2020 HMS Psychiatry Awards and Recognitions

January 21, 2021

In this challenging year, the Executive Committee of the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, would like to acknowledge and congratulate the trainees and faculty who received the following HMS Psychiatry Awards and Fellowships during the 2020 academic year. It is a marvelous way to celebrate our vibrant combined academic community.
 

Stuart Hauser Mentorship Award - The yearly Award is given to a faculty member(s) at Harvard Medical School for outstanding sustained mentorship of medical students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty in the areas of adult and child psychiatry, human development, and psychosocial research.

  • Marshall Forstein, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance
     

Cynthia N. Kettyle Teaching Award for Medical Student Education in Psychiatry – Presented annually since 2004 to HMS faculty members who have inspired medical students by their warmth, character and dedication to medical student teaching in psychiatry and have exemplified for students the vitality and relevance of psychiatry to medical practice.

  • Elizabeth Dunn, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
     
  • John Fromson, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
     

Jonathan F. Borus Outstanding Early Career Educator Award in Medical Student Education in Psychiatry – Presented annually since 2011 to junior HMS faculty members at Harvard Medical School who have demonstrated exceptional promise, initiative and commitment in the area of psychiatric education.

  • Joji Suzuki, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Brigham Women’s Hospital
     

Mysell Award for Best Poster Presentation by a Fellow - Award given for the best poster presentation by a Fellow at the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry Research Day. Since the Harvard Psychiatry Research Day Poster Session was canceled due to COVID 19, below is the short list of Mysell prize-eligible posters:

  • David Aguilar, Ph.D., VA Boston Healthcare System, Abnormal cortical excitability in schizophrenia-like mouse models leads to impaired evoked gamma band activity and cognition during behavioral task performance”
     
  • Jugajyoti Baruah, Ph.D., McLean Hospital,Loss of vascular SNAP25 alters Brain Development and Behavioral Outcome”
     
  • Robert Mealer, M.D., Ph.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,The schizophrenia-associated variant in SLC39A8 alters glycosylation of critical proteins in the mouse brain”
     
  • Laura Murray, Ph.D., McLean Hospital, “Real-World Positive and Negative Affect is Associated with Neural Reactivity During Reward and Loss Processing in Adolescents”
     
  • Lucas Tramaiolli, Ph.D., McLean Hospital, “Neuroanatomical Evidence for Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex Interaction in Salience Detection”
     

Solomon Award for Best Poster Presentation by a Resident - Award given for the best poster presentation by a Resident at the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry Research Day. Since the Harvard Psychiatry Research Day Poster Session was canceled due to COVID 19, below is the short list of Solomon prize-eligible posters:

  • Radu Iliescu, M.D., BIDMC Harvard Psychiatry Residency Training Program, “Smartphone Ownership and Use of Mental Health Applications by Psychiatric Inpatients”
     
  • Jessica Principe, M.D., BWH Harvard Psychiatry Residency Training Program, “Vitamin K Status is associated with cognitive control reaction time and depressive symptoms in overweight children”
     
  • Michael Ruderman, M.D., Harvard South Shore Psychiatry Residency Training Program, “Mortality Rate Reduction in Mental Health Clinic Patients Exposed to Collaborative Care”
     
  • Jack Turban, M.D., MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program, “Pubertal Suppression during Adolescence is Associated with Lower Odds of Lifetime Suicidal Ideation among Transgender Young Adults”
     

Dupont Warren Fellows – Awarded to HMS Psychiatry Residents to create opportunities for advanced study and research in Psychiatry, and to serve as a bridge between clinical training and the development of a research career.

  • Robert Mealer, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital – “Reversibility of brain glycosylation changes associated with a schizophrenia risk variant in SLC39A8”
     
  • Robyn Thom, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital – “Prevalence of modifiable atherosclerotic cardiac risk factors among adults with autism spectrum disorder”
     
  • Andrew Wu, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – “Using MaxDiff survey methods to characterize resident burnout heterogeneity: prioritizing self-reported factors associated with resident burnout and work-related stress and determining willingness to utilize mental health supports”
     

Kaplen Fellowship on Depression – This Fellowship was endowed specifically to support training in research on depression and allied affective disorders.

  • Karmel Choi, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital – “An exposure-wide, genetically informed investigation of modifiable factors for depressive symptoms in young people”
     
  • Jonathan Greenberg, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital – “Preventing transition from acute to persistent mTBI symptoms among college-aged individuals with depression: The Toolkit for Optimal Recovery after Concussions (TOR-C)”
     

Norman E. Zinberg Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry Research - This Fellowship was endowed specifically to support training in research on alcohol and drug use disorders.

  • Stanley Lyndon, M.D., Brigham & Women’s Hospital – “Understanding substance use disorders in Bipolar Disorders and Schizophrenia
     

Livingston Award – This award provides support to beginning investigators in psychiatric research.

  • Lauren Breithaupt, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital – “Inflammatory markers in anorexia nervosa using advanced proteomics”
     
  • Xi Chen, Ph.D., McLean Hospital – Observing glutamate and lactate dynamics in schizophrenia during working memory task
     
  • Laura Erwin, Ph.D., McLean Hospital – “Preconvulsant effects of cannabinoids in male and female nonhuman primates”
     
  • Jonathan Greenberg, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital – “Preventing transition from acute to persistent mTBI symptoms among college-aged individuals with depression: The Toolkit for Optimal Recovery after Concussions (TOR-C)
     
  • Helen Murray, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital – “Self-guided gastrointestinal behavioral health treatment via mobile-application: Pilot randomized clinical trial with rumination syndrome”
     
  • Haley Solomon, D.O., VA Boston Healthcare System – “Veterans’ knowledge and perceptions about cannabis”
     
  • Robyn Thom, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital – “Prevalence of modifiable atherosclerotic cardiac risk factors among adults with autism spectrum disorder”
     
  • Chirag Vyas, M.B.B.S., Massachusetts General Hospital – Metabolomics and integration of multiomics approaches to address mechanisms in late-life depression and cognitive decline