Previous Award Winners

2002 – Ellen Levine, Editor in Chief, Good Housekeeping Magazine
2003 – Tim McCann, Exile Productions
2004 – Michelle Trudeau, NPR Science Correspondent, Childhood Bipolar Disorder (NPR)
2005 – Marianne Szegedy-Maszak, Contributing Writer, US World News & Report
2006 – Bill Lichtenstein, Lichtenstein Creative Media
2007 – John Hoffman & Susan Froemke, HBO Series, Addiction
2008 – P. Michael Conn & James Parker, Authors, The Animal Research War
2009 – Brian Shanahan, CEO Medispin
2011 – Hakon Heimer, Executive Editor, Schizophrenia Research Forum
2012 – Maia Szalavitz, Freelance Reporter, Time Magazine
2013 – Charles Rose, Jr., Journalist, The Charlie Rose Brain Series
2014 – Andrew Solomon, Author & TED Talk Presenter
2015 – Lisa Genova, Ph.D., Author, Still Alice
2016 – Elyn Saks, Ph.D., J.D., LL.D., Hon., Author, The Center Cannot Hold:  My Journey Through Madness
2017 – David Sheff, Advocate and Author, Clean:  Overcoming Addiction and Ending America’s Greatest Trajedy
2018 – Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D., Author, Shrinks:  The Untold Story of Psychiatry
2018 – Barbara Lipska, Ph.D., Author, The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind:  My Tale of Madness and Recovery
2019 – Shanti Das, CEO Silence the Shame
2020 – Brandon Staglin, M.S., President, One Mind
2021 – Greg Dicharry, Magellan Youth Leaders Inspiring Future Empowerment (MY LIFE)
2021 – Christine Yu Moutier, M.D., American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
2022 – Carmine M. Pariante, M.D., Ph.D., Inspire the Mind
2023 – Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., Brain and Behavior Research Foundation