--- url: 'https://www.healthinaging.org/health-aging-foundation/what-we-do/recognizing-achievements-and-leadership-geriatrics/thomas-and' title: 'Thomas and Catherine Yoshikawa Award ' author: name: hia-admin url: 'https://www.healthinaging.org/user/1' date: '2018-03-27T20:21:34+00:00' updated: '2025-09-24T19:17:31+00:00' type: page summary: 'Thomas and Catherine Yoshikawa Award > Named in honor of Dr. Thomas T. Yoshikawa and his wife, Catherine—who together served the AGS and the geriatrics community for more than two decades—the Yoshikawa Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation offers recognition and financial support to emerging eldercare scholars who represent the early promise of the Yoshikawas’ own illustrious career.' published: true --- ## [Thomas and Catherine Yoshikawa Award](/health-aging-foundation/what-we-do/recognizing-achievements-and-leadership-geriatrics/thomas-and) Named in honor of Dr. Thomas T. Yoshikawa and his wife, Catherine—who together served the AGS and the geriatrics community for more than two decades—the **Yoshikawa Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation** offers recognition and financial support to emerging eldercare scholars who represent the early promise of the Yoshikawas’ own illustrious career. The award, which includes a $1,500 honorarium, has been supported through 2032 thanks to generous support from AGS members and countless friends and colleagues of Dr. and Mrs. Yoshikawa. [Click here for more information on eligibility and application process](https://meeting.americangeriatrics.org/submissions/thomas-and-catherine-yoshikawa-award "Yoshikawa Award Application ") Thomas and Catherine Yoshikawa Dr. Yoshikawa was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society from 2000-2016, supported by Mrs. Yoshikawa as Editorial Assistant. Under his leadership, JAGS is now included in more than 9,000 library collections and has been recognized as one of the oldest and most impactful publications on gerontology and geriatrics, according to ISI Journal Citation Reports®. They have also been trusted colleagues, mentors, and friends to countless AGS members, researchers, healthcare professionals, and students who have benefitted from their commitment to service leadership. ## 2025 Recipient ### Nancy Schoenborn, MD, MHS **Nancy Schoenborn, MD, MHS** is the 2025 recipient of the Thomas & Catherine Yoshikawa Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Clinical Investigation. She is a national leader in the study of individualized care of medically complex older adults that considers each person’s health status and personal preferences. Her pioneering work has identified the disconnect between common concepts and language used in scientific research and guidelines (such as life expectancy) and patient perspectives which then negatively impact care. She has, in turn, bridged this disconnect by studying and incorporating patient preferences for how to communicate sensitive topics such as life expectancy and discontinuation of preventive services. Her work has examined decision-making from the clinician and the patient perspectives and has focused on the critical role of communication in facilitating patient-centered care. She is currently leading an interdisciplinary project to study how to more broadly message about the harms of cancer over screening to the public as well as the ethics of using persuasion in health communication. Dr. Schoenborn has been widely recognized for her contributions to geriatrics and aging research. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded her a R03 grant (2015-2018) for early-career specialists transitioning to aging research (GEMSSTAR) and a Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (2018-2024). She was among the inaugural cohort of Multiple Chronic Conditions Scholars in 2019, sponsored by the Healthcare Systems Research Network and the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independent Centers AGING Initiative. She also was named a T. Franklin Williams Scholar by the AGS Health in Aging Foundation and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (2015-2018). Her achievements within the American Geriatrics Society include receiving a New Investigator Award (2016), being honored as the Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year (2019, and receiving Best Paper and Best Poster Awards (2022). Hopkins awarded her the Clinician Scientist Award in 2016. Past Award Recipients 2024 C. Barrett Bowling, MD, MSPH 2023 Dae Kim, MD, MPH, ScD 2022 Amy S. Kelly, MD, MSHS 2020 Alexander Smith, MD, MS, MPH 2019 Amy Kind, MD, PhD 2018 Heather Whitson, MD, MHS 2017 Sei Lee, MD, MAS 2016 Mara Schonberg, MD, MPH 2015 Rebecca Sudore, MD 2014 XinQi Dong, MD, MPH 2013 Cynthia J. Brown, MD, MSPH 2012 Malaz A. Boustani, MM, MPH 2011 Catherine A. Sarkisian, MD, MSPH2010 2010 Cynthia M. Boyd, MD, MPH 2009 Louise C. Walter, MD 2008 R. Sean Morrison, MD 2007 Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH 2006 David J. Cassaret, MD, MS 2005 Joe Verghese, MBBS, MS 2004 Terri R. Fried, MD 2003 Edward Marcantonio, MD, Boston, MA 2002 James T. Pacala, MD, Minneapolis, MN 2001 Thomas M. Gill, MD, New Haven, CT 2001 Greg A. Sachs, MD, Chicago, IL 2000 Elizabeth Capezuti, PhD, RN 1999 Mark A. Supiano, MD 1998 Sharon K. Inouye, MD 1992 Mary Tinetti, MD 1991 Larry Rubenstein, MD, MPH Thank you to the Yoshikawa Award Supporters ### Our sincere thanks to those who made this award possible. | Cathy Alessi William Applegate Linda Hiddemen Barondess Dan Berlowitz Shalender Bhasin Ellen Binder Patricia Blanchette Soo Borson Cynthia Boyd Suzanne Bradley Cynthia Brown Kenneth Brummel-Smith John Burton Christopher Carpenter Steven Castle Joshua Chodosh Elizabeth Cobbs Leo Cooney Kenneth Covinsky Heather D’Adamo Vinod Dhawan Catherine DuBeau | Veronica Engle Lois Evans Thomas Finucane Terry Fulmer David Ganz Thomas Gill Carol Goodwin Shelly Gray Kevin High Judith Howe Sharon Inouye Richard Jones Robert Kane Carol Kauffman Ann Kolanowski Seth Landefeld Cathy Lee Sean Leng Lewis Lipsitz Nancy Lundebjerg Michael Malone Nicolas Musi | Mary Beth O’Connell Joseph Ouslander Robert Palmer Mary Happel Palmer William Reichel David Reuben Michael Rich Debra Saliba Kenneth Schmader Todd Semla Manish Shah Kenneth Shay Linda Sohn Gail Sullivan Mark Supiano Bruce Troen Gwen Uman Joseph Verghese Wiley Gwen Yeo Thomas and Catherine Yoshikawa | |---|---|---|