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Historical Tables of BGA Awards


Awardees are announced at the Annual Meeting during the closing banquet.

Dobzhansky Founders Lifetime Achievement Awarda


The Dobzhansky Founders Lifetime Achievement Award is given for outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of behavior genetics.

1977 Steven Vandenberg
1978 Elliott Slater
1979 Ernst Caspari
1980 Benson Ginsburg
1981 Sheldon Reed
1982 Gardner Lindzey
1983 Peter Broadhurst
1984 Leonard Heston
1985 Niki Erlenmeyer-Kimling
1986 Raymond Cattell
1987 J L Fuller & J P Scott
1988 Lee Erhman
1989 Gerald McClearn
1990 Irving Gottesman
1991 John Loehlin
1992 John DeFries
1993 Peter Parsons
1994 Aubrey Manning
1995 David Fulker
1997 Ronald Johnson
1998 Stephen Maxson
1999 Lindon Eaves
2000 Pierre Roubertoux
2001 Tom Bouchard
2002 Robert Plomin
2003 Norman Henderson
2004 Sandra Scarr
2005 Nick Martin
2006 Jerry Hirsch
2007 Richard Rose
2008 John Hewitt
2009 David Blizard
2010 Andrew Heath
2011 Matt McGue
2012 Kenneth Kendler
2013 Dorret Boomsma
2014 Nancy Pedersen
2015 Hill Goldsmith
2016 Jaakko Kaprio
2017 William Iacono
2018 Margaret Gatz
2019 Jack McArdle and Carol Prescott
2021 Laura Baker
2022 Kaare Christensen
2023
Peter McGuffin
2024 Eric Turkheimer

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Editors’ Choice Awardb


The Editors’ Choice Award is given for the most outstanding paper published in the previous year in the journal Behavior Genetics.

2000 Mark Siegal & Daniel Hartl Oviposition-Site Preference in Drosophila Following Interspecific Gene Transfer of the Alcohol Dehydrogenase Locus link
2000 Mike Neale, Stacey Cherny, Pak Sham, J. B. Whitfield, Andrew Heath, A. J. Birley, & Nick Martin Distinguishing Population Stratification from Genuine Allelic Effects with Mx: Association of ADH2 with Alcohol Consumption link
2001 Lon Cardon & Goncalo Abecasis Some Properties of a Variance Components Model for Fine-Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci link
2002 Sathees B. C. Chandra, Gregory J. Hunt, Susan Cobey & Brian H. Smith Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Reversal Learning and Latent Inhibition in Honeybees (Apis mellifera) link
2003 Edwin van den Oord & Harold Snieder Including Measured Genotypes in Statistical Models to Study the Interplay of Multiple Factors Affecting Complex Traits link
2004 Nathan A. Gillespie, Gu Zhu, Michael C. Neale, Andrew C. Heath & Nicolas G. Martin Direction of Causation Modeling Between Cross-Sectional Measures of Parenting and Psychological Distress in Female Twins link
2005 Norman D. Henderson, Maria Grazia Turri, John C. DeFries & Jonathan Flint QTL Analysis of Multiple Behavioral Measures of Anxiety in Mice link
2006 Michael Galsworthy et al. Assessing Reliability, Heritability and General Cognitive Ability in a Battery of Cognitive Tasks for Laboratory Mice link
2007 Carol A. Prescott, Pamela A.F. Madden & Michael C. Stallings (editors) Challenges in Genetic Studies of the Etiology of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder: Introduction to the Special Issue link
2008 Danielle Dick et al. Association of CHRM2 with IQ: Converging Evidence for a Gene Influencing Intelligence link
2009 Douglas B. Matthews, Elissa J. Chesler, Melloni N. Cook, Jody Cockroft, Vivek M. Philip & Dan Goldowitz Genetic mapping of vocalization to a series of increasing acute footshocks using B6.A consomic and B6.D2 congenic mouse strains link
2010 Jonas K. Olofsson, Michael Rönnlund, Steven Nordin, Lars Nyberg, Lars-Göran Nilsson & Maria Larsson Odor Identification Deficit as a Predictor of Five-Year Global Cognitive Change: Interactive Effects with Age and ApoE-ε4 link
2011 Matthew C. Keller, Sarah E. Medland & Laramie E. Duncan Are Extended Twin Family Designs Worth the Trouble? A Comparison of the Bias, Precision, and Accuracy of Parameters Estimated in Four Twin Family Models link
2012 Brian M. Hicks, Benjamin D. Schalet, Stephen M. Malone, William G. Iacono & Matt McGue Psychometric and Genetic Architecture of Substance Use Disorder and Behavioral Disinhibition Measures for Gene Association Studies link
2013 Mark James Adams, James E. King & Alexander Weiss The Majority of Genetic Variation in Orangutan Personality and Subjective Well-Being is Nonadditive link
2014 Maciej Trzaskowski, Oliver S. P. Davis, John C. DeFries, Jian Yang, Peter M. Visscher & Robert Plomin DNA Evidence for Strong Genome-Wide Pleiotropy of Cognitive and Learning Abilities link
2015 Lindon J. Eaves, Beate St. Pourcain, George Davey Smith, Timothy P. York & David M. Evans Resolving the Effects of Maternal and Offspring Genotype on Dyadic Outcomes in Genome Wide Complex Trait Analysis (“M-GCTA”) link
2016 D. A. Briley, K. Paige Harden, Timothy C. Bates & Elliot M. Tucker-Drob Nonparametric Estimates of Gene × Environment Interaction Using Local Structural Equation Modeling link
2017 Valerie Knopik and Jenae Neiderhiser (editors) Special Issue on The Importance of the Prenatal Environment in Behavioral Genetics link
2018 Pierre Roubertoux et al. Differential Brain, Cognitive and Motor Profiles Associated with Partial Trisomy. Modeling Down Syndrome in Mice link
2019 Camelia C. Minică, Conor V. Dolan, Dorret I. Boomsma, Eco de Geus & Michael C. Neale Extending Causality Tests with Genetic Instruments: An Integration of Mendelian Randomization with the Classical Twin Design link
2020 Daniela I. Schneider, Lee Ehrman, Tobias Engl, Martin Kaltenpoth, Aurélie Hua-Van, Arnaud Le Rouzic & Wolfgang J. Miller Symbiont-Driven Male Mating Success in the Neotropical Drosophila paulistorum Superspecies link
2021 Justin D. Tubbs, Robert M. Porsch, Stacey S. Cherny & Pak C. Sham The Genes We Inherit and Those We Don’t: Maternal Genetic Nurture and Child BMI Trajectories link
2022 Jared V. Balbona, Yongkang Kim & Matthew C. Keller Estimation of Parental Effects Using Polygenic Scores link
 2023      
 2024 Dirk Pelt
   

Early Career Awardc


The Early Career Award is given for outstanding early career contributions to the field.

2004 Frank Spinath
2005 Danielle Posthuma
2006 Danielle Dick
2007 Valerie Knopik
2008 Meike Bartels
2009 Alexandra Burt
2010 Arpana Agrawal
2011 Sarah Medland & Brian D’Onofrio
2012 Matt Keller & Christel Middeldorp
2013 Henrik Larsson
2014 Brian Hicks
2015 Paige Harden & Elliott Tucker-Drob
2016 Sara Hart
2017 Karen Verweij
2018 Lucia Colodro Conde, Scott Vrieze
2019 Michel Nivard
2021 Abdel Abdellaoui, Kristine Marceau
2022 Christopher Beam
2023
Andrew D. Grotzinger

FABBS Award


The Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) Early Career Impact Award is given to a BGA member every three years.

2015 Brian D’Onofrio
2018 Karin Verweij
2021 Kristine Marceau
2023 Emma C. Johnson

Outstanding Associate Member Oral Presentation Awardd


The Outstanding Associate Member Oral Presentation Award is given each year for the best oral presentation by an associate member. Prior to the introduction of the Outstanding Associate Member Poster Presentation Award (formerly the Rowe Award) in 2013, the Outstanding Associate Member Oral Presentation Award was given for the best presentation by an associate member, regardless of format.

1977 Nancy Galvin
1978 Gregory Carey
1979 Marla Sokolowski
1981 Michael Pogue-Geile
1982 Paul Sharp
1983 Michael Neale
1984 Christine Michard & George Vogler
1985 Dorret Boomsma & Lucinda Miner
1986 David Harder
1987 J. S. de Belle
1988 Joanne Meyer
1989 Susan Parlour
1990 Lon Cardon & Philip Welbergen
1991 Abel Bult & Lawrence Rodriguez
1992 Deborah Finkel
1993 Hermine Maes
1994 Frans Sluyter
1995 Soo Hyun Rhee & Stephen Petrill
1996 Stephanie Schmitz
1997 Martine Thomis
1998 Javier Gayán & Alexander Weiss
1999 Danielle Dick & Danielle Posthuma
2000 Brian D’Onofrio & Nathan Gillespie
2001 Shaun Purcell
2002 Meike Bartels & Michael Galsworthy
2003 Arpana Agrawal
2004 Jennifer Lau
2005 Heather Gelhorn
2006 David Bard & Angelica Ronald
2007 Jane Mendle & Paige Harden
2008 Marleen de Moor & Kees Jan Kan
2009 Thomas Frisell
2010 Ben Neale, Jaime Derringer & Lannie Ligthart
2011 Roseann Peterson & Claire Coyne
2012 Scott Vrieze
2013 Jenny van Dongen & Maciej Trzaskowski
2014 Raymond Walters
2015 Baptiste Couvy-Duchesne
2016 Robert Maier
2017 Emily Smith-Woolley
2018 Fleur Meddens
2019 Kirstin Purves
2020 Jared Balbona and Rosa Cheesman
2021 Evan J. Giangrande
2022 Jeffrey A. Shero
2023 Hans Fredrik Sunde
2024
Lucía de Hoyos & Lukas Schaffer

Outstanding Associate Member Poster Presentation Awarde


The Outstanding Associate Member Poster Presentation Award is given for the best poster presented by an associate member.

2013 Stéphane Paquin
2014 Callie Little
2015 Megan Flom
2016 Milana Smolkina
2017 Laurence Tanguay-Garneau
2018 Spencer Huggett
2019 Chaoyu Kate Liu
2020 Claire Morrison
2021 Evan Winegar
2022 Tina T. Vo
2023 Lydia Rader 
2024
Hans Fredrik Sunde

Rising Star Awards

2022 Sarah L. Carroll, Lianne P. de Vries, & Jose J. Morosoli Garcia
2023
Madhurbain Singh & Eva M Bartsch
2024
Zhaoying Chen & Floris Huider
a Previously named the Dobzhansky Award (1977 - 2023)
b Previously named the Fulker Award (2000 - 2023)

c Previously named the Fuller and Scott Award (2004 - 2023)
d Previously named the Thompson Award (1977 - 2023)
e Previously named the Rowe Award (2013 - 2023)