Sarnat Prize Explained

The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health was established in 1992 and is awarded annually by the National Academy of Medicine in the United States to recognize individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding achievement in improving mental health. It is accompanied by a medal and $20,000.^[1]

Recipients^[2]

• 2022: Daniel Geschwind, University of California, Los Angeles^[3]
• 2021: Spero Manson, University of Colorado^[4]
• 2020: Stephen P. Hinshaw, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco^[5]
• 2019: Daniel Weinberger, Lieber Institute for Brain Development^[6]
• 2018: Kenneth B. Wells, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine^[7]
• 2017: Joseph T. Coyle, Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, Catherine Lord, Weill Cornell Medical College and Matthew State, University of California, San Francisco^[8]
• 2016: Steven Hyman, Stanley Institute and Robin Murray, King's College, London^[9]
• 2015: Kay Redfield Jamison, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Kenneth S. Kendler, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics^[10]
• 2014: Vikram Patel, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine^[11]
• 2013: William T. Carpenter, University of Maryland School of Medicine
• 2012: Huda Akil and Stanley J. Watson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• 2011: William E. Bunney, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
• 2010: Eric J. Nestler, Friedman Brain Institute/Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Charles P. O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• 2009: David Mechanic, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research/Rutgers University
• 2008: Paul R. McHugh, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• 2007: Beatrix Hamburg and David Hamburg, Weill Cornell Medical College
• 2006: Jack D. Barchas, Weill Cornell Medical College
• 2005: Floyd E. Bloom, Neurome, Inc
• 2004: Albert J. Stunkard, University of Pennsylvania
• 2003: Aaron T. Beck, University of Pennsylvania
• 2002: David Satcher, Morehouse School of Medicine
• 2001: Michael L. Rutter, King's College London and Solomon H. Snyder, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• 2000: Rosalynn Carter, The Carter Centre
• 1999: Nancy C. Andreasen, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
• 1998: David Kupfer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre
• 1997: Herbert Pardes, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
• 1996: Leon Eisenberg, Harvard Medical School
• 1995: Samuel B. Guze, Barnes and Renard Hospital
• 1994: Myrna Weissman, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Gerald Klerman, Cornell University Medical College
• 1993: Seymour S. Kety, Harvard Medical School
• 1992: Daniel X. Freedman, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine

See also

• List of medicine awards
• List of prizes named after people

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health. National Academy of Sciences. 7 November 2016.
2. Web site: The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health – Past Recipients. National Academy of Sciences. 22 September 2020.
3. Lewis . Talia . Daniel H. Geschwind Receives National Academy of Medicine's Sarnat Prize for Contributions to Understanding of the Genetics of Autism . 22 September 2022 . National Academy of Medicine . 15 September 2022.
4. Lewis . Talia . Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Receives Lienhard Award; Spero M. Manson Receives Sarnat Prize . 22 September 2022 . National Academy of Medicine . 15 September 2021.
5. Web site: Anthony Fauci Receives 2020 Lienhard Award; Stephen Hinshaw Receives 2020 Sarnat Prize. National Academy of Sciences. 22 September 2020.
6. Web site: Daniel Weinberger Receives National Academy of Medicine's Sarnat Award for His Pioneering Research on Developmental Origins of Schizophrenia. National Academy of Sciences. 22 September 2020.
7. Web site: Kenneth Wells Receives National Academy of Medicine's Sarnat Award for Outstanding Achievements in Improving Mental Health. National Academy of Sciences. 22 September 2020.
8. Web site: Joseph Coyle, Catherine Lord, and Matthew State Receive National Academy of Medicine's Sarnat Award for Outstanding Achievements in Improving Mental Health. National Academy of Sciences. 22 September 2020.
9. Web site: Steven Hyman and Robin Murray Receive National Academy of Medicine's Sarnat Award for Their Outstanding Achievements in Improving Mental Health. National Academy of Sciences. 22 September 2020.
10. Web site: Jamison & Kendler receive 2015 Sarnat Prize. National Academy of Sciences. 22 September 2020.
11. Web site: Vikram Patel Receives Institute of Medicine's 2014 Sarnat Prize for His Research on Global Mental Health, Contributions to Improving Mental Health Care in Developing Countries. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 22 September 2020.