Charles H. Zeanah, Jr, MD, the Mary Peters Sellars-Polchow Chair in Psychiatry at Tulane University School of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2025 Bowlby-Ainsworth Award presented by the Center for Mental Health Promotion. The award recognizes senior scholars who exemplify the standards of scholarship, collegiality, and mentoring that John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth shared, taught, and valued.
Dr. Zeanah is a leader in infant mental health, and the award recognizes him for clarifying the concepts of attachment disorder and disorganized attachment, along with his work guiding practitioners through the intricacies of attachment theory and research.