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique
1992/93 – 3rd Prize
Dr. Hans Förstl
Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit
Psychatrische Klinik, Mannheim
1990/91 – 2nd Prize
Sofia Avissar, Ph.D.
Dr. Gabriel Schreiber, Ph.D.
Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology,
Beer-Sheva Mental Health Center, Ben Gurion
University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
1990/91 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Giorgio Racagni
Centro di Studio e Ricera di Neurofaramacologia,
Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italia
1990/91 – 2nd Prize
Dr. Norman E. Rosenthal
Dr. Thomas A. Wehr
Chief, Unit of Outpatient Studies,
National Institute of Mental Health,
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
1988/89 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. R.M. Post
Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
1988/89 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. G. Laakmann
Psychiatrische Klinik der Universität München, München
1988/89 – 3rd Prize
Dr. H. Wachtel, PD.
Neuropsychopharmakologie , Berlin
1986/87 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Janice A. Egeland und Kollegen
Miami, USA
1986/87 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Ch. Nemeroff
Durham, USA
1986/87 – 3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. J.E. Schultz
Tübingen
1984/85 – 2nd Prize
Arbeitsgruppe
Prof. Dr.D. v. Zerssen
Dr. M. Berger
Dr. P. Doerr
Max-Planck-Institut, München
1984/85 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. G. L. Klerman
Prof. Dr. M. M. Weissman
Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School,
Bosten, Massachusetts, USA
1984/85 – 3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. K. J. Kellar
Department of Pharmacology, Georgetown,
University Washington D.C., USA
1984/85 – 3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. A. Borbély
Pharmakologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Schweiz
1982/83 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Irwin J. Kopin
National Institute of Mental Health, Laboratory of
Clinical Science, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
1982/83 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Jerzy Vetulani Ph.D.
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Pharmacology, Krakau, Poland
1982/83 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Robert H. Belmaker
Director of Research, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, Jerusalem, Israel
1982/83 – 1st Prize
Dr. Per Bech
University of Copenhagen, Psychochemistry Institute,
Copenhagen, Denmark
1980/81 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. J. Mendlewicz
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Hspital Erasme,
Bruxelles, Belgique
1980/81 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. S. Z. Langer
Institut de Biologie Laboratories d’Etudes et de Recherches Synthelabo,
Paris, France
1980/81 – 3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. J. May
Director Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Pharmacology,
Krakau, Poland
1980/81 – 3rd Prize
Dr. A. Wirz-Justice
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Basel, Schweiz
Dr. Thomas A. Wehr
Department of Health, Education and Welfare,
National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
1980/81 – 3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. B. J. Carrol
University of Michigan, Mental Health Research Institute,
Department of Psychiatry, Michigan, USA
1978/79 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Solomon H. Snyder
Distinguished Service Prof. of Psychiatry and Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, John Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1978/79 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Max Fink
State University of New York at Stony Brook,
Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry an Behavioral Science, New York, USA
1978/79 – 3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. Elliot S. Gershon
Chief, Section of Psychogenetics, Biological Psychiatry
Branch National Institute of Mental Health,
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
1976/77 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Sir Martin Roth
The Royal Victoria Infirmary Dept. of Psychiological Medicine, Newcastle, Great Britain
1976/77 – 2nd Prize
A. R. Green, Ph.D. und
Dr. G. Grahame-Smith, Ph.D.
MRC Unit and University, Department of Clinical Pharmacology,
Oxford, Great Britain
1974/75 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. A. Carlsson
Dep. of Pharmacology, University Göteborg, Sweden
1974/75 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. E. H. Sachar
Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, New York, USA
1974/75 – 3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. M. Asberg
Psychatric Clinic Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
1974/75 – 3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. P. Kragh-Sorenson
Statshospitalet i Glostrup, Glostrup, Denmark
1972/73 – 1st Prize
Prof. Dr. George Winokur
Head-Department of Psychiatry, State Psychopath. Hospital,
Iowa City, USA
1972/73 – 2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. James W. Maas
Yale University, School of Medicine,
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1972/73 – 2nd Prize
Dr. M. Sandler
Dr. M. B. H. Youdim
Bernhard Baron
Memorial Research Laboratories Queen Charlottes’
Maternity Hospital, London, Great Britain
1972/73 – 3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. H.M. van Praag
Psychiatric University Clinic, Department of Biological Psychiatry,
State University, Groningen, Netherlands
1972/73 – 3rd Prize
Dozent Dr. L. Flohé
Physiologisch-chemisches Institut der Universität Tübingen
1970/71 – 1st Prize
Dr. William E. Bunney jr.
Chief Section of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Clinical Science,
National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin
Dr. Dennis L. Murphy und
Arbeitsgruppe Dr. Folke Sjöqvist
Prof. of Clinical Pharmacology, University Linköping, Sweden
1970/71 – 2nd Prize
Dr. Norbert Matussek
Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, München
1970/71 – 3rd Prize
Dr. B. Pflug und
Dr. R. Tölle
Universitäts-Nervenklinik Tübingen
1968/69 – 1st Prize
Arbeitsgruppe Dr. Mogens Schou
Forschungsdirektor der Psychopharmakologischen Forschungseinheit der Abteilung für Psychiatrie am psychiatrischen Krankenhaus der Unitversität Aarhus, Risskov, Dänemark
1968/69 – 2nd Prize
Dr. A. J. Coppen
Clinical Investigation Ward at Greenbank,
West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, Great Britain und
Dr. D. M. Shaw
Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, Medical Research council Laboratories, Carshalton, Surrey, Great Britain
– beide aus dem Arbeitskreis Dr. Derek Richter –
1968/69 – 3rd Prize
Dr. G. Curzon
Reader in Biochemistry, Institute of Neurology, The National Hospital, London, Great Britain
Dr. M. Perez-Reyes
Associate Professor, The School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, USA
1966/67 – 1st Prize
Gruppe Schildkraut, Bethesda, USA
Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, München
1966/67 – 2nd Prize
Dr. Jules Angst
Zürich, Schweiz