IPA Junior Research Awards

2025 IPA Junior Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics

JRA Travel Stipend Award
Soyoung Lee
Social Cognition and Loneliness in Older Adults: A Population-based Study

Free/Oral Presentation Awards
Soyoung Lee
Atrophy Network Mapping of Transitional Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease

Yuting Yang
Multidimensional Dynamics Prospectively Predict Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease: Findings from Intensive Longitudinal Data

Poster Presentation Awards
Runa Hirose
An Exploratory Study on Behavioral Changes Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Health Guidance Using PLR (Sleep Monitoring Data): A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Zhoulin Chen
The Relationship Between Mobility and Daily Well-being in Older Adults at Cold Weather in a Subtropical Climate

Femke Muller
Perspectives of nursing home residents, relatives, and care staff on what matters for high-quality relationships in the dementia care triad: A group concept mapping study

2024 IPA Junior Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics

Free/Oral Presentation Awards
Jissa Martin
Sex differences in population attributable fractions of
modifiable dementia risk factors: evidence from Rush
University Memory and Aging Project

Wendal Lima Rabelo
Assessing physical activity's impact on dementia
occurrence among older adults in Brazil: Evidence from
the ELSI-Brazil Study

Poster Presentation Awards
Alexandre Monteiro
Why Doesn't Grandma Remember Me? Exploring the
World of the Brain and Memory through Educational
Activities and Cognitive Stimulation

Livio Rodrigues Leal
Comparison between three cognitive impairment
screening tools (MMSE, MoCA and MoCA basic) for
seniors with low education in primary care in Brazil

Ryo Shikimoto
Neuropsychological and brain profiles in elderly adult
cancer survivors: A population-based cross-sectional
study

Free/Oral Presentation Awards

Huizi Li, China - Loose functional connectivity within the striatum in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

Jean Stafford, United Kingdom - Social health and subsequent cognitive capability: examining the potential mediating roles of depression symptoms and inflammatory biomarkers

Poster Presentation Awards

Anne Nobels, Belgium - "Invisible hence inexistent?": Sexual violence in older adults

Shankar Tumati, Canada - Measuring clinically relevant change in apathy symptoms in ADMET 2

Wenping Mo, Japan - Association between sleep disturbance and subjective well-being among community-dwelling older people: a serial multiple mediation model

Sisu Seong, South Korea - Prefrontal activation during a verbal fluency test in patients with major depressive disorder: an fNIRS study

Isabel Bermejo-Gómez, Spain - Correlates of anticipatory grief in family caregivers of persons with dementia

2023 IPA Junior Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics

Free/Oral Presentation Awards

Huizi Li, China - Loose functional connectivity within the striatum in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

Jean Stafford, United Kingdom - Social health and subsequent cognitive capability: examining the potential mediating roles of depression symptoms and inflammatory biomarkers

Poster Presentation Awards

Anne Nobels, Belgium - "Invisible hence inexistent?": Sexual violence in older adults

Shankar Tumati, Canada - Measuring clinically relevant change in apathy symptoms in ADMET 2

Wenping Mo, Japan - Association between sleep disturbance and subjective well-being among community-dwelling older people: a serial multiple mediation model

Sisu Seong, South Korea - Prefrontal activation during a verbal fluency test in patients with major depressive disorder: an fNIRS study

Isabel Bermejo-Gómez, Spain - Correlates of anticipatory grief in family caregivers of persons with dementia

2019 IPA Junior Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics

First Place Winner:

Clinical impact of antipsychotic and benzodiazepine reduction: Findings from a multicomponent psychotropic reduction program within long-term aged care
Daniel Hoyle (Australia)
University of Tasmania, School of Medicine

Second Place Winner:

End-of life Care in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review
Joshua M. Baruth (United States)
Mayo Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology

Third Place Winner:

Attachment anxiety, depression, and perceived social support: a moderated mediation model of suicide ideation among the elderly
Awirut Oon-arom (Thailand)
Chiang Mai University, Department of Psychiatry

Previous Recipients

2016 IPA Junior Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Elijah Mak (United Kingdom)
Second Place – Harris Eyre (Australia)
Third Place – Sarah Robertson (United Kingdom)

2015 IPA Junior Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Mark A. Oldham (United States)
Second Place – Timo Grimmer (Germany)
Third Place – Donnamay Brown (Australia)

2013 IPA Junior Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – John-Paul Taylor (United Kingdom)
Second Place – Hyun Kook Lim (Korea)
Third Place – Ruslan Leontjevas (The Netherlands)

2011 IPA Junior Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Ipsit Vahia (United States)
Second Place – Charlotte Allan (United Kingdom)
Third Place – Rosie Watson (United Kingdom)

2009 IPA Junior Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Grace TY Leung (Hong Kong SAR PR China)
Second Place – Yi Zhang (Sweden)
Third Place – Juanita Westbury (Australia)

2007 IPA Junior Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Carmen Andreescu (United States)
Second Place – Mathew Niti (Singapore)
Third Place – Katie Palmer (Sweden)

2005 IPA Junior Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Pauline Aalten (The Netherlands)
Second Place – Ivo Aben (The Netherlands)
Third Place – Suk Ling Ma (Hong Kong)

2003 IPA Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Joella Storey (Australia)
Second Place – Claudia K-Y Lai (Hong Kong)
Third Place – Yonas E. Geda (United States)

2001 IPA Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Robert Sweet, (United States)
Second Place – Pieter Jelle Visser, (The Netherlands)
Third Place – George E. Vaillant (United States)

1999 IPA-Bayer Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Jürgen Unützer (United States)
Second Place – Sarvada Chandra Tiwari (India)
Third Place – Linda A. Gerdner (United States)

1997 IPA-Bayer Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Steve Simpson (United Kingdom)
Second Place – Michel Bédard (Canada)
Third Place – Michael Linden (Germany)

1995 IPA-Bayer Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – George E. Vaillant (United States)
Second Place – V. Olga B. Emery (United States)
Third Place – Luc P. De Vreese (Italy)

1993 IPA-Bayer Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Kaj Blennow (Sweden)
Second Place – Gary W. Small (United States)
Third Place – Evelyn L. Teng (United States)

1991 IPA-Bayer Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Wayne G. J. Reid (Australia)
Second Place (tie) – D. P. Devanand (United States)
Second Place (tie) – Neal Krause (United States)

1989 IPA-Bayer Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics
First Place – Barry W. Rovner (United States)
Second Place – Alistair Burns (United Kingdom)