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 "Diversity, Equity & Inclusion" award recognizes those whose work centers the importance of diverse voices and experiences in teaching, research, and clinical service. 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.
 

Advancing Science Award

Corey Keller, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health and Population Sciences)
Kaustubh Supekar
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development
Mirko Uljarevic
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Clinical Innovation and Service Award

Catherine Benedict, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Medical Psychiatry
Maryam S. Makowski, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Steven Tate
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Educational Excellence Award

Janie Hong, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Christine E. Gould
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Community Commitment and Engagement Award

Benjamin Zewdu Belai
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Leadership and Professionalism Award

Anusha Chandrakanthan
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Melanie Lean
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award

Rania Awaad, MD
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Adjunct/Affiliated/Lecturer Faculty Award

Kathryn Dewitt
Senior Lecturer, Psych/General Psychiatry and Psychology (Adult)
William O Faustman
Clinical Professor (Affiliated), Psych/Public Mental Health & Population Sciences Staff, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Mark Freeman MD PhD
Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated), Psych/General Psychiatry and Psychology (Adult) Staff, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Joshua Zeier
Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated), Psych/General Psychiatry and Psychology (Adult)

Unsung Hero Award

James Armontrout
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Fiona Barwick, PhD, DBSM
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Medicine
Steven Lindley
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health and Population Sciences)

Emerita/Emeritus Award

Adolf Pfefferbaum
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emeritus

Professor Award

Sallie De Golia
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Ruth O'Hara
Director, Spectrum, Senior Associate Dean, Research and Lowell W. and Josephine Q. Berry Professor
Richard J. Shaw, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry), Emeritus

Special Unsung Heroes Award

Security Services, Stanford Medicine



Professional Honors and Awards

by year

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

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