This award recognizes midcareer clinicians and researchers who advance the mission of ADAA through significant service and commitment to the organization and its membership.
Congratulations to the award winners:
C. Alec Pollard, PhD
Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute Anxiety Disorders Center
St. Louis University
A member of ADAA for 30 years, Alec Pollard has served in many vital capacities beyond providing excellent presentations at the annual conference. He has been on the Conference Committee and chaired the 2007 annual conference, which was held in St. Louis. He also served as chair of the Clinical Advisory Board and the Publications Committee. He was a member of the Strategic Planning Committee, and he has reviewed conference submissions. He encourages greater participation in ADAA by mentoring and welcoming many young members.
Risa Weisberg, PhD
Brown University
Representing the future of ADAA's growing leadership, Risa Weisberg has served on the Conference Committee, as the 2009 conference chair, and on the Strategic Planning Committee. She is the current conference coordinator, a position created by the Board of Directors in 2011 to help improve and grow the meeting. She has made a number of excellent presentations at the annual meetings, and she encourages many peers and young mental health professionals to join and participate in ADAA.
James Abelson, MD, PhD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
An ADAA member for more than 20 years, Dr. Abelson has attended and presented at many conferences, along with his students. He has reviewed submissions and encouraged his students to attend and become ADAA members. He has served on the Scientific Council and chaired the 2008 Scientific Research Symposium Emotional Regulation and the Expanding Neurocircuitry of Anxiety.
Dr. Abelson works diligently on the Career Development Trainee Awards, in which he pairs trainees with mentors, as well as on the Donald Klein Early Career Investigator Award. He fully recognizes the importance of mentoring and the role of senior members in introducing and investing in the next generation.