Distinguished Service to Behavior Analysis Awardee
2009: Dr. Brian Iwata
Dr. Brian Iwata is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Florida, where he directs research programs on disorders of learning and behavior. He has published over 200 articles and chapters and has received over $6 million in research grants to support that work. Brian is the former editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and past president of the Association for Behavior Analysis (APA), Division 33 of the American Psychological Association, the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis, the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis, and the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. He has chaired study sections for both the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Mental Health, is an inaugural fellow in ABA International, and also is a fellow in the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR), the APA, and the American Psychological Society. Brian has received a number of significant awards for his work, including the D. F. Hake Award for Contributions to Basic and Applied Research as well as the Award for Applied Research from APA, the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Service from ABA, and the R. B. Dillard Award for Excellence in Research from AAMR. Brian is just as much a teacher of researchers as he is a researcher: Half of the recipients of the B. F. Skinner Award (APA Division 25) have been his former Ph.D. students.
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