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Nominations Invited

APA is inviting nominations for its Jack Weinberg Memorial Award for Geriatric Psychiatry. The award, established in 1983 in memory of Jack Weinberg, M.D., honors a psychiatrist who has demonstrated special leadership or who has done outstanding work in clinical practice, training, or research in geriatric psychiatry.

Candidates for the award must be psychiatrists who are nominated by an APA member. The award winner will receive a $500 honorarium and a plaque at APA's 2012 annual meeting in Philadelphia.

Submissions must include six copies of a letter summarizing the accomplishments of the nominee, two letters of endorsement from APA members, a current curriculum vitae, and bibliography.

The deadline for nominations is July 31. Submissions should be sent to Diane Pennessi, Staff Liaison, Council on Psychosomatic Medicine and Geriatric Psychiatry, APA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1825, Arlington, Va. 22209-3901. More information is available by contacting Pennessi at (703) 907-8668 or .