Department of Psychiatry Awards 2019-20

Award winners and nominees

Abraham Miller Undergraduate Teaching Award

Winner: Andrew Lustig

Award in Addiction Psychiatry: Outstanding Resident in Addiction Psychiatry

Nominees: Bushra Kang, Yasmin Nasirzadeh, Victor Tang
Winner: Yasmin Nasirzadeh

Award for Resident Teaching in Undergraduate Education

Winner: Lu Gao

Best Accomplishment by a Fellow Award (Clinical)

Nominees: Froukje de Vries, June Lam, Rickinder Sethi
Winner: Froukje de Vries

Best Accomplishment by a Fellow Award (Research)

Nominees: Lucy Barker, Gerasimos Konstantiou, Nicholas Neufeld
Winner: Gerasimos Konstantinou

Cleghorn Award in Schizophrenia Studies Winners (in order of ranking):

1. Navona Calcaro (supervisor Aristotle Voineskos) 2. Nicolette Stogios (supervisor Mahavir Agarwal) 3. Dada Oluwagbenga (supervisor Vincenzo Deluca)

Child and Youth Mental Health Community Experience Award

Nominees: Bushra Khan, Lele Wang
Winner: Lele Wang

Division of Geriatric Psychiatry Resident Award

Nominees: Rachel Carr, Michael Tau
Winner: Rachel Carr

Donald Wasylenki Award for Best Sociocultural Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Nominees: Evan Baker, Sarah Bush, Bushra Khan, Daniel Rosenbaum
Winner: Sarah Bush

Dr. Allan Kaplan Graduate Award

Nominees: June Lam, Martin Rotenberg, Corey Weissman, Alaa Youssef
Winner: Martin Rotenberg

Fred Lowy Award in Psychosomatic Medicine, Resident or Fellow

Nominees: Danielle Baribeau, Anabel Carmel, Alvin Keng, Benyamin Rotberg, Aislynn Torfason
Winner: Alvin Keng

Dr. Graham Glancy and Dr. Cheryl Regehr Award for Research in Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Toronto

Winner: Laeticia Eid

Henry Durost Award for Excellence in Creative Professional Activity

Nominees: Shree Bhalerao, David Gratzer, Madeline Li
Winner: David Gratzer

Ivan L. Silver Award for Excellence in Continuing Mental Health Education

Winner: Shaheen Darani and Kiran Patel for their CPD activity Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Inmates through Education for Corrections Officers (joint application)

Julius, Dorota and Zofia (Zosia) Frist Memorial Prize in Neuropsychopharmacology

Nominees: Sophia Attwells, Laura Best, Taryn Grieder, Esmaeil Mansouri, Sridevi Venkatesan, Kristiana Xhima
Winner: Taryn Grieder

Kevin Gordon Rankin Memorial Award

Nominees: Amanda Ceniti, Arfeen Malick
Winner: Amanda Ceniti

Marie Mara Award for Residents Advocacy

Nominees: Nate Charach, Deanna Chaukos, Shaheen Darani, Justin Delwo, Mary Preisman
Winner: Shaheen Darani

Medical Alumni Association Liz Gillespie Award for Best Academic Paper in Child and Youth Mental Health

Nominees: Zenita Alidina, Alvin Keng
Winner: Zenita Alidina

Mary Seeman Award for Achievement in the Area of Psychiatry and the Humanities

Nominees: Bahar Orang, Saadia Sediqzadah
Winner: Bahar Orang

Mary Seeman Award for Clinical Excellence in the Department of Psychiatry

Nominees: Paul Kurdyak, Kiran Patel
Winner: Paul Kurdyak

Dr. Max Alexandroff Award

Winner: Danielle Baribeau

Outstanding Teaching Award for Excellence in Academic Half Day Teaching

Winner: Teaching team of Michele Warner and Leisha Senko (joint application)

Outstanding Teaching Award for Excellence in Resident Supervision

Winner: Lisa Ramshaw

Paul E. Garfinkel Award for Best Fellowship Supervision

Nominees: Jeff Daskalakis, Sanjeev Kumar
Winner: Sanjeev Kumar

Paul E. Garfinkel Prize for Excellence in Resident Leadership

Winners: Sabrina Botsford and Rachel Carr (PRAT Co-Presidents)

Paul Steinhauer Award for Best Postgraduate Teacher in Child and Youth Mental Health

Winner: Upasana Krishnadev

Psychotherapy Award for Excellence in Supervision

Nominees: Allison Crawford, Faye Doell, David Dorenbaum, Tim Gofine, Sarah Hales, Abby Hershler, Susan Hershkop, Rex Kay, Heather McGeer, David Robertson, Ivan Poukhovski Sheremetyev, John Sloane, Adrienne Tan,
Winner: Sarah Hales

The Psychotherapy Award for Academic Excellence

Nominees: Allison Crawford, MEET MP, Farooq Naeem, Hilary Offman, Paula Ravitz
Winner: Farooq Naeem

Resident Psychotherapy Award: Best Clinical Case Report Submitted by a Resident

Nominees: Jordan Bawks, Hussein Hirji, Kohdadad (Kody) Rasool Javaheri, Alvin Keng, Zoe Kichler, Zornitza Netcheva
Winner: Jordan Bawks

Robin Hunter Postgraduate Teaching Award

Nominees: Shree Bhalerao (SMH), Matthew Boyle (SHSC), Erin Carter (SJH), Shaheen Darani (CAMH), Tamina Eapen (CAMH), Daniel Greben (CAMH), Mark Halman (MSH), Raed Hawa (UHN), Emma Hapke (CAMH), Jason Joannou (CAMH), Diana Kljenak (UHN), Mary Preisman (MSH), Rosalie Steinberg (SHSC), Adrienne Tan (UHN)
Winner: Shaheen Darani

Robin Hunter Memorial Award

Winner: Tharshika Thangarasa

Zofia Pakula Social Justice Award

Winner: Saadia Sediqzadah