The American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists 2010 George Winokur Research Award has been awarded to Susan K. Schultz, MD, for research that was published in 2008 in the Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. Dr. Schultz will be presented the award on Friday, April 9, 2010, at the AACP Annual Conference at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers (for further conference information go to www.currentpsychiatry.com/aacp.)

Dr. Schultz' research article was titled "Evaluation of Older Persons with Mild Cognitive Deficits: Potential Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging" (Schultz SK, Magnotta V, Duff K, Boles Ponto LL, Moser DJ.) and was published in the December 2008 issue of Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 2008;20(4):204-208.

Dr. Schultz is currently a professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, in Iowa City, Iowa. She is also Associate Director for Clinical Research at UI Center on Aging. Dr. Schultz has board qualifications in Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and research interests include geriatric issues in psychiatry, aging, dementia and psychosis in late life.

Dr. Schultz received her bachelor's degrees in Biology and English from Nebraska Wesleyan University, her medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, completed residency training at the University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry followed by a research fellowship in the Neurobiology of Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders at the University of Iowa Mental Health Clinical Research Center.

Dr. Schultz serves as the Deputy Editor for the American Journal of Psychiatry, is a member of the Editorial Board of the Annals of Clinical Psychiatry; Program Committee Chair for the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and Editor/Narrator for Audio-Digest Webcasts of the American Journal of Psychiatry. She is also serves on the FDA Psychopharmacological Drug Advisory Committee and has served on NIH review committees.

The AACP established its Clinical Research Award in 1979. Original unpublished papers were solicited in the Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. In 1992, the format was changed to include all original research papers published in the Annals of Clinical Psychiatry.

Winners are selected annually from original research published during the calendar year. The Awards are given at the next Academy conference and include a cash prize, engraved award, complimentary one year membership in AACP plus travel and accommodations to attend the conference. Judging is conducted by the Academy's Research Award Committee and all decisions are final.

George Winokur Clinical Research Award Winners