Dr. Philip D. Harvey Receives the American College of Psychiatrists’ Stanley R. Dean Award

Philip D. Harvey, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, will be the next recipient of the American College of Psychiatrists’ Stanley R. Dean Award. The prestigious annual award recognizes outstanding research and contributions to the understanding and treatment of schizophrenia.

Dr. Philip D. Harvey

Dr. Harvey is Leonard M. Miller Professor of Psychiatry, chief of the Division of Psychology, and a Veterans Administration senior health scientist. He is the author of more than 1,000 scientific papers and abstracts and he has written more than 60 book chapters.  He has been designated annually by Thompson-Reuters since 2010 as being in the top 1% of all mental health researchers in citations.

Dr. Harvey has received continuous federal funding since 1985. His research has focused on cognition and everyday functioning across neuropsychiatric conditions, with a special focus on severe mental illness. His research has also focused on technology in mental health and aging, including novel assessment strategies and technology-based interventions.

“I am very honored to have won this award,” Dr. Harvey said. “Although seven psychologists before me have received this award, the last time a psychologist won this award was in 1989.  That winner was Irving Gottesman, one of the best-known psychologists in the history of our field. I appreciate the support I receive from the members of our department that makes these achievements possible.”

Candidates for the award must be nominated and the winner is selected by the Board of Regents of the college. Past recipients of the award include some of the most prominent psychiatrists in the field whose work has led to novel and transformative discoveries in one of the most complex mental illnesses, schizophrenia.

Dr. Harvey will be presented with the award at the ACP’s 2021 Annual Meeting, where he will also give a lecture about his impactful work.

The Stanley R. Dean Award for Research in Schizophrenia has been awarded yearly since 1962. It is named for Dr. Stanley Dean, a psychiatrist who in 1957 created a foundation to distinguish schizophrenia from mental illness as a whole and to highlight it as one of the major public health problems of our time.

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