Announcing the 2025 Department of Psychiatry Award Winners
We are pleased to share the nominees and winners of our 2025 Department Awards. These awards reflect the commitment of our faculty and learners to excellence in research, education, and the services they provide to our communities.
Department Award Winners and Nominees
Congratulations to all our winners!
Abraham Miller Undergraduate Teaching Award
Nominees:
Jason Fishman
Beverly Guan
Julie Henderson
Kate Strasburg
Winner:
Beverly Guan
Allen B. Tennen Award for Excellence in the Teaching and Supervision of Psychotherapy
Winner:
Daniel Greben
Award for Resident Teaching in Undergraduate Education
Nominees:
Ryma Bendel
Nabil Hawwa
Natalie Phung
Vincent Tang
Winner:
Vincent Tang
Banducci Family Excellence Award
Nominees:
Ryma Bendel
Kenya Costa-Dookhan
Hannah Kearney
Jennie Pouget
Winner:
Ryma Bendel
Best Accomplishment by a Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry
Nominees:
Caroline Wanderley Espinola
Helena Kim
Adriano Mollica
Ferron F. Ocampo
Emytis Tavakoli
Winner:
Caroline Wanderley Espinola
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Leadership Award
Winner:
Nikhita Singhal
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry Resident Award
Nominees:
Adi Nidumolu
Brian Serapio
Winner:
Brian Serapio
Department of Psychiatry Administrative Excellence Award
Winner: Rachel Delaney
Dr. Cintia Vontobel Padoin Memorial Award for Excellence in Infant & Preschool Psychiatry
Nominees:
Hawraa Almahmeed
Tyler Halverson
Winner:
Tyler Halverson
Dr. Harvey Moldofsky Postgraduate Travel Fellowship Award
Winner:
Jeanette Hui
Dr. Sol J. Goldstein Advocacy Award in Child-Adolescent Psychiatry
Nominees:
Tyler Halverson
Michael Wodzinski
Winner:
Michael Wodzinski
Ennis Scholarship in Medicine for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
Winner:
David Wiercigroch
Excellence/Innovation in Faculty Development Program Award
Winner:
Donald Wasylenki Education Day Planning Committee
Fred Lowy Award in Psychosomatic Medicine, Resident or Fellow
Nominees:
Ryma Bendel
Ayan Dey
David Freedman
Emytis Tavakoli
Winner:
Ayan Dey
George Voineskos Mentorship Award in Psychiatry
Nominees:
Tim Guimond and David Dai
Ishrat Husain and Andreea Chiorean
Ishrat Husain and Brett Jones
Ishrat Husain and Leonor Almendra Burgos Martinez
Sarah Levitt and Michael DeDominicis
Diane Phillip and Latifa Jaafar
Paula Ravitz and Emily Yung
John Teshima and Matthew Boyle
Simone Vigod and Lucy Barker
Stephanie Wisenthal and Claudia Thibodeau
Juveria Zaheer and June Lam
Winners:
Simone Vigod and Lucy Barker
Harinder K Gaind Bending the Arc Award
Winner:
June Lam
Henry Durost Award for Excellence in Creative Professional Activity
Nominees:
Blanca Bolea Almanac
Tara Burra
Sarah Levitt
Rosalie Steinberg
Andrea Waddell
Winner:
Blanca Bolea Almanac
Ivan L. Silver Award for Excellence in Continuing Mental Health Education
Nominees:
Shree Bhalerao
Marlon Danilewitz
Heather Flett, Molyn Leszcz, Julie Maggi, David Rojas, & Samantha Inwood
Renu Gupta, Jovana Martinovic, & Tatiana Valverde da Conce
Winner:
Heather Flett, Molyn Leszcz, Julie Maggi, David Rojas, & Samantha Inwood
The Julius, Dorota and Zofia (Zosia) Frist Memorial Prize in Neuropsychopharmacology
Nominees:
Natasha Anita
David Freedman
Jennie Pouget
Sara Rezaei
Kyle Valentino
Winner:
Jennie Pouget
Kevin Gordon Rankin Memorial Award
Nominees:
David Dai
Tyler Halverson
Winner:
David Dai
Lighthouse Psychiatry Award
Nominees:
Victoria Anderson
David Dai
Hannah Kearney
Bushra Khan
Vincent Tang
Winner:
Hannah Kearney
Man Pang Lau Award In Psychiatry
Nominees:
Charles Choi
David Dai
Latifa Jaafar
Ibrahim Mohammad
Afrose Munaha Mostofa
Jennifer She
Emytis Tavakoli
Christophe Tra
Winner:
David Dai
Marie Mara Award for Resident Advocacy
Nominees:
Erin Carter
Deanna Chaukos
Yanying Zhou
Winner:
Yanying Zhou
Mary Seeman Award for Achievement in the Area of Psychiatry and Humanities
Nominees:
Hadeel Aljazzaf
Victoria Anderson
Emytis Tavakoli
Winner:
Victoria Anderson
Max Alexandroff Award
Winner:
Ayan Dey
Medical Alumni Association Dr. Liz Gillespie Memorial Award
Nominees:
Tyler Halverson
Fiona Moloney
Winner:
Fiona Moloney
Paul E. Garfinkel Award for Best Fellowship Supervisor
Nominees:
Susan Abbey
Stefan Kloiber
Michael Mak
Winner:
Michael Mak
Paul Steinhauer Award for Best Postgraduate Teacher in Child and Youth Mental Health
Winner:
Hannah Klein
Robin Hunter Postgraduate Teaching Award
Nominees:
Nitin Chopra
Angela Golas
Daniel Greben
Mark Halman
Michael Mak
Perry Menzies
Kathleen Sheehan
Rosalie Steinberg
Winner:
To be announced
Robin Hunter Memorial Award
Nominees:
Hannah Kearney
Martin Kronenbuerger
Fumihiko Ueno
Stanley Wong
Winner:
Fumihiko Ueno
Susan Lieff Geriatric Teaching Award
Nominees:
Prakash Babani
Antonia Cappella
Sarah Colman
Angela Golas
Chris Kitamura
Diana Nicolici
Winner:
Chris Kitamura
Teresa Mak Memorial Award
Nominees:
Weam Sieffien
Stanley Wong
Sheida Zolfaghari
Winner:
Sheida Zolfaghari
Zofia Pakula Social Justice Award
Nominees:
David Dai
Ibrahim Mohammad
Afrose Munaha Mostofa
Winner:
David Dai