This award is granted to an outstanding scientist in the area of psychiatric epidemiology

Psychiatric epidemiology

Psychiatric epidemiology is a field which seeks to study the conceptualization, etiology, and prevalence of mental illness in society. It is a subfield of the more general epidemiology. It is very difficult to accurately study mental illness conceptualization, etiology, and prevalence, and current...

 in recognition of "significant contributions to the scientific understanding of the epidemiology

Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study of health-event, health-characteristic, or health-determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive...

 and control of mental disorders. http://www.apha.org/membergroups/newsletters/sectionnewsletters/epidem/spring04/970.htm It is sponsored by the Mental Health, Epidemiology

Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study of health-event, health-characteristic, or health-determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive...

, and Statistics Sections of the American Public Health Association

American Public Health Association

The American Public Health Association is Washington, D.C.-based professional organization for public health professionals in the United States. Founded in 1872 by Dr. Stephen Smith, APHA has more than 30,000 members worldwide...

. It was established in 1972 by Dr. Milton Torres in honor of his wife, Dr. Rema Lapouse, who was a founding member of the Mental Health Section.

Recipients

• 1972 - H. Warren Dunham
• 1973 - Morton Kramer
• 1974 - Paul V. Lemkau
• 1975 - Lee Robins
  Lee Robins
  Lee Nelken Robins was an American professor of social science in psychiatry and a leader in psychiatric epidemiology research. She was affiliated with the Washington University in St. Louis for more than 50 years from 1954 until 2007.-Early years:Robins was born in New Orleans, Louisiana...
  
  
• 1976 - EM Gruenberg
• 1981 - Bruce Dohrenwend and Barbara Dohrenwend
• 1983 - Michael Shepherd
  Michael Shepherd (psychiatrist)
  Michael Shepherd, CBE, FRCP, FRCPsych , FAPA , FAPHA was one of the most influential and internationally respected psychiatrists of his time, formerly Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and Consultant Psychiatrist, The Maudsley Hospital, London and author of a number...
  
  
• 1984 - Ming Tso Tsuang
• 1985 - Myrna M. Weissman
• 1992 - R. Jay Turner
  R. Jay Turner
  R. Jay Turner is a widely-cited academic sociologist who uses demographic techniques to research epidemiology. He serves as Marie E. Cowart Professor of Sociology and Epidemiology and a Professor of Psychology at Florida State University, where he is affiliated with the Center for Demography and...
  
  
• 1996 - Sheppard Kellam
• 1998 - Spero M. Manson
• 1999 - E. Jane Costello
• 2000 - William Eaton
• 2001 - Dan German Blazer
• 2002 - Kenneth S. Kendler
• 2003 - David Mechanic
• 2004 - C. Hendricks Brown
• 2005 - Mervyn Susser
• 2006 - Felton James Earls
• 2007 - Bruce Link
• 2010 - Liang Kung-yee (current president of National Yang-Ming University, Taipei
  Taipei
  Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
  
  , Taiwan
  Taiwan
  Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
  
  )

Other recipients

• Alexander H. Leighton
  Alexander H. Leighton
  Alexander "Alec" H. Leighton was a sociologist and psychiatrist of dual citizenship . He is best known for his work on the Stirling County Study and his contributions to the field of psychiatric epidemiology...
  
  
• Jerome K. Myers
• George Brown
• Ronald C. Kessler
  Ronald C. Kessler
  Ronald C. Kessler is an American sociologist and a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School.- Early years :...
  
  
• Jane Murphy Leighton