Congratulations to the following 2009 Society of Behavioral Medicine Achievement Awards recipients!

Distinguished Scientist James A. Blumenthal, PhD**

Early Career Investigator Maria Kangas, PhD**

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Excellence in Behavioral Medicine Training Program Clinical Health Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Wilford Hall Medical Center Ann Hryshko-Mullen, PhD ABPP**

Outstanding Dissertation Kelly P. Arbour, MSc, PhD**

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Distinguished Mentor
Clinical
Martita A. Lopez, PhD*
Research
Judith K. Ockene, PhD, MEd*

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Distinguished Student Awards

Travel Scholarship Delesha L. Carpenter, MSPH**	Travel Scholarship Heather Prayor-Patterson, MA**
Excellence in Research Adam Gonzalez, BA**	Excellence in Research Sarah E. Linke, BA, MS**
Excellence in Research Deborah Rosenthal, MA**	Excellence in Service Delivery Joseph P. Nimon, BS**

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The Society of Behavioral Medicine recognizes the following individuals for their hard work and dedication to the Society.

Distinguished Service
Phillip J. Brantley, PhD
Lora E. Burke, PhD, MPH, FAHA, FAAN
Susan M. Czajkowski, PhD
Amanda L. Graham, PhD
Peter G. Kaufmann, PhD
Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Jennifer Steel, PhD
Katharine E. Stewart PhD, MPH
Ken Wallston, PhD

Special Service
Phillip J. Brantley, PhD
Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD*
Jeffrey L. Goodie, PhD, ABPP
Amanda L. Graham, PhD
Paul B. Jacobsen, PhD
Ira S. Ockene, MD*
Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP*
Susan S. Woods, MD, MPH*

SBM congratulates the following recipients of these special awards given by the Special Interest Groups.

Cancer SIG
Cancer SIGGIE
Suzanne M. Miller, PhD
Michael E. Stefanek, PhD

Child and Family Health SIG
The Student Award for Excellence in Child and Family Health Research
Kristin A. Long, MS

Complementary and Alternative Medicine SIG
CAM Investigator Research Award
Shamini Jain, MS
CAM Student Research Award
Fadel Zeidan, MA

Ethnic, Minority, and Multicultural Health SIG
Outstanding Student Abstract Awarded by the Ethnic, Minority, and Multicultural Health SIG
Caitlin Burditt, MA
Kysa Christie, MA

Multiple Health Behavior Change SIG
MHBC SIG Award
Patricia Castle, MA

Pain SIG
The Student Investigator Award
Valérie Poulin, BSc

Physical Activity SIG
Physical Activity SIG Student Research Award
Anca Gaston, MA

Spirituality and Health SIG
Early Investigator Spirituality and Health Research Award
Maureen R. Benjamins, PhD
Honorable Mention
Cheryl L. Holt, PhD
Amy B. Wachholtz, PhD

Student SIG
Student SIG Research Award
Anna Levin, BA
Jennifer Otten, MS, RD

Women's Health SIG
Outstanding Student Researcher in Women's Health Award
Anca Gaston, MA

* Not Pictured
**Also pictured Bonnie Spring, PhD, ABPP