The Paul D. MacLean Award for Outstanding Neuroscience Research in Psychosomatic Medicine
Paul MacLean was a physician whose visionary neuroscientific research career at Yale Medical School and NIMH was inspired by his recognition of the importance of emotion in clinical medicine and everyday life. In 1949 he hypothesized that psychosomatic disorders arose from impairment in communication between the limbic system and neocortex. This award is intended to honor Dr. MacLean and promote the line of research that he created on emotion, the brain and physical disease. The award consists of a $1500 honorarium, complimentary meeting registration, up to $1000 in travel expenses, a plaque, and the opportunity to give a talk at the American Psychosomatic Society (APS) Annual Meeting. It is expected that the award recipient will be willing to contribute to the Society's Newsletter upon request from the Newsletter Editor.