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 of the Department. The "Polymath Award" recognizes those who demonstrate outstanding effort across multiple mission areas. The "Emerita/Emeritus Award" recognizes exceptional emeriti faculty whose ongoing commitment to our Departmental missions has continued into a lifelong role. The "Senior Faculty Mentor" award recognizes those who contribute tremendously to advancing the success of early career faculty and guiding them to achieve key competencies.
Unsung Hero Awards
Polymath Awards
Wellbeing Awards
Belonging Award
Adjunct/Affiliated/Lecturer Awards
Mentorship Awards
Professional Honors and Awards
by year
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