ISRII 2025 Awards

We are thrilled to announce and congratulate the winners of the ISRII 2025 Awards! These outstanding individuals have demonstrated exceptional innovation, dedication, and impact in the field of digital health and behavior change interventions. Their work exemplifies the spirit and mission of ISRII, pushing the boundaries of science, technology, and global health equity. We applaud their achievements and are proud to recognize their contributions at the 13th Scientific Meeting in San Diego. Thank you for inspiring the ISRII community and advancing the future of internet interventions.

Please join us at ISRII 13th Scientific Meeting to celebrate this year's award winners! Register today!

 

Rising Star Award

Recognizing an outstanding investigator who has made significant contributions to digital health, this award honors a researcher whose body of work has had a measurable impact in the field.

The awardee will be invited to present their research as part of an award symposium at the ISRII 13th Scientific Meeting.

2025 Rising Star Award Winners:

  • Rachel Kornfield, PhD, Northwestern University
  • Colleen Stiles-Shields, PhD, University of Illinois Chicago
  • Frank Iorfino, PhD, University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre

Leadership Award

ISRII’s highest accolade, this award recognizes exceptional leadership and contributions to Internet Interventions through research, innovation, and advocacy.

This prestigious honor celebrates the award recipient's profound impact on the scientific community through visionary stewardship, groundbreaking research, and innovative initiatives. Recipients of this award are esteemed for their unwavering dedication to advancing the frontiers of knowledge and inspiring future generations of digital health scientists.

2025 Leadership Award Winner: Pepijn Van de Ven, PhD, University of Limerick

Translational Impact Award

The Translational Impact Award recognizes the translational and non-academic outputs of its members that advance the field of digital health by ensuring that research is translated into practice.

2025 Translational Impact Award Winners:

  • Heather Hadjistavropoulos, PhD, University of Regina
  • Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Jennifer Nicholas, PhD, University of Melbourne/Orygen Digital

Early Career Researcher Award

This award honors an exceptional early-career investigator who shows promise for contributing to the field of digital health. The awardee will be invited to present their research at the ISRII 13th Scientific Meeting awards symposium.

2025 Early Career Researcher Award Winners:

  • Geneva Jonathan, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
  • Alexandra Silverman, PhD, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
  • Saud Alomairah, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Extraordinary Dedication Award

This award recognizes an ISRII member who has demonstrated extraordinary contributions to ISRII’s activities and the advancement of Internet Interventions.

2025 Extraordinary Dedication Award Winner: Theresa (Terry) Fleming, PhD, Victoria University of Wellington

 

Extraordinary Contributions to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Award

The Extraordinary Contributions to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award is presented to an early- to mid-career stage ISRII member whose research and activities have made exceptional contributions to overcoming health disparities, advancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and making internet interventions more accessible to a broad and diverse population.

2025 JEDI Award Winner: Aderonke Pederson, MD, Massachusetts General Brigham-Harvard University

Travel Award

2025 Travel Award Winners:

  • Carina Akemi Nakamura, PhD, MSc, BSc, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
  • Tanvi Lakhtakia, B.A., University of Virginia
  • Clare Beatty, M.A., NOCD
  • Maria da Graca Ambrosio, M.D., MPH, University of Oxford
  • Geneva Jonathan, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
  • Nathaniel Choukas, B.S., University of Arizona, Department of Psychology
  • Torsa Chattoraj, M.A., University of Arizona, Department of Psychology
  • Emma Wilson-Lemoine, Ph.D., University of Virginia
  • Maxwell Klapow, MPhil., University of Oxford
  • Oluwapelumi Ashamu, B.Sc, M.Sc, University of Ibadan

Join us in honoring the ISRII 2025 Award winners at the ISRII 13th Scientific Meeting! Register today!