Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest: Brian J. Hall.

Abstract

The Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest recognize persons who have advanced psychology as a science and/or profession by a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the public interest. Two awards are given: one to a senior psychologist and a second to a psychologist who has made a significant contribution to the public interest in the early stages of his or her career. The 2021 recipients of the APA Awards for Distinguished Contributions in the Public Interest were selected by the 2020 Committee on Psychology in the Public Interest Awards. Brian J. Hall, PhD, is seen as one of the most outstanding psychologists in China and is well deserving of the Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest Early Career Award due to his exceptional accomplishments as an independent investigator, scholar, and educator. Dr. Hall possesses a rare blend of research skills, productivity, academic, and personal vision, the ability to take risks to obtain his goals, and a sincere and abiding interest in mentoring junior investigators. Dr. Hall has conducted ground-breaking work among migrants in China and works tirelessly to bring the best of psychology and public health to disadvantaged communities around the world. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).