Description

Honor psychiatric educators who have supported medical students, residents and early career psychiatry faculty in their development as educators and who have, by their example, modeled academic careers in psychiatry and fostered others through mentorship.


Description

The purpose of the Roberts Award is to honor psychiatric educators who have supported medical students, residents and early career psychiatry faculty in their development as educators and who have, by their example, modeled academic careers in psychiatry and fostered others through mentorship. Unlike the Educator Award, the Roberts Award stresses mentorship. This award is not targeted at leaders in educational innovation, but rather should be awarded to a loved teacher who served as an inspiration to others - the person who helped mold the development of others in psychiatry. Thus the focus is on the person's mentorship, ability to act as a role model and to inspire others. It can be awarded to a teacher at any level, and need not be a person in a senior position, however it is assumed that the awardee will have had sufficient teaching experience to merit this award. 


The nominating person must be someone who has been mentored by the nominee. Letters of support from other people who have also been mentored by the nominee can also be submitted to strengthen the nomination.Membership in AAP is not required for either the nominator or the nominee. The award winner will receive complimentary AAP Annual Meeting registration and reimbursement for meeting-related transportation and hotel expenses.


Nomination Guidelines


  1. Nominator’s name, address, institutional affiliation, phone, and e-mail address 
  2. Nominee's name, address, institutional affiliation, phone, and e-mail address 
  3. Letter(s) of nomination must include examples demonstrating some or all of the following: 

Strength of Mentorship 

Breadth of Mentorship 

Strength of Leading by Example 

Degree of Inspiration 

Teaching Skills 

Enthusiasm/Motivation 

Mentoring in Education/Teaching 

Barriers the mentor helped you overcome 

Mentorship Qualities


In 350 words or less, the nomination letter should tell the story of how you were inspired and mentored by this nominee in a life-changing manner. 

Current CV (nominee)


Thank you for your interest. The Awards Portal is NOW OPEN! The deadline for submissions for this award is April 1, 2026. Click here to access the Awards Portal.


FOR QUESTIONS ONLY, contact Hermioni L. Amonoo, MD, MPP, MPH, Awards Committee Chair, at hermioni_amonoo@dfci.harvard.edu


Award Recipients
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2025 Joji Suzuki, MD, FACLP

2024 Vishal Madaan, MD

2023 Marcia Verdiun, MD

2022 Priya Gopalan, MD

2021 Josepha A. Cheong, MD

2020 Awards were not distributed

2019 Andreea L. Seritan, MD

2018 Shashank V. Joshi, MD

2017 Adam M. Brenner, MD

2016 Arden Dingle, MD

2015 Susan J. Lieff, MD, MEd, MMan, FRCPC

2014 Sean Blitzstein, MD

2013 Kathy M. Vincent, MD

2012 Elisabeth Kunkel, MD

2011 Ayesha Mian, MD

2010 Geri Fox, MD

2009 John S. Luo, MD

2008 Anita Kablinger, MD




The purpose of the Roberts Award is to honor psychiatric educators who have supported medical students, residents and early career psychiatry faculty in their development as educators and who have, by their example, modeled academic careers in psychiatry and fostered others through mentorship. Unlike the Educator Award, the Roberts Award stresses mentorship. This award is not targeted at leaders in educational innovation, but rather should be awarded to a loved teacher who served as an inspiration to others - the person who helped mold the development of others in psychiatry. Thus the focus is on the person's mentorship, ability to act as a role model and to inspire others. It can be awarded to a teacher at any level, and need not be a person in a senior position, however it is assumed that the awardee will have had sufficient teaching experience to merit this award. The nominating person must be someone who has been mentored by the nominee. Letters of support from other people who have also been mentored by the nominee can also be submitted to strengthen the nomination.Membership in AAP is not required for either the nominator or the nominee. The award winner will receive complimentary AAP Annual Meeting registration and reimbursement for meeting-related transportation and hotel expenses. Nomination Guidelines Nominator’s name, address, institutional affiliation, phone, and e-mail address Nominee's name, address, institutional affiliation, phone, and e-mail address Letter(s) of nomination must include examples demonstrating some or all of the following: Strength of Mentorship Breadth of Mentorship Strength of Leading by Example Degree of Inspiration Teaching Skills Enthusiasm/Motivation Mentoring in Education/Teaching Barriers the mentor helped you overcome Mentorship Qualities In 350 words or less, the nomination letter should tell the story of how you were inspired and mentored by this nominee in a life-changing manner. Current CV (nominee) Thank you for your interest. The Awards Portal is NOW OPEN! The deadline for submissions for this award is April 1, 2026. Click here to access the Awards Portal. FOR QUESTIONS ONLY, contact Hermioni L. Amonoo, MD, MPP, MPH, Awards Committee Chair, at hermioni_amonoo@dfci.harvard.edu