The International Society of Psychiatric Genetics (ISPG) is a

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that aims to "promote and facilitate research in the genetics of psychiatric disorders,

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s and allied traits". To this end, among other things, it organizes an annual "World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics". It also awards each year the "Ming Tsuang Lifetime Achievement Award" for scientists who have made major contributions to the field of psychiatric genetics and the "Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award" for work of exceptional merit by researchers under 40 years of age.

Presidents

The following people have been president of the society: *1992–1996:

Theodore Reich Theodore Reich (October 14, 1938 – December 25, 2003) was a Canadian-American professor of psychiatry and genetics at the Washington University School of Medicine. Reich is considered one of the founders of modern psychiatric genetics Psychiatr ...

*1996–2000:

Peter McGuffin Peter McGuffin (04 February 1949 – 30 January 2024) was a Northern Irish psychiatrist and geneticist from Belfast. Early life Peter McGuffin was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 14 February 1949. He was the eldest of three children of Ma ...

*2000–2005: Mike Owen *2005–2010:

Ming Tsuang Ming Tso Tsuang (; born November 16, 1931) is an American psychiatrist and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. He is considered a pioneering researcher in the genetic epidemiology of schizophrenia and ...

*2010–2012: Nick Craddock *2012–2016: Francis J. McMahon *2016–present: Thomas G. Schulze

Ming Tsuang Lifetime Achievement Award

The annual Ming Tsuang Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a distinguished senior scientist who has made significant and sustained contributions to the advancement of the field of psychiatric genetics. It is named for

, who was the recipient of the award in 1995. The following persons have received this award:

References

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* {{authority control Organizations established in 1992 International scientific organizations Psychiatry organizations Behavioural genetics societies