international society of psychiatric genetics international society of psychiatric genetics the international society of psychiatric genetics (ispg) is a learned society that aims to "promote and facilitate research in the genetics of psychiatric disorders, substance use disorders and allied traits". to this end, among other things, it organizes an annual "world congress of psychiatric genetics". it also awards each year the "ming tsuang lifetime achievement award" for scientists who have made major contributions to the field of psychiatric genetics and the "theodore reich young investigator award" for work of exceptional merit by researchers under 40 years of age. presidents the following people have been president of the society: 1992–1996: theodore reich 1996–2000: peter mcguffin 2000–2005: mike owen 2005–2010: ming tsuang 2010–2012: nick craddock 2012–2016: francis j. mcmahon 2016–present: thomas g. schulze ming tsuang lifetime achievement award the annual ming tsuang lifetime achievement award is given to a distinguished senior scientist who has made significant and sustained contributions to the advancement of the field of psychiatric genetics. it is named for ming tsuang, who was the recipient of the award in 1995. the following persons have received this award: 1993: seymour s. kety and george winokur 1995: ming t. tsuang 1997: irving i. gottesman 1999: theodore reich 2001: michael conneally 2002: jules angst and niki erlenmeyer-kimling 2003: c.robert cloninger 2004: peter propping 2005: not awarded 2006: elliot s. gershon 2007: peter mcguffin 2008: jürg ott 2010: susan e. folstein 2011: kenneth kendler 2012: raymond crowe 2013: john nurnberger 2014: margaret pericak-vance 2015: michael owen 2016: j. raymond depaulo, jr. 2017: pamela sklar and marcella rietschel 2018: stephen faraone 2019: patrick sullivan 2020: lynn delisi and michael o'donovan 2021: naomi wray