Past Awards and Honors
The AED congratulates its past award winners and honorees.
AED Lifetime Achievement Award
The AED Board may decide periodically to recognize a senior individual in the field for her/his lifetime contributions to the Academy or to the field in general. It is not expected that this award will be given annually, but only under exceptional circumstances.
1995 Albert Stunkard, MD
1996 Arthur Crisp, MD
1996 Gerald Russell, MD
1998 Katherine Halmi, MD
2000 Paul Garfinkel, MD
2004 Peter Beumont, MD
2007 Francesca Brambilla, MD
2010 Bob Palmer, FRCPsych, FAED
2011 Bryan Lask, MD, FAED
2012 James Mitchell, MD, FAED
2013 G. Terence Wilson, PhD
AED Meehan/Hartley Award for Public Service and Advocacy
This award honors an individual who, over a sustained period of time ( i.e., 5 years or more) has significantly advanced the field of eating disorders through her/his impact on public policy, government advocacy or service to the community.
1994 Vivian Meehan, RN, DSc
1996 Pat Howe Tilton
2000 Patricia Hartley, PhD
2002 Patricia Santucci, MD, FAED
2003 Craig Johnson, PhD
2004 Hispano Latino American Special Interest Group
2005 David Herzog, MD
2006 Michael Levine, PhD, FAED
2007 Claire Vickery and Kathryn Westin, MA, LP
2008 Susan Ringwood
2010 Mary Tantillo, PhD, FAED
2011 Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED
2012 Mary Beth Krohel
2013 Karine Berthou
AED Leadership Award for Clinical, Administrative or Educational Service
This award honors contributions made by the awardee to the clinical care of those individuals suffering with an eating disorder, other than those whom the awardee has treated directly. Such an individual would have to have demonstrated sustained leadership, either through administrative (i.e., innovative new service delivery), educational, or clinical contributions to the field that positively impacted on the treatment and well-being of individuals with eating disorders nationally or internationally.
1998 Arnold Andersen, MD, FAED
2000 Pauline Powers, MD, FAED
2003 Marsha D. Marcus, PhD, FAED
2005 Robert Palmer, FRCPsych, FAED
2006 Michael Strober, PhD, FAED
2007 Patricia Fallon, PhD, FAED
2008 Roberta Sherman, PhD, FAED and Ron Thompson, PhD, FAED
2009 Ulrike Schmidt, MD, PhD, FAED
2010 Howard Steiger, PhD, FAED
2011 Judy Banker, MA, LLP, FAED
2012 Rachel Bryant-Waugh, PhD, FAED
2013 Debra Katzman, MD, FAED
AED Leadership Award for Research
This award honors an individual who has, over a substantial period of time ( i.e., 10 years or more), used research to develop new knowledge about eating disorders that is internationally respected. The knowledge has to have had a measurable impact on the field, either by significantly furthering our understanding of the etiology of eating disorders, by changing treatment or prevention, or by fostering new lines of research.
1995 James Mitchell, MD, FAED
1998 Walter Kaye, MD, FAED
2000 W. Stewart Agras, MD
2002 Christopher Fairburn, DM
2003 B. Timothy Walsh, MD, FAED
2004 Janet Treasure, FRCPsych
2005 Ruth Striegel-Moore, PhD, FAED
2006 Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED
2007 Manfred Fichter, MD
2008 G. Terrance Wilson, PhD
2009 Steve Wonderlich, PhD, FAED
2010 Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD, FAED
2011 Hans Hoek, MD, PhD, FAED
2012 Stephen Touyz, PhD, FAED
2013 Susan Paxton, PhD, FAED
AED Outstanding Clinician Award
2008 Susan Willard, LCSW, FAED
2009 Ivan Eisler, PhD
2011 Diane Mickley, MD, FAED
2012 Philip Mehler, MD, FAED
2013 Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, FAED
AED Distinguished Service
1998 Amy Baker Dennis, PhD, FAED
2002 Joel Yager, MD, FAED
2011 Joe Ingram, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Wiley-Blackwell
Publishing
2012 Michael Strober, PhD, FAED
2013 B. Timothy Walsh, MD, FAED
AED Public Service
1995 Susan Blumenthal, MD
2000 S. Kenneth Schonberg, MD
2011 Beth Klarman, The Klarman Family Foundation
2013 Marisa de Garcia Fernandez
AED Leadership Award for Corporate Service
2008 Unilever
2009 Bos, International & Claude Carrier
AED Research-Practice Partnership Award
2009 Tri Delta International Fraternity and Carolyn
Becker, PhD, FAED
2012 Michael Levine, PhD, FAED