2024 HMS Psychiatry Awards and Recognitions
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 2024. It is a marvelous way to celebrate our vibrant combined academic community.
Stuart T. Hauser, MD, PhD, Mentorship Award - The yearly Award is given to three faculty members 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.
- Sandra DeJong, MD, MSc, Cambridge Health Alliance
- Joseph Greer, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Roger Weiss, MD, McLean Hospital
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.
- Zheala Qayyum, MD, MMSc, Boston Children’s Hospital
- John Roseman, MD, McLean 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.
- Katherine Koh, MD, MSc, Massachusetts General Hospital
- John Torous, MD, MBI, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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.
- Marina Celestine, PhD, McLean Hospital - “Cingulum Bundle Pathways Provide New Basis to Understand the Clinical Outcome of Anterior Cingulotomy in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder”
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.
- Hyungjin (Tom) Kim, MD, BIDMC Harvard Psychiatry Residency Training Program - “Simulating Success: A Novel Curriculum to Improve Psychiatry Residents' Preparedness for Overnight Call”
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.
- Matthew Baum, MD, PhD, DPhil, Brigham and Women’s Hospital - “Discovery of Novel Autoantibody Syndromes with Prominent Psychotic Sequelae“
- Anderson Chen, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital - “Virtual Care Use as a Novel Predictor of Polypharmacy and Examination of Time Trends in Polypharmacy Across the COVID-19 Pandemic Period Among Older Adults“
- Yoonju Cho, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital - “EEG Markers in Home-Based tDCS for Treatment of ADHD“
- Matthew Kearney, MD, PhD, McLean Hospital - “Investigating the Role of Noradrenergic Signaling in the Sleep-Dependent Consolidation of Fear Memories“
- Ahmed Makhlouf, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital - “Reconciling Heterogeneous Functional and Structural Neuroimaging Findings in Schizophrenia“
- Yi-han Sheu, MD, MPH, ScD, Massachusetts General Hospital - “Reconstructing Longitudinal Depression Histories in Electronic Health Records with Advanced Language Models“
Kaplen Fellowship on Depression – This Fellowship was endowed specifically to support training in research on depression and allied affective disorders.
- Courtney Carla Louis, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital – “A Community-Partnered Implementation of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for Depression and Vasomotor Symptoms in Black Women during the Menopausal Transition (CBT-MENO+)"
Norman E. Zinberg Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry Research - This Fellowship was endowed specifically to support training in research on alcohol and drug use disorders.
- Victoria Votaw, PhD, McLean Hospital, “Examining Initial Response to Buprenorphine Treatment as a Prognostic Tool“
Livingston Award – This award provides support to beginning investigators in psychiatric research.
· Courtney Carla Louis, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital - “A Community-Partnered Implementation of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for Depression and Vasomotor Symptoms in Black Women during the Menopausal Transition (CBT-MENO+)"
· Victoria Votaw, PhD, McLean Hospital, “Examining Initial Response to Buprenorphine Treatment as a Prognostic Tool“
· Dilara Ally, PhD, MSW, Cambridge Health Alliance - “Using Data Science To Center Patient Perspectives In Psychological Mechanism Discovery and Intervention Development“
· Rotem Dan, PhD, McLean Hospital - “Individualized Circuit-Level Markers of Anhedonia at the Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Their Influence by Dopamine“
· Hadar Fisher, PhD, McLean Hospital - “The Role of Emotional Rigidity in the Onset and Treatment of Adolescent Depression: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Approach in Two Studies”
· Wei-Kai Huang, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital - “Interrogating Neuroimmune Dysfunction in Schizophrenia“
· Ellen Nancy Jopling, PhD, Boston Children’s Hospital – “From Neglect to Depression: A Multi-Omics Characterization of Risk”
· Paraskevi Evelyna Kambanis, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital - “Differential Trajectories Across Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Profiles in a 2-Year Prospective Study“
· Mohammad SE Sendi, PhD, McLean Hospital - “Modeling the Effect of Written Exposure Therapy on the EEG Signal in Patients with PTSD“
· Alexandra Silverman, PhD, McLean Hospital - “Development of an Online Behavioral Activation Single-Session Intervention for Acute Psychiatric Treatment Waitlists“
· Jenna Traynor, PhD, McLean Hospital – “Characterizing Neurocognitive Pathways to Intentional Self-Harm In A Longitudinal High Risk Cohort of Children and Adolescents in Brazil”