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TANG Foundation awards its inaugural Prize for Achievements in Psychology to Dr. Martin Seligman

The TANG Foundation recently awarded its first-ever prize for Achievements in Psychology to Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman, Director of the Penn Positive Psychology Center and Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Psychology. 

A marker of the high honor being bestowed, the award comes with a cash prize of $100,000 (CAD).  Dr. Seligman, who founded the field of positive psychology while President of the American Psychological Association, was presented with the award on Nov. 12th in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  The prize was created by Dr. Fay Tang of the TANG Foundation and adjudicated by the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychology.

In a recent interview, Dr. Tang said that “mental health and psychological well being are just as important as physical health,” ...
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Interview with Dr. Fay Tang

Editor-in-Chief Pax Tandon sat down to talk to Dr. Fay Tang, President and Founder of the Tang Foundation and creator of the first-ever Tang Prize for Achievements in Psychology, on November 21, 2014.

Notoriously private, Dr. Fay Tang has rarely engaged with the media.  So when she agreed to open her heart, her legacy, her struggles and her triumphs to me in a recent interview, I knew I was in for a treat.  The interview’s premise was to discuss the big win for Dr. Seligman and Positive Psychology that was receiving the first-ever Tang Prize for Achievements in Psychology, and maybe glean a quote or two from it.  What it ended up being was so much more; a rich tapestry of history, legacy, passion, challenge and triumph.
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