MONA Medal for Service Award
The President and the Board will award a MONA Medal for Service every two years. The Medal will be awarded to an individual in recognition of a major contribution in service of the aims of the Society. The Board will nominate individuals and vote to decide on the awardee. The President will have the deciding vote in the event of a tie.
2021 Recipient
Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Ph.D.
2023 Recipient
Lauren Osborne, M.D.
2025 Recipient
Sheehan D. Fisher, Ph.D.
MONA Medal for Research Award
The President and the Board will award a MONA Medal for Research every two years. The Medal will be awarded to an individual in recognition of groundbreaking research supporting the aims of the Society. The Board will nominate individuals and vote to decide on the awardee. The President will have the deciding vote in the event of a tie.
2021 Recipient
Nancy Byatt DO, MS, MBA
2023 Recipient
Krista Huybrechts, MS, PH.d.
2025 Recipient
Emily Miller, M.D., MPH
The Katherine L. Wisner, MD, MS
Early Career Award
The Board will nominate individuals and the President will have the deciding vote for the person(s) who will give the Lecture at the Biennial Conference.
The Katherine L. Wisner, MD, MS, Early Career Award was named in honor of the Society's first President and the driving force in the foundation of the Perinatal Mental Health Society that eventually became Marcé of North America (MONA). This award is for an innovative and highly productive perinatal health investigator who is within 10 years of the graduation from residency or post-doctoral training.
2019 Recipient
Lauren Osborne, M.D.
2021 Recipient
Sheehan Fisher, PH.D.
2023 Recipient
Jennifer Richards, Ph.d., MPH
2025 Recipient
Lucy Barker, M.D., Ph.D.
MONA Medal
The Medal will be awarded to an individual in recognition of groundbreaking research supporting the aims of the Society. The medal was then split into two categories for future conferences