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
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