2024 - 2025 External Awards
Every year, our community members receive a variety of awards and honours in recognition of their achievements and excellence in the field of psychiatry. The following is a summary of some the honours received between May 2024 and June 2025.
2024 - 2025 External Awards
International & National
Dr. Sacha Agrawal - 2025 Donald Richards Wilson Award.
Dr. Lucy Barker - 2025 PSI Graham Farquharson Knowledge Translation Fellowship.
Dr. Venkat Bhat - 2024 Royal College Award for Early Career Leadership in Professional Practice and Patient Care.
Dr. Venkat Bhat - Emerging Leader of the Year 2025, Digital Health Canada.
Drs. Daniel Blumberger, Sidney Kennedy, Meng-Chuan Lai, Rodrigo Mansur, Daniel Mueller, Arun Ravindran, and Joshua Rosenblat - Clarivate 2024 Highly Cited Researchers.
Dr. Matthew Burke - 2025 American Academy of Neurology Norman Geschwind Prize.
Dr. Peter Collins - King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Dr. Allison Crawford - 2024 Robyn Tamblyn Health Services and Policy Research Innovator Award.
Dr. Jia Hong (David) Dai - Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Best Trainee Poster Presentation Award.
Dr. Kien Dang and Dr. Carmen Wiebe - AAP Fellow Awards.
Dr. Heather Flett - 2024 AAP Early Career Development Award.
Dr. Sonu Gaind - American Psychiatric Association (APA) Distinguished Service Award and APA Profile in Courage Award.
Dr. Sonu Gaind - King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Dr. Zoe Hilton - Governor General’s Innovation Award.
Dr. Certina Ho - ICRE Top Poster Award.
Dr. Jason Joannou - MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Dr. Helena Kim - ACPC Annual Research Award.
Dr. Nicole Kozloff - 2025 PSI Graham Farquharson Knowledge Translation Fellowship.
Dr. Paul Kurdyak - Distinguished Fellow status, Canadian Psychiatric Association.
Dr. Christopher McIntosh - 2025 John Fryer Award.
Dr. Suneeta Monga - Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Best Oral Presentation Award.
Dr. Benoit Mulsant - American College of Psychiatrists’ 2025 Geriatric Research Award.
Dr. Farooq Naeem - named a Global CBT Ambassador by the World Confederation of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies.
Dr. Tarek Rajji - 2024 CAGP Outstanding Contributions in Geriatric Psychiatry Award.
Dr. Saadia Sediqzadah - CMA Young Leaders Award from the Canadian Medical Association.
Dr. Daisy Singla - Anne Marie Albano Early Career Award for the Integration of Science and Practice.
Dr. Kathleen Sheehan - AAP Poster Award on Innovation: Building the Future of Education.
Dr. Adrienne Tan - Program Director of the Year from the International Conference on Residency Education.
Dr. Victor Tang - 2025 Alies Muskin Career Development Leadership Program Award: Basic Neuroscience/Clinical Research Track.
Dr. Anupam Thakur - CPA-COPCE Award for the Most Outstanding Continuing Education Activity in Psychiatry.
Dr. Simone Vigod - 2025 CPA-CAPE Alex Leighton Award.
Dr. Aristotle Voineskos - 2024 Joel Elkes Research Award.
Dr. Emily Yung - Resident Doctors of Canada Puddester Award for Resident Wellness.
Provincial & Local
Dr. Petal Abdool - 2023-2024 Ivan Silver Innovation Award.
Dr. Sacha Agrawal - 2025 Don Wasylenki Education Day Best Faculty (Clinical) Poster Award.
Dr. Kenya Costa-Dookhan - 2025 Don Wasylenki Education Day Best Trainee Poster Award.
Dr. Cate Creede-Desmarais and the NEAL Team - 2023-2024 Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Program Development and Coordination.
Dr. Shaheen Darani - the 2025 Robert Sheppard Award.
Dr. Ayan Dey - MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2022-2023.
Dr. Ayan Dey - DPRD 2024 Best Presentation by a Resident.
Dr. Mary Jane Esplen - 2025 Don Wasylenki Education Day Best Faculty (Status Only) Poster Award.
Dr. Mary Jane Esplen, Dr. Shaheen Darani, and the Department of Psychiatry Mentorship Working Group - Helen Batty Award in Category 2: Excellence or Innovation in Program Development and Design.
Dr. Inbal Gafni and Dr. Tatiana Valverde da Conceicao - Women's College Hospital Teacher-Educator/Clinical Instructor/Preceptor Award.
Dr. Omar Ghaffar - Sinai Health Excellence in Education Award.
Drs. Renu Gupta, Jovana Martinovic, and Tatiana Valverde da Conceicao - 2025 WCH Education Innovation Award for the EDIB Mini-Series.
Dr. Ramzi Halabi – DPRD 2024 Best Presentation by a Fellow.
Dr. Holly Harris and Dr. James Svoboda - 2025 Don Wasylenki Education Day People's Choice Best Poster Award.
Dr. Zoe Hilton - 2025 President’s Impact Award.
Dr. Nicholas Neufeld – DPRD 2024 Department of Psychiatry Research Day Newly Established Researcher Prize.
Dr. Raj Rasasingham - 2023-2024 Excellence in Interprofessional CPD Award for the Future of Psychotherapy 2024 Conference.
Dr. Ayesha Rashidi – DPRD 2024 Best Presentation by a Graduate Student Award.
Dr. Dana C. Ross – DPRD 2024 Best Poster Award.
Dr. Erene Stergiopoulos - Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine.
Dr. Victor Tang - 2025 Institute of Medical Science Faculty Recognition Award for Strong Teaching and Strong Citizenship.
Dr. Karen Wang - University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine 2025 David Fear Fellowship.
Dr. Eleanor Weisbaum - Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award.
The above list is a selection of awards received by our community members. Exclusion from this list does not indicate diminished importance.