Award and Honors

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

Jarrod Ehrie, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Benjamin Joseph Hoover
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Medical Psychiatry

Polymath Awards

Matthew Gunther, MD, MA
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Medical Psychiatry
Mytilee Vemuri
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Wellbeing Awards

Christiane Brems, PhD, ABPP, ERYT500, C-IAYT
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Grace Gengoux, PhD, BCBA-D
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development

Belonging Award

Axel Valle, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Adjunct/Affiliated/Lecturer Awards

Edwin Kim
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Psych/General Psychiatry and Psychology (Adult) Staff, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Michelle Madore, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated), Psych/Public Mental Health & Population Sciences Staff, Psych/Public Mental Health & Population Sciences

Mentorship Awards

Jennifer Keller
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Jose R. Maldonado, MD, FACLP, FACFE
John and Terry Levin Family Professor of Medicine and Professor, by courtesy, of Emergency Medicine and of Medicine
Michael Ostacher
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health and Population Sciences)


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