The Joseph Zubin Award may refer to three different

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

award An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An awar ...

s named in honor of the psychologist

Joseph Zubin Joseph Zubin (9 October 1900 – 18 December 1990) was a Lithuanian-born American educational psychologist and an authority on schizophrenia who is commemorated by the Joseph Zubin Awards.New York State Psychiatric Institute The New York State Psychiatric Institute, located at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was established in 1895 as one of the first institutions in the United States t ...

. It was established by Zubin's colleagues and family to "recognize investigators who are in an early stage of their career, but have already made significant contributions to research in any area of

psychopathology Psychopathology is the study of abnormal cognition, behaviour, and experiences which differs according to social norms and rests upon a number of constructs that are deemed to be the social norm at any particular era. Biological psychopatholo ...

." The award was co-sponsored by the

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is a $23billion integrated global nonprofit health enterprise that has 92,000 employees, 40 hospitals with more than 8,000 licensed beds, 800 clinical locations including outpatient sites and do ...

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, the

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is a medical school of the University of Pittsburgh, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The School of Medicine, also known as Pitt Med, is consistently ranked as a "Top Medical School" by '' ...

and the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. The award included an

honorarium An honorarium is an ''ex gratia'' payment, i.e., a payment made, without the giver recognizing themselves as having any liability or legal obligation, to a person for his or her services in a volunteer capacity or for services for which fees are no ...

and was presented until 2010. Recipients:

Joseph Zubin Award (SRP)

The Joseph Zubin Award is a lifetime achievement award given by the Society for Research in Psychopathology. It was established in 1986 and officially named the Joseph Zubin Award in 1990. Recipients: Source
Society for Research in Psychopathology

Joseph Zubin Award (APPA)

The Joseph Zubin Award was established by the

American Psychopathological Association The American Psychopathological Association (APPA) is an organization "devoted to the scientific investigation of disordered human behavior, and its biological and psychosocial substrates." The association’s primary purpose is running an annual ...

in 1992 and is granted to psychologists who have "made seminal contributions to psychopathology research." Recipients: Source
APPA Previous Award Winners

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Joseph Zubin Award (SRP)

Joseph Zubin Award (APPA)

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