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Awards and Honors

Our faculty, staff, and learners receive numerous awards and honors each year from professional organizations and across Stanford for their outstanding contributions to scholarly research, clinical care, education, community involvement, and professional leadership.

John Leikauf
Psychodynamic Faculty Initiative (PsyFI) Mentorship Award
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Dolores Gallagher Thompson 
Award for the Advancement of Psychology and Aging
American Psychological Association's Annual Convention

Matthew Gunther
Arthur L. Bloomfield Award in Recognition of Excellence in the Teaching of Clinical Medicine – MD Program 
Stanford Medicine

Scott Kutscher 
Outstanding GME Program Director Award 
Stanford Medicine

Anish Mitra
Deeda Blair Research Initiative for Disorders of the Brain Award
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health

Christina Khan and Lawrence MvGlynn, on behalf of the THRIVE Clinic
Stuart Nichols Award
Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists

Apurva Bhatt 
3rd Place Poster Contest
Indo-American Psychiatric Association 

Vinod Menon and Weidong Cai 
Brain Structure and Function Runner-up Award for Best Neuroimaging Article
Organization for Human Brain Mapping

Nancy Haug 
elected President 
American Psychological Association Division 50, Society of Addiction Psychology

James Jacobs
Fellows Award
American College Health Association

Flora Ma
Todd “TJ” McCallum Gerodiversity Award 
American Psychological Association
Division 12, Section 2: Society of Clinical Geropsychology

John Havlik and Allen Chen
Outstanding Resident Award
National Institute of Mental Health

Victor Carrion 
Dr. Pedro Ruiz - Lifetime Achievement Award in the category of Social Psychiatry 
American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry (ASHP)

Leanne Williams
Gold Medal Award
Society of Biological Psychiatry

Debra Kaysen
elected President-Elect 
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 

Michael Ostacher
Appointed member 
APA's Council on Addiction Psychiatry 

Shashank Joshi
Santa Clara County District 5’s Healer’s Heart Award
presented by Supervisor Margaret Abe-Koga 

Mickey Trockel 
Excellence in our Workplace Award
SHC Medical Staff Awards

Matthew Gunther 
Innovation in Care Award
SHC Medical Staff Awards

Carolyn Rodriguez 
elected to serve on the Council of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Will Carlson
2026 Extraordinary Social Worker of the Year (Ambulatory) Award 
SHC's Office of the Chief Nurse Executive/Nursing Excellence Department/Social Work Leadership team

Hylton Molzof 
Recognition for demonstrating exceptional care and professionalism
Stanford Health Care’s Office of Patient Relations 

 

Rania Awaad (with colleagues Abiya Ahmed and Cassie Garcia Weisenberger)
2026 Faith & Health Campus Grant Award
Interfaith America

Gabriela Asturias
Named Person of the Year 2025
Prensa Libre

Leslie Adams
Awarded seed funding 
Stanford King Center on Global Development

Alan Schatzberg
Paul Hoch Distinguished Service Award
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Nolan Williams
Joel Elkes Research Award 
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Natalie Zahr
promoted from Member to Fellow
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Kevin Kelley, Jason Tucciarone, Thomas Hainmueller, and Daniel McCalley
selected for Travel Award Program
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Paula Muñoz Rodríguez
selected for Near-Peer Mentorship Program
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

David Baron
Outstanding Lifetime Leadership and Mentorship Award 
Global Men’s Health Foundation

David Eagleman 
Woz Innovation Award 
Inspiring Children Foundation 

Matthew Edwards 
Appointed Co-Chair, Fellowship Selection Committee
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry 

Vinod Menon (co-PI: Elizabeth Mormino)
Seed Grant
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Jason Tucciarone, Alison Hwong, and Ethan Solomon
Young Investigator Grants
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Matthew Gunther
Dorfman Journal Paper Award
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Rosa Ahn-Horst
2025 Educational Outreach Program Award
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

James Jaggard 
2025 Fellow-to-Faculty Award
Simons Foundation 

Allison Chang and Mikaela Kelly
2026 Laughlin Fellowship
The American College of Psychiatrists

Davide Momi 
Community Impact Award
Stanford Postdoc Champions

Gabriela Asturias
2025 Princess of Girona International Award in Research
Princess of Girona Foundation

Debra Kaysen
Appointed inaugural President 
Global Center for Journalism and Trauma

Rachel Manber
2025 Peter Hauri Lifetime Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award
Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine 

Alan Schatzberg
2025 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health 
National Academy of Medicine

Neir Eshel 
2025 Rising Star Award
One Mind-Burroughs Wellcome Fund 

David Baron
Golden Axon Leadership Award 
Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics

Kyosuke Yamanishi 
Best Basic Science Abstract Award 
American Delirium Society 

Lawrence Fung
Doctor of Education Honoris Causa
Bridges Graduate School

Edith Sullivan 
Lifetime Achievement Award
Research Society on Alcohol 

Divy Ravindranath 
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Clerkship Teaching
Stanford Medicine

Connor Adams 
Convention Travel Grant
American Psychological Association Committee on Early Career Psychologists/National Register of Health Service Psychologists 

Parnika Saxena
elected President 
Northern California Psychiatric Society

Alan Schatzberg
Nasrallah Family Award for Advances in Psychiatric Neuroscience
American Psychiatric Association

David Baron
Presidential Commendation
American Psychiatric Association

Carolyn Rodriguez
2025 Research Mentorship Award
American Psychiatric Association (APA), APA Foundation, and the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry

Dolores Gallagher Thompson
appointed to the APA Guideline Update Panel for the Treatment of Depression
American Psychological Association's Board of Directors

Sergiu Pasca
inducted to the College of Fellows
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering 

Leanne Williams
The Perry Award
Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Psychiatry 

Ilang Guiroy
2025 Child Intervention, Prevention & Services Fellowship
Child Intervention, Prevention & Services

Jeanette Hsu
2025 Toy Caldwell-Colbert Award for Distinguished Educator in Clinical Psychology
Society of Clinical Psychology, Division 12 of the American Psychological Association

Parnika Saxena
elected to serve on Council on Geriatric Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association

Karl Deisseroth
Asan Medical Award
Asan Foundation for Social Welfare

Ayudando Latinos a Soñar and the Stanford Immigrant Child Health Program
Community Partnership Award
Stanford University's Office of Community Engagement

Shashank Joshi
elected to the Senate of the Academic Council
Stanford University

Mikaela Kelly
2025 Alexandra and Martin Symonds Foundation Fellowship
Association of Women Psychiatrists

Corey Keller and Nolan Williams
Neuroscience:Translate awards
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Sheila Lahijani
elected as Treasurer
Board of Directors for the American Psychosocial Oncology Society

Rania Awaad
Spero Award 
Weill Cornell Medicine

Karen Osilla
2025 Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research
American Psychological Association

Rafael Pelayo
Public Service Award
Sleep Research Society

Ryan Matlow
2025 Stanford Community Engagement Impact Project
Stanford University's Office of Community Engagement

Ira Glick
2025 Educator Award in Biological Psychiatry
Society of Biological Psychiatry

Nolan Williams and Sergiu Pasca
2024 Leading Research Achievements by BBRF Grantees, Prize Winners & Scientific Council Members
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation 

Ranak Trivedi
appointed to the Committee on Aging
American Psychological Association

Kevin Kelley
Named 2024 Next Generation Leader
Allen Institute

Alexander Zha
Wasserman Education Fund Award
California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Sharon Williams 
2024 RISE (Recognizing Individuals for Support and Empowerment) Award
Stanford REACH-HBMC Summer Research Program

Lawrence Fung
inducted as a Distinguished Fellow 
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Ashley Shatola
2024 Educational Outreach Program Award
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

José Maldonado
Dlin/Fischer Research of the Year Award
Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Michael Ostacher
2024 President's Service Award
Northern California Psychiatric Society

Avital Fischer
Trainee Travel Award
Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Kate Hardy
elected President-Elect 
International Early Intervention and Prevention in Mental Health Association (IEPA)

Ashley Shatola
2024 Educational Outreach Program Award
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Tamar Green
Community Engaged Research to Promote Health Equity Pilot Grant Award
Stanford’s Maternal & Child Health Research Institute

Stephanie Balters
Innovation Grant
Stanford Medicine Teaching and Mentoring Academy

Nolan Williams
2024 Colvin Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Bipolar Mood Disorder Research
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Debra Kaysen
Allwood Award for Excellence in Trauma Services for the Underserved
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Dolores Gallagher Thompson
Geropsychology Board Award
American Board of Professional Psychology

Julian Raffoul
Trainee Travel Award
Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Cassondra Eng, Bora Kim, and Kevin Kelley
Young Investigator Grants
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation 

Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski and colleagues
Catalyst Grant Award
Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford's Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 

Dave Singh
appointed Fellow
Pierre Fauchard Academy

Miriam Muscarella
2025 Laughlin Fellowship 
The American College of Psychiatrists

Rania Awaad, Stephanie Balters, Weichen Ling, and Karen Saltzman
2024 IDEAL Honor Roll 
Stanford's Office for IDEAL Advancement

 

 

Cassondra Eng 
Best Postdoc Mentor Award
ProteinTech

Ehsan Adeli 
Hoffman-Yee Grant
Stanford Human Centered Artificial Intelligence

Karen Osilla
elected Fellow
American Psychological Association

Gary Bernard 
Meritorious Service Medal
United States of America

Erin Gibson
Honorable mention recipient of the 2024 Daniel X. Freedman Award
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Ranak Trivedi
granted Fellow status 
Gerontological Society of America

Erin Gibson
Junior Faculty Award
Society for Research on Biological Rhythms

Ryan Matlow
2024 Global Health Seed Grant Award
Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health

Ryan Ash 
Deeda Blair Research Initiative for Disorders of the Brain Award
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health

Parnika Saxena
elected Governmental Affairs Committee Chair
California State Association of Psychiatrists

Sergiu Pasca
Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Award in Translational Neuroscience 2024
The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation 

Keith Humphreys 
Mental Health Innovations Award for Excellence in Mental Health Policy
Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab 

Avital Fischer
selected as National Curriculum for Reproductive Psychiatry Fellow
National Curriculum for Reproductive Psychiatry 

Filza Hussain
Kelley M. Skeff Professionalism Award
Stanford Health Care

Jon Sole and Avital Fischer
GME Well-Being Award
Stanford Office of Graduate Medical Education

Smita Das
Presidential Commendation
Council on Addiction Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association

Robert Malenka
2024 Steven C. Beering Award
Indiana University School of Medicine 

Laura Roberts
2024 Distinguished Service Award
The American College of Psychiatrists

Sergiu Pasca
2024 Momentum Award
International Society for Stem Cell Research 

Rona Hu, Huiqiong (Joan) Deng, and Grace Jin
Recognition from the City of Half Moon Bay

Nolan Williams 
2024 A.E. Bennett Award for Clinical/Translational Research
Society of Biological Psychiatry

Alissa Rogol
Educational Outreach Program Award
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 

Amelia Abbott-Frey
Educational Outreach Program Award
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 

Erin Gibson
Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative 

Britt Wray
Top prize recipient in the Research Scientist: Early Career category,
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Kelsey Priest
Laughlin Fellowship
The American College of Psychiatrists

Robert Malenka
J.E. Wallace Sterling Lifetime Achievement Award in Medicine
Stanford Medicine Alumni Association

Ryan Ash
2023 Independence Award 
Simons Foundation

Sally Huang
2023 Resident Psychiatric Educator Award
Association for Academic Psychiatry

Fernanda Rossi
Selected for Fellowship in Addiction Dissemination and Implementation
Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science at Stanford

 

 

Grace Gengoux
elected Fellow 
American Psychological Association

Gen Shinozaki 
Wayne Katon Research Award
Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Afik Faerman
Award for Early Career Contributions to Hypnosis
American Psychological Association Division 30 

Neir Eshel
honorable mention for the 2023 Freedman Prize for Exceptional Basic Research
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

Karen Osilla
elected as a Member-at-Large
Board of APA’s Division 50 (Society of Addiction Psychology)

Shixie “Max” Jiang 
Laughlin Fellowship
American College of Psychiatrists

Shixie “Max” Jiang 
New Investigator Award
American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Shixie “Max” Jiang 
The Borten Family Foundation Junior Investigator Award
American Delirium Society

Ranak Trivedi and Dolores Gallagher Thompson and colleagues
Palliative Care Special Interest Group Award for Outstanding Abstract
Society of Behavioral Medicine

Anish Mitra
2023 Career Award for Medical Scientists
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Sally Huang
Resident Psychiatric Educator Award
Association for Academic Psychiatry

Laura Roberts
2023 Vestermark Psychiatry Educator Award
American Psychiatric Association

Rona Hu
Exemplary Community Service Award
Northern California Psychiatric Society

Rania Awaad
"Women On the Frontlines: Celebrating Women Faith Leaders" recognition
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Stanford Redwood City Sequoia School Mental Health Collaborative
2023 Stanford Community Partnership Award
Stanford University

Sepideh Bajestan
2022-2023 Irma Bland, MD Certificate of Excellence in Teaching Residents
American Psychiatric Association

Neal Amin
Deeda Blair Research Initiative for Disorders of the Brain Award
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health 

Ranak Trivedi
elected as Fellow
Society of Behavioral Medicine

Karl Deisseroth
co-recipient of the 2023 Japan Prize in the field of Life Science
The Japan Prize Foundation

Sally Huang
2023-2024 GAP Fellowship
The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry 

Dolores Gallagher Thompson
Champions of Caregivers Award
Family Caregiver Alliance

Sally Huang
Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy
The Austen Riggs Center

Rania Awaad
Stanford Impact Lab Design Fellow
Stanford Impact Lab

Omer Revah, Felicity Gore, and Kevin Kelley, in the Pasca Lab
Sammy Kuo Awards
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 

Jonathan Updike
Rural Health Fellows Program of 2023
National Rural Health Association

Integrated Behavioral Health team
2021 SHC Malinda S. Mitchell Quality and Service Award
Stanford Health Care

Makoto Kawai
2022 Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award
National Academy of Medicine 

Emmanuel Mignot (shared with Masashi Yanagisawa at the University of Tsukuba)
2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Keith Humphreys
named Honorary Officer
Order of the British Empire

Karl Deisseroth (shared with Peter Hegemann at Humboldt University of Berlin and Gero Miesenböck at the University of Oxford)
2022 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
Columbia University

Scott Kutscher
2022 Program Director Award
Stanford Medicine Office of Graduate Medical Education

Vinicius Miessler de Andrade Carvalho
selected to join the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences

Keith Humphreys
2021 Under Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research
US Department of Veteran's Affairs

Huiqiong Deng
Center for Asian Health Research and Education’s 2022 Seed Grant Award
Stanford University School of Medicine

Daryn Reicherter (with Co-PI Britt Wray)
2022 Global Health Seed Grant Award
Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health

Robert Malenka
2022 Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize
Society for Neuroscience and Federation of European Neuroscientists 

Cordelia Erickson-Davis 
2022 Outstanding Resident Award
National Institute of Mental Health

Laura Roberts
2022 CINP Ethics Prize
The International College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Rania Awaad
Community Engagement Pilot Award
Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education

Dan Landayan
Ben Barres Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Stanford Department of Neurobiolodgy and the Barres Research Endowment

James Lock
2023 Award for Leadership in Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatry
The American College of Psychiatrists

Kim Bullock (co-PI Jeremy Bailenson)
Neuroscience:Translate Award
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign

allcove Integrated Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Programs
2022 Stanford Community Partnership Award
Stanford University

Sherry Beaudreau
awarded Fellow status
Division on Adult Development and Aging of the American Psychological Association

Dolores Gallagher Thompson 
appointed as a member
State of California Health and Human Services Agency’s Alzheimer’s Advisory Committee

Sallie De Golia
Elected president, starting in 2022
American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training

Sergiu Pasca 
2021 recipient of the Judson Daland Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Patient-oriented Clinical Investigation
American Philosophical Society

Kevin Kelley 
2022 Laughlin Fellow
American College of Psychiatrists

Selma Tanovic 
2022 Nyapati Rao and Francis Lu International Medical Graduate Fellow
American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training

Ben Rein
2021 BrainStorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition Grand Prize Winner
Mind Science Foundation 

Sergiu Pasca
2021 Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award
International Society of Psychiatric Genetics

Karl Deisseroth
co-recipient of the 2021 Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Lasker Foundation

Sergiu Pasca
2022 IBRO-Dargut and Milena Kemali International Prize for Research in the field of Basic and Clinical Neurosciences
International Brain Research Organization

Anish Mitra
2021 Outstanding Resident Award
National Institute of Mental Health

Isheeta Zalpuri
2021 Early Career Development Award
Association for Academic Psychiatry

Nina Vasan
30 Under 40 in Healthcare
Business Insider

Daniel Mason
Gold Medal, Fiction Category
California Book Awards

Yelizaveta Sher
2021 CFRI CF Professional of the Year Award
Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute

Ryan Matlow
Impact Lab Design Fellowship
Stanford Impact Labs

Neir Eshel
Career Award for Medical Scientists
Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Michael Polignano; Dexter Louie; Brinly Garcia; Sonya Carten; Cindy Tse; Jake Mickelson
(Top five) multidisciplinary project: Improving Prescription Refills in Outpatient Psychiatry
Stanford Medicine 2021 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Symposium

Janelle Ruiz
Teaching Assistant Award
MD Program Teaching Awards, Stanford School of Medicine

Sally Huang
2020-21 Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award
MD Program Teaching Awards, 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, 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

 

 

Margaret May
2020 Early Career Development Award
Association for Academic Psychiatry

Meenakshi Shivaram
Inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Nina Vasan
Award for Excellence in Promotion of Learning Environment and Student Wellness
MD Program Teaching Awards Student Selection Committee
Stanford School of Medicine

Iona Machado and Lisa Ekeanyanwu
Fellowship Award
Association of Women Psychiatrists

Anna Lembke
Training Directors Award
American Society of Addiction Medicine

Karl Deisseroth
2020 Heineken Prize for Medicine
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Anna Lembke and Neil Brast
Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents
American Psychiatric Association

Ranak Trivedi
Sojourns® Scholar
Cambia Health Foundation

Sergiu Pasca
2020 C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy
American Association of Anatomy (AAA)

S. Dina Wang-Kraus
Psychotherapy Fellowship
American Psychoanalytic Association

Arielle Keller
Travel Fellowship Award
Society of Biological Psychiatry

Filza Hussain, along with coauthors Yelizaveta Sher and Jose Maldonado
ACLP Best Non-Trainee Poster Award “The Immersion Lecture Series: Arming CL Trainees with Advanced Medical Knowledge”
Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry’s 2019 Annual Meeting

David Hong
Faculty Scholar
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health

Robert Kleinman
2020 Laughlin Fellow
American College of Psychiatrists

Yuan Zhang
2019 Sammy Kuo Awards in Neuroscience - Paper of the Year
Stanford's Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Neal Amin
Outstanding Resident Award
National Institute of Mental Health

Matthew Edwards
Geriatric Mental Health Honors Scholars Program
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

Jessica Bentzley
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching

Nathaniel Morris
2019-20 Rappeport Fellowship
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
and
2019 Conference Travel Award and a Future Leader Supplemental Award
Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse

Megan Tan
Inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Adina Fisher
2019 Klingenstein Third Generation Fellowship Award in Depression

Manpreet Singh
2019 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation (KTGF) Award for Research in Depression or Suicide
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Carolyn Rodriguez
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Office of the President of the United States

Edith Sullivan
2019 Henri Begleiter Award for Excellence in Research
Research Society on Alcoholism

Jessica Bentzley
2019 Resident Psychiatric Educator Award
Association of Academic Psychiatry

Ira Glick
2019 Award for Extraordinary Public Service
Payne Whitney Clinic
and the
2019 Jackson E. Spears Community Service Award
New York Medical College

Nolan Williams
2019 Gerald R. Klerman Award
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Greer Murphy and Alan Schatzberg
2019 Mrazek Award in Psychiatry Pharmacogenomics
American Psychiatric Association/American Psychiatric Association Foundation

Malathy Kuppuswamy
2019 Nancy C.A. Roeske MD Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Education
American Psychiatric Association

Manpreet Singh
2019 Blanche F. Ittleson Award for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association

Alan Louie
2019 Vestermark Award
American Psychiatric Association

David Burns
2019 Irma Bland Award for Residency Education
American Psychiatric Association

Rania Awaad
Community Achievement Award for exceptional commitment to promoting mental health wellbeing in the community
Access California Services and LA County

Matthew Edwards
2019 Fellow
Public Psychiatry Fellowship of the American Psychiatric Association (APA)/APA Foundation (APAF)

Laura Roberts
2019 Annual Lifetime Service Award
American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training

Lief Fenno
2019 Laughlin Fellow
American College of Psychiatrists

Csilla Lippert
PRITE Fellowship
American College of Psychiatrists

Karl Deisseroth
elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

Manpreet Singh
elected as the Society of Biological Psychiatry’s second Junior Councilor

Flint Espil
Early Career Award Program
The TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors

Sergiu Pasca
Daniel H. Efron Research Award
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Amit Etkin
Joel Elkes Research Award
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

José Maldonado
2018 Eleanor and Thomas P. Hackett Memorial Award
Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Shannon Wiltsey Stirman
Mid-Career Innovator Award
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Laura Roberts
Inspiration Tribute Award
Constellation Behavioral Health

Karl Deisseroth
2018 Geri Taylor Memorial Service Award
Northern California Psychiatric Society

Smita Das
2018 Committee Person of the Year Award
Northern California Psychiatric Society

Shashank Joshi
The Roberts Award for Inspirational Mentorship in Academic Psychiatry
The Association for Academic Psychiatry

Sergiu Pasca
2018 Early Career Award
American Society of Cell Biology

Dolores Gallagher Thompson
Outstanding contributions to the field of Gerodiversity
American Psychological Association

Dolores Gallagher Thompson and Larry Thompson
M. Powell Lawton Distinguished Contribution Award for Applied Gerontology
American Psychological Association

Karl Deisseroth
2018 Kyoto Prize

Edith Sullivan
doctor honoris causa
École Pratique des Hautes Études

Mark McGovern
2018 Dondero Award
LaSalle University in Philadelphia

Lawrence McGlynn
2018 Excellence in Healthcare
Silicon Valley Business Journal

Nina Vasan
2018 Excellence in Healthcare
Silicon Valley Business Journal

Chris Hayward
Program Director Award
Stanford Medicine GME Program

Brian Donnellan
2018 Board of Directors Award
National Association of Academic Psychiatry Administrators

Victoria Cosgrove
2018 McCormick and Gabilan Faculty Award
Stanford Medicine Office of Faculty Development and Diversity

Lief Fenno
 Award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching
Arnold P Gold Foundation

Sergiu Pasca
2018 A.E. Bennett Award
Society of Biological Psychiatry

James Lock
2018 Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association

Alan Schatzberg
2018 Judd Marmor Award
American Psychiatric Association

Shashank Joshi
Tall Tree Award, Outstanding Professional
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce and Palo Alto Weekly

Sergiu Pasca
Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
Vilcek Foundation

Ira Glick
Dean Award for Research in Schizophrenia
The American College of Psychiatrists

John Barry
Irma Bland Award for Resident Teaching
American Psychiatric Association

Randall Weingarten
Irma Bland Award for Resident Teaching
American Psychiatric Association

Jessi Gold
George Ginsberg Fellowship
American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT)

James Lock
Distinguished Fellow
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)

Carolyn Rodriguez
Killam Award
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Alan Schatzberg
Axelrod Award
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Lawrence McGlynn
Red Ribbon Award for outstanding service to individuals with HIV/AIDS
HEALTHTrust

Leanne Williams
Fellow
of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Amit Etkin
Pioneer Award
National Institutes of Health 2017 Director's Pioneer Award

Yasmin Owusu
MD Program Teaching Award for excellence in promotion of humanism
Stanford University School of Medicine MD Program

Jessi Gold
Award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching
Arnold P Gold Foundation

Carolyn Rodriguez
2017 A.E. Bennett Research Award
The Society of Biological Psychiatry

Shashank Joshi
Nancy C.A. Roeske, M.D., Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education
American Psychiatric Association

Robert Malenka
Julius Axelrod Prize
Society for Neuroscience

Karl Deisseroth
Massry Prize
Meira and Shaul G. Massry Foundation

Ricardo Muñoz
elected as a Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Karl Deisseroth
2016 Harvey Prize in Human Health
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Rania Awaad
Stanford Outstanding Community Partner Award
Office of Community Engagement, Stanford University School of Medicine

Rona Hu
2017 Stanford Asian American Faculty Award
Stanford University Asian American Activities Center Student Affairs Advisory Board

Ruth O'Hara
2016 Allan V Cox Medal for Faculty Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research
Stanford University

Ranak Trivedi
2017 McCormick Faculty Award
Stanford SOM Office of Faculty Development and Diversity

Sergiu Pasca
2017 Jordi Folch-Pi Award
American Society for Neurochemistry

Neir Eshel
2016 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists
Science/AAAS and SciLifeLab

Corey Keller
Postgraduate Award
Alpha Omega Alpha

Laura Roberts
Carol Davis Ethics Award
American Psychiatric Association

Nina Vasan
Laughlin Fellow
American College of Psychiatrists
&
"40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovator"
MedTech Boston

 

 

Jose Maldonado
Sawlow Memorial Award Lecture on Neuroscience
Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland International Neuroscience Symposium

Alan Louie
Distinguished Life Fellow
 American Psychiatric Association

Luis de Lecea
Outstanding Research Achievement Award
Sleep Research Society

Emmanuel Mignot
Lifetime Achievement Award
National Sleep Society

Alan Schatzberg
Lifetime Achievement Award
International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology

Michael Ostacher
Distinguished Fellow
American Psychiatric Association

Karen Parker
Kavli Fellow
U.S. National Academy of Sciences

Debra Safer
Silver Bell Recipient

Awarded by Eating Disorders Research Center

Allan Reiss

Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement

American Psychiatric Association

David Spiegel
Bowis Award for Contributions and Leadership

American College of Psychiatrists

Patricia Suppes

Lifetime Distinguished Fellow
American Psychiatric Association and of the Northern California Psychiatric Society

Edith Sullivan
Fellow
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Rona Hu

Nancy Roeske Medical Student Teaching Award

American Psychiatric Association

Terence Ketter

Irma Bland Award for Resident Teaching

American Psychiatric Association

Susan Edelman

Distinguished Fellow
American Psychiatric Association

Dolores Gallagher Thompson

Honorary Doctorate in Education

Hong Kong Institute of Education

Nina Vasan

Award for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching

Arnold P Gold Foundation

 

 

Chairman's Awards

The Annual Chairman's Award program honors faculty nominated by colleagues in our department for their professionalism and exceptional work in one or more of the Department's five mission areas

Unsung Hero Awards

Unsung Leader Awards

Wellbeing and Belonging Awards

Mission Awards

Adjunct/Affiliated/Lecturer Awards

  • Margaret Komo, MD

    Margaret Komo, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated)


Unsung Hero Awards

Jarrod Ehrie, MD
Benjamin Hoover, MD

Polymath Awards

Matthew Gunther, MD, MA
Mytilee Vemuri, MD, MBA

Wellbeing Awards

Christiane Brems, PhD, ABPP
Grace Gengoux, PhD, BCBA-D

Belonging Award

Axel Valle, PsyD


Adjunct/Affiliated/Lecturer Awards

Edwin Kim, MD
Michelle Madore, PhD

Mentorship Awards

Jennifer Keller, PhD
Jose Maldonado, MD, FACLP, FACFE
Michael Ostacher, MD, MPH, MMSc

Advancing Science Awards

Corey Keller, MD, PhD
Kaustubh Supekar, PhD
Mirko Uljarevic, MD, PhD

Clinical Innovation and Service Awards

Catherine Benedict, PhD
Maryam Makowski, PhD
Steven Tate, MD, MSc

Educational Excellence Awards

Janie Hong, PhD
Christine Gould, PhD

Community Commitment and Engagement Award

Benjamin Belai, MD

Leadership and Professionalism Awards

Anusha Chandrakanthan, MD
Melanie Lean, ClinPsychD

Unsung Hero Awards

James Armontrout, MD
Fiona Barwick, PhD
Steven Lindley, MD

Adjunct/Affiliated/Lecturer Awards

Kathryn DeWitt, PhD
William Faustman, PhD
Mark Freeman, MD, PhD
Joshua Zeier, PhD

Emerita/Emeritus Award

Adolf Pfefferbaum, MD

Professor Awards

Sallie DeGolia, MD, MPH
Ruth O’Hara, PhD
Richard Shaw, MD

Special Unsung Heroes Award

Security Services, Stanford Medicine

Advancing Science Award

Karen Parker, PhD
Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, PhD
Qingyu Zhao, PhD

Clinical Innovation and Service Award

Huiqiong (Joan) Deng, MD, PhD
Laura Hack, MD, PhD

Educational Excellence Award

Ehsan Adeli, PhD
David Hong, MD

Community Commitment and Engagement Award

Rania Awaad, MD
Hui Qi Tong, PhD

Leadership and Professionalism Award

Kilian Pohl, PhD
Norah Simpson, PhD

Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty Award

David Eagleman, PhD
Margaret May, MD

Unsung Hero Award

Jasmine Dobbs-Marsh, PsyD
Bina Patel, MD

Polymath Award

Neir Eshel, MD, PhD
Debra Kaysen, PhD

Emerita/Emeritus Award

Barbara Sommer, MD

Senior Faculty Mentor Award

Mark McGovern, PhD
Allan Reiss, MD
Leanne Williams, PhD

Advancing Science Award

Victoria Cosgrove, PhD
Ranak Trivedi, PhD
Hadi Hosseini, PhD

Clinical Innovation and Service Award

Cristin Runfola, PhD
Nolan Williams , MD

Educational Excellence Award

Paula Tran , MD

Community Commitment and Engagement Award

Megan Tan, MD

Leadership and Professionalism Award

Heather Gotham, PhD
Tamar Green, MD

Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty Award

J. Kaci Fairchild, PhD
Neda Kharrazi, PsyD

Unsung Hero Award

Jacob Ballon, MD, MPH
Justin Birnbaum, MD
Katherine Sanborn, MD
Eric Kuhn, PhD
Daniel Kim, MD

Polymath Award

Anna Lembke, MD

Emerita/Emeritus Award

Stewart Agras, MD
Dolores Gallagher Thompson, PhD

 

 

Advancing Science Awards

Sergiu Pasca, MD
Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski, PhD 

Clinical Innovation and Service Awards

Sheila Lahijani, MD
Mickey Trockel, MD, PhD 

Educational Excellence Awards

Isheeta Zalpuri, MD
Filza Hussain, MD 

Community Commitment and Engagement Awards

Steven Sust, MD
Erin Gibson, PhD

Leadership and Professionalism Awards

Michael Polignano, MD
Carolyn Rodriguez, MD, PhD
Mira Zein, MD 

Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty Awards

Dan Blonigen, PhD
Claudia Padula, PhD 

Unsung Hero Awards

Antonio Hardan, MD
David Hong, MD
Clete Kushida, MD, PhD
Timothy Durazzo, PhD 

Polymath Awards

Shashank Joshi, MD
Helena Kraemer, PhD

 

 

Advancing Science

Gordon Wang and Laramie Duncan

Clinical Innovation & Service

Katie Fracalanza, Stephanie Clarke, and Francesco Dandekar

Educational Excellence

Ranak Trivedi and Scott Kutscher

Community Commitment & Engagement

Katherine Eisen, Lawrence Fung, and Nina Vasan

Leadership & Professionalism

Cara Bohon

Affiliated Faculty Award

Christine Gould

Unsung Hero

Rafael Pelayo and Laura Dunn

Excellence across multiple missions - "Polymath"

Peter van Roessel

Advancing Science

Makoto Kawai, Nolan Williams, and Manish Saggar

Clinical Innovation & Service

Gisela Sandoval

Educational Excellence

Kristin Raj and Tali Ball

Community Commitment & Engagement

Ryan Matlow

Leadership & Professionalism

Sarah Adler and Ranak Trivedi

Adjunct Faculty Award

Sophia Colamarino

Unsung Hero

Andrea Lewallen

Excellence across multiple missions

Scott Hall and Ruth O'Hara

Advancing Science

Philippe Mourrain and Manpreet Singh

Clinical Innovation & Service

Kate Hardy and Michele Berk

Educational Excellence

Rafael Pelayo and Anita Kishore

Community Commitment & Engagement

Elizabeth Reichert

Leadership & Professionalism

David Hong, Douglas Noordsy, and Sepideh Bajestan

Unsung Hero

Kyle Hinman

Excellence across multiple missions

Shannon Wiltsey Stirman and Carolyn Rodriguez

Advancing Science

Karl Deisseroth

Clinical Innovation & Service

Dolores Gallagher Thompson

Educational Excellence

Alan Louie and Kristine Luce

Community Commitment & Engagement

Rona Hu and Helen Wilson

Leadership & Professionalism

Bruce Arnow and Jeanette Hsu

Unsung Hero

Christian Guilleminault and Heather Kenna

Advancing Science

Leanne Williams

Clinical Innovation & Service

Jacob Ballon and Yelizaveta Sher

Educational Excellence

Belinda Bandstra

Community Commitment & Engagement

Daryn Reicherter

Leadership & Professionalism

Cheryl Gore-Felton and Sanno Zack

Unsung Hero

Jennifer Phillips

Advancing Science

Antonio Hardan

Clinical Innovation & Service

Anna Lembke

Educational Excellence

Sherry Beaudreau

Community Commitment & Engagement

Daryn Reicherter

Leadership & Professionalism

Ruth O'Hara

Unsung Hero

Joachim Hallmayer

Advancing Science and Clinical Innovation & Service

Amit Etkin and Shelli Kesler

Educational Excellence

Sallie De Golia

Community Commitment & Engagement

Steven Adelsheim

Leadership & Professionalism and Unsung Hero

Kimberly Hill and Tina Lee

Unsung Hero

John Etchemendy

 

 

Advancing Science and Clinical Innovation & Service

Alexander Urban

Leadership and Unsung Hero

Linda Lotspeich

Community Engagement and Commitment

Victor Carrión

Advancing Science and Clinical Innovation & Service

Rachel Manber

Leadership & Professionalism and Unsung Hero

Booil Jo

Community Engagement and Commitment

Shashank Joshi