Past Winners
2019
Michael A.J. Wohl, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Carleton University
2018
Debi A. LaPlante, PhD
Director of Research and Academic Affairs / Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Cambridge Health Alliance / Harvard Medical School
2016
Donald Black, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
2015
Luke Clark, Ph.D.
Centre for Gambling Research
University of British Columbia
2014
Researcher
Catharine Winstanley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar
University of British Columbia
Educator
Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Dean for Research and Planning, College of Public Health and Health Professions
Dean's Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health Professions and College of Medicine
University of Florida
2013
Jeffrey Derevensky, Ph.D.
Professor of School/Applied Psychology
McGill University
2012
Randy Stinchfield, Ph.D., L.P.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Minnesota Medical School
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2011
Wendy S. Slutske, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychological Sciences
University of Missouri - Columbia
2010
David C. Hodgins, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Institute Node Instructor, Alberta Gaming Research Institute
University of Calgary
2009
Senior Investigator
Jon E. Grant, J.D., M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Minnesota Medical School
Co-Director, Impulse Control Disorders Clinic
University of Minnesota Medical Center
Young Investigator
Anna Goudriaan, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
University of Amsterdam
2008
Senior Investigator
Marc N. Potenza, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Problem Gambling Clinic
Yale University School of Medicine
2007
Senior Investigator
Howard Shaffer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Director, Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance
2006
Senior Investigator Award
Suck Won Kim, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Impulse Control Disorders Clinic
University of Minnesota Medical School
Young Investigator Award
Rina Gupta, Ph.D.
Co-Director, International Center for Youth Gambling Problems & High-Risk Behaviors
Assistant Professor of School/Applied Psychiatry
McGill University
2005
Senior Investigator
Ken C. Winters, Ph.D.
Professor in Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School Director, Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research
2004
Senior Investigator
Alex Blaszczynski, Ph.D.
Head, Department of Medical Psychology
Westmead Hospital
Young Investigator
Jon E. Grant, J.D., M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Brown University
Chief, Impulse Control Disorders, Butler Hospital
2003
Senior Investigator
Robert Ladouceur, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Laval University
Young Investigator
Marc N. Potenza, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Problem Gambling Clinic
Yale University School of Medicine
Young Investigator (Honorable Mention)
Renee Cunningham-Williams, Ph.D.
Faculty Member at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work
2002
Senior Investigator
Robert Custer, M.D. (1927-1990)
Young Investigator
Nancy Petry, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Connecticut Health Center
