RSoA: Annual Awards

Annual Awards

The Research Society on Alcoholism presents 5 annual awards,

plus the Lifetime Achievement Award when nominations are received.

Information and previous recipients of each are below.

Requests for nominations, including criteria, are posted, in October, on our website

under the meeting button – the deadline for nominations is January 31.
Link to Nomination Requirements

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RSA Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominations for this award are accepted from members only. Non-members nominated will be considered but are not encouraged. Past RSA Distinguished Researchers are not eligible. Recipients of this award receive a plaque and cash award at the annual meeting. This award is given to an individual who has had a long, balanced career including outstanding research, training, service and advocacy.

Thomas Turner (1996)
Harold Holder (2005)
Enoch Gordis (2006)
Steven W. Leslie (2007)
Robert Voas (2008)

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RSA Distinguished Researcher Award

Nominations for this prestigious award are accepted from members only – but members or non-members can be nominated. Past recipients of this award received a plaque and cash award at the annual meeting and they presented a plenary session. The award will alternate between psychosocial and biomedical awardees.

Previous recipients of this award are:

Charles S. Lieber (1980)
Dora Goldstein (1981)
Ting-Kai Li (1982)
Harold Kalant (1983)
Richard A. Deitrich (1984)
David H. Van Thiel (1985)
Marcus A. Rothschild (1986)
Steven Schenker (1987)
Boris Tabakoff (1988)

Jack Mendelson /
Nancy K. Mello (1989)
Yedy Israel (1990)
Lawrence Lumeng (1991)
Henri Begleiter (1992)
Marc A. Schuckit (1993)
Ivan Diamond (1994)
Nelson Butters (1995)
John Crabbe (1996)

Oscar Parsons (1997)
Carrie Randall (1998)
R. Adron Harris (1999)
Herman H. Samson (2000)
James West /
V. Gene Erwin (2001)
George Koob (2002)
Andrew Heath (2003)
G. Alan Marlatt (2004)

Edward Riley (2005)
Peter Monti (2006)
Fulton T. Crews (2007)
Kenneth Sher (2008)
Howard Edenberg (2009)

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RSA Young Investigator Award

Nominations for this award are accepted from members only. Nominees must be active in alcohol research and be an RSA member. Recipients of this award receive a plaque and cash award at the annual meeting and present a plenary during the following year’s meeting.

Previous recipients of this award are:

Kenneth Sher (1988)
David Crabb (1989)
Judith Gavaler (1990)
Tamara Phillips (1991)
David Lovinger (1992)
Laura E. Nagy (1993)
Richard Morrisett (1994)
Deborah Finn (1995)
Clyde W. Hodge (1996)

Kari Buck (1997)
Lee Ann Kaskutas (1998)
S. John Mihic (1999)
Amanda Roberts (2000)
Jeffrey Weiner (2001)
Douglas Matthews (2002)
Robert Meyers (2003)
Gavin Arteel (2004)
Marisa Roberto (2005)

Kristina Jackson (2006)
Karen K. Szumlinski (2007)
Kimberly Nixon (2008)
Sherry McKee (2009)

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Henri Begleiter Excellence in Research Award

Nominations for this award are accepted from members only – but members or non-members can be nominated. Recipients of this award receive a plaque and cash award at the annual meeting. This award is given to an individual demonstrating innovation or creativity and excellence in their research and/or someone whose work has a major impact on the field.

Previous recipients of this award:

Ting-Kai Li (2007, plaque only)
Adolf Pfefferbaum (2008)
Clive Harper (2009)

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RSA Seixas Award For Service

The RSA Board of Directors selects the recipient of this award. Nominations are accepted from the membership but are not solicited. Recipients of this award receive a plaque and watch at the annual meeting. The recipient of the Seixas Award is confidential until the meeting.

Previous recipients of this award are:

Stephen Long (1988) James Beard / Fenton Isaacson (1989) Marcus Rothschild (1990) Carlton K. Erickson (1991) Charles S. Lieber (1992) Ting-Kai Li (1993) Kenneth Warren (1994) Henri Begleiter (1995) Enoch Gordis (1996)	Richard Deitrich (1997) Ernestine Vanderveen (1998) Michael Charness / Nancy Day (1999) Samir Zakhari (2000) Faye Calhoun (2001) Albert Pawlowski (2002) Richard Fuller (2003) Andrea Mitchell (2004)	Marc Schuckit (2005) Sara Jo Nixon (2006) Mack C. Mitchell (2007) Kenneth Taylor (posthumously)/ Anna Taylor (2008) Antonio Noronha (2009)

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RSA Journalism Award

Nominations for this award are accepted in the following categories: books, electronic media (radio, TV, documentary, film, internet) and print media. Nominations are accepted from RSA members only and can be for a single person or a group of people. Recipients of this award receive a plaque travel stipend at the annual meeting.

Previous recipients of this award are:

Eric Newhouse (2000)
Sherry Wasilow-Mueller (2001)
Hattie Bernstein (2002)
Anne Fletcher (2003)
Liz Scott (2004)
Bert Pluymen (2005)

Fraser Lang (2006)
John T. O’Neill (2007)
Barrett Seaman (2008)
Tara Parker-Pope (2009)

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Please contact Debby (DebbyRSA@sbcglobal.net) for more information