Psychiatry Department Awards 2018-19
Internal Awards 2018-19
Abraham Miller Undergraduate Teaching Award
Nominees:
Neely Bakshi
Deanna Chaukos
Carla Garcia
Ajmal Razmy
Harold Spivak
Ayal Schaffer
Richard Yanofsky
Winner:
Neely Bakshi
Award for Resident Teaching in Undergraduate Education
Nominees:
Nathan Bakker
Zainab Furqan
Joshua Rosenblat
Navdeep Sandhu
Mara Silver
Tamir Streiner
Winner:
Joshua Rosenblat
Best Accomplishment by a Fellow Award (Clinical)
Nominees:
Wael Karameh Karameh
Dina Lagzdins
Osnat Melamed
Ipsita Ray
Simina Toma
Winner:
Wael Karameh Karameh
Best Accomplishment by a Fellow Award (Research)
Nominees:
Laura Castellani
Yekta Dowlati
Waqas Khan
Thomas D. Prévôt
Winner:
Thomas D. Prévôt
Cleghorn Award in Schizophrenia Studies
Winners:
Kenya Costa-Dookhan
Jenny Lepock
Parnian Pardis
Kevin Wang
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry Resident Award
Nominees:
Olga Malinowska
Sean Nestor
Anthony Yeung
Winner:
Anthony Yeung
Donald A. Wasylenki Award for Social Responsibility
Winner:
Monica Malta
Donald Wasylenki Award for Best Sociocultural Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Nominees:
Suze Berkhout
June Lam
Winner:
June Lam
Dr. Allan Kaplan Graduate Award
Nominees:
Danielle Baribeau
Tyler Kaster
Joshua Rosenblat
Winner:
Tyler Kaster
Fred Lowy Award in Psychosomatic Medicine, Resident or Fellow
Nominees:
Rida Hashim
Karen Le
Gilla Shapiro
Lily Van
Winner:
Gilla Shapiro
Henry Durost Award for Excellence in Creative Professional Activity
Nominees:
Allison Crawford
Mary Jane Esplen
David Gratzer
Robin Green
Janice Halpern
Winner:
Mary Jane Esplen
Ivan L. Silver Award for Excellence in Continuing Mental Health Education
Nominees:
The Future of Psychotherapy Planning Committee and The Department of Psychiatry Admin Team for the 2019, “Future of Psychotherapy Conference.”
Mary Priesman for “Psych Review” Course
Winner:
Mary Priesman for “Psych Review” Course
The Julius, Dorota and Zofia (Zosia) Frist Memorial Prize in Neuropsychopharmacology
Winner:
Sophia Attwells
Kevin Gordon Rankin Memorial Award
Nominees:
Zenita Alidina
Justine Giddens
June Lam
Nicholas Neufeld
Ivan Poukhovski-Sheremetyev
Simina Toma
Winner:
Zenita Alidina
Liz Gillespie Award for Best Academic Paper in Child and Youth Mental Health
Nominees:
Zenita Alidina
Danielle Baribeau
Aneta Krakowski
Simina Toma
Winner:
Aneta Krakowski
Marie Mara Award for Residents Advocacy
Nominees:
Susan Abbey
Matthew Boyle
Tamina Eapen
Robert Gardin
Winner:
Tamina Eapen
Mary Seeman Award for Achievement in the Area of Psychiatry and the Humanities
Nominees:
Nahomi Amberber
Suze Berkhout
Connor Brenna
Kara Hounsell
Ronald Leung
Meera Mahendiran
Arjun Sharma
Winner:
Connor Brenna
Mary Seeman Award for Clinical Excellence in the Department of Psychiatry
Winner:
Gary Remington
Dr. Max Alexandroff Award
Winner:
Josh Rosenblat
Paul E. Garfinkel Award for Best Fellowship Supervision
Nominees:
Vincenzo Deluca
Sanjeev Kumar
Lakshmi Ravindran
Abraham Snaiderman
Winner:
Vincenzo Deluca
Paul E. Garfinkel Prize for Excellence in Resident Leadership
Winners:
Evan Baker and Katrina Hui
Paul Steinhauer Award for Best Postgraduate Teacher in Child and Youth Mental Health
Winner:
Kate Cochrane-Brink
Psychotherapy Award for Excellence in Supervision
Winner:
Diane Philipp
Resident Psychotherapy Award: Best Clinical Case Report Submitted by a Resident
Nominees:
Lucy Chen
Zainab Furqan
Jonathan Hsu
Karline Treurnicht Naylor
Daniel Rosenbaum
Francesca Schiavone
Winner:
Lucy Chen
Robin Hunter Postgraduate Teaching Award
Nominees:
Shree Bhalerao
Roisin Byrne
Shaheen Darani
James Detusch
Tamina Eapen
Daniel Greben
Jason Joannou
Andy Lustig
Lindsey MacGillivray
Mary Preisman
John Teshima
Greg Chandler
Winner:
John Teshima
Robin Hunter Memorial Award
Winner:
Thomas D. Prévôt
The Psychotherapy Award for Academic Excellence
Nominees:
Judith Laposa
Diane Philipp
Winner:
Judith Laposa
Zofia Pakula Social Justice Award
Nominees:
Katrina Hui
Rahat Hussain
Bushran Khan
June Lam
Winner:
Katrina Hui
External Awards 2018-19
International
Suze Berkhout - Schizophrenia International Research Society 2019 Congress Travel Award
Bruce Fage - 2019 Laughlin Fellow, The American College of Psychiatrists
Susan Franchuk - 2019 Ruth Fox Scholarship from the American Society of Addiction Medicine
K. Sonu Gaind - Vice-Chair, American Psychiatric Association Council on International Psychiatry
Graham Glancy - The Golden Apple Award, The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Benjamin Goldstein - The Colvin Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research, The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
Robin Green - elected to the office of Member-at-Large of the International Neuropsychological Society
Nathan Kolla - 2019 Early Career Investigator Award, North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders
Aneta Krakowski - Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows, AACAP
Sanjeev Kumar - Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award, 2019 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Abigail Ortiz - Best Paper of the Year, International Society of Bipolar Disorders
Clare Pain - Creative Scholarship Award, Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture
Saadia Sediqzadah - Mind Brain Behaviour Award for Interdisciplinary Research, Harvard
Daisy R. Singla - 2019 Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science
Peter Szatmari - Fellow, International Society of Autism Research
John Teshima - President, the Association for Academic Psychiatry
Mary Vachon - The Herman Feifel Award, The International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement
Aristotle Voineskos - one of ten new members of The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation’s Scientific Council
National
Lisa Andermann - Fellow, Canadian Psychiatric Association
Suze Berkhout - Best Trainee Presentation Award, Canadian Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine 2018 Annual Meeting
Carole Cohen - 2018 CAGP Outstanding Contributions in Geriatric Psychiatry Award
Vincenzo De Luca - Young Investigator Award , Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Bruce Fage - 2018 RDoC Mikhael Award for Medical Education, resident category.
Benjamin Goldstein - 2018 Samarthji Lal Award
Robin Green - Dr. Jane Gillett Research Award, Brain Injury Canada
Diana Kljenak - Distinguished Fellowship of the Canadian Psychiatric Association
Daphne Korczak - Chair, Mental Health Strategic Task Force, Canadian Pediatric Society
Kwame McKenzie - 2018 Pioneers for Change Award
Nicholas Neufeld - Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fellowship
Sagar Parikh,Trehani Fonseka, Andrew Kcomt, Janice Pong, et al - Paula Goering Collaborative Researh and Knowledge Translation Award
Allan Peterkin - Peterkin Brett-MacLean Prize, CAHH
Ariel Shafro - COUPE Early Educator Award.
Sophie Soklaridis - Certificate of Merit Award, Canadian Association for Medical Education
Anthony Yeung - COPE Best Paper Award
Provincial
K. Sonu Gaind - OMA Relativity Advisory Committee (RAC), and Chair of the RAC in 2019
Rahat Hossain – David S. Howes Fund, Awarded Niagara Community Foundation, Special Projects Fund prizes, United Way
Judith Laposa - 2018 Dr. Harvey Brooker Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Ontario Psychological Association
Frank Sommers - OMA Presidential Award
Local/Internal
2018 Academic Scholar Award Winners: George Foussias, Sophie Grigoriadis, Margaret Hahn, Michael Kiang, Sanjeev Kumar, Meng-Chuan Lai, Madeline Li, Susan Lieff, Mark Sinyor, Katherine Trottier, Priya Watson, Gwyneth Zai
Drs. Zenita Alidina, Elaine Bradley, Zainab Furqan, Beverly Guan, Katrina Hui, Aarti Rana (all Residents) - 2019 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD) Recognition Award (U of T)
Yusra Ahmad, Lindsay Baker, Jovana Martinovic, and Alpna Munshi - The 2018-2019 Excellence Funds
Philip Gerretsen, Vanessa Goncalves, Albert Wong and Fang Liu - Miner’s Lamp Innovation Fund in the Prevention and Early Detection of Severe Mental Illness for 2018
Beverly Guan, Katrina Hui - 2019 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Recognition Award (U of T)
Bushra Khan - The Social Responsibility Award in Postgraduate Medical Education at the University of Toronto
Shane McInerney - The Connaught Community Partnership Research Program Award
Latika Nirula, Karen Leslie, and Sick Kids/CAMH project teams - 2017-2018 Excellence in Interprofessional CPD Award
Mitesh Patel - Miriam Rossi Award for Health Equity in Medical Education
Peter Selby and his project team - 2017-2018 Ivan Silver Innovation Award
Peter Selby, Paula Ravitz, Clare Pain, and Dawit Wondimagegn - 2017-2018 Dave Davis Research Award
Michelle Sukhu and Samah Alkhawashski - Postgraduate Medical Trainee Leadership Award
Ivan Silver - Colin Woolf Award for Longterm Contributions to CPD.
Sanjeev Sockalingam and the MP3C team - Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Program Development and Coordination
Andrea Waddell - Colin Woolf Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching of CPD
Catherine Zahn - 2019 Dean’s Alumni Award: Lifetime Achievement Award for National/Community Impact
Gwyneth Zai, Jeff Daskalakis, Leon French, Colin Hawco, James L. Kennedy, Peggy Richter, Aristotle Voineskos with Trevor W. Robbins and Barbara J. Sahakian - Labatt Family Innovation Fund in Brain Health 2018 Competition
Carrol Zhou - Council of Psychiatric Continuing Education (COPCE) Best Paper by a Psychiatry Resident Award