Award and Honors
Our faculty, staff, and learners receive numerous awards and honors each year for their outstanding contributions to scholarly research, clinical care, education, community involvement, and professional leadership.
Below you will find awards and honors that members of the department have received.
Using the links in the box to the right,
please visit the sections below to see the awardees in each category.
Chairman's Awards
The Annual Chairman's Award program honors faculty nominated by their colleagues in our department for their professionalism and exceptional work in one or more of the Department's five mission areas:
- Advancing Science
- Clinical Innovation and Service
- Educational Excellence
- Community Commitment and Engagement
- Leadership and Professionalism
In addition, Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty Award recognizes exceptional contributions of an Adjunct, Adjunct Clinical, or Affiliated faculty member. The “Unsung Hero” award recognizes individuals who give tirelessly and selflessly to the members and/or missions ofthe Department. The "Polymath Award" recognizes those who demonstrate outstanding effort across multiple mission areas.
Advancing Science Award
Clinical Innovation and Service Award
Educational Excellence Award
Community Commitment and Engagement Award
Leadership and Professionalism Award
Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty Award
Unsung Hero Award
Polymath Award
Professional Honors and Awards
by year
Sally Huang
2020-21 Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award
MD Program Teaching Awards Student Selection Committee, Stanford School of Medicine
Christina Chick
2021 Trainee Investigator Honorable Mention
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Yasmin Owusu
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Pre-Clinical Teaching
MD Program Teaching Awards Student Selection Committee, Stanford School of Medicine
Yasmin Owusu
Award for Excellence in Promotion of Learning Environment and Student Wellness
MD Program, Stanford School of Medicine
Shaul Druckmann
McKnight Scholar Award
McKnight Foundation
Anna Lembke
Humanitarian Award
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Rona Hu
2021 Kun-Po Soo Award
American Psychiatric Association
Daniel Mason
Guggenheim Fellowship
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Shi-bin Li
2021 Outstanding Early Investigator Award
Sleep Research Society
Nick Trapp
Sidney R. Baer Jr. Career Development Award
American Neuropsychiatric Association
Jack Turban
CALACAP Wasserman Education Fund Award
Northern California Regional Organization of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Ranak Trivedi
2021 Population Health Sciences SIG Award for Outstanding Abstract Submission
Abstract Title: How are informal caregivers adapting to COVID19? Preliminary results of an online survey
Society of Behavioral Medicine
Sergiu Pasca
2021 Basic Research Award
Schizophrenia International Research Society
Ripal Shah
Top 25 Rising Stars in Medicine
Medscape
Shi-bin Li
2021 SRSF Career Development Award
Sleep Research Society
Rania Awaad
2020's Top 25 Spiritual influencers, Leaders, and Notables
HolyTV
Gloria Kardong
Distinguished Life Fellow Award
American Psychiatric Association
Steven Adelsheim
Supervisor's Medal
Santa Clara County Supervisor, Joe Simitian
Nirao Shah
elected Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Matthew Edwards
2021 Laughlin Fellow
American College of Psychiatrists
Jackie Wang
2021 George Ginsberg Fellowship
American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training
Ola Golovinsky
2021 Lucille Fusaro Meinsler Program Administrator Award
American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training
Matthew Kendra
2020 Integrated Strategic Plan Star Award
Stanford Medicine
Sergiu Pasca
Life Sciences Breakthrough, top 10
Falling Walls
Wendy Feng
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Stanford Medicine
Jason Tucciarone
Psychotherapy Fellowship
American Psychoanalytic Association
Ryan Ash
2020 Outstanding Resident Award
National Institute of Mental Health
Csilla Lippert
Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy
Austen Riggs
Alexander Urban and Nolan Williams
2020 Bipolar Research Awards
One Mind
Robert Malenka
V. Sagar Sethi, M.D., Mental Health Research Award
North Carolina Psychiatric Association
Neir Eshel
2020 Bridge to Independence Award
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI)
Amy Alexander
MMI Traditional Interviewer Appreciation Award
Stanford Medicine Office of Medical Degree Admissions