Society of Biological Psychiatry
Congratulations to our 2014 Award Recipients
Humanitarian Award
For service and advocacy to mental illness
Congressman Patrick Kennedy
Gold Medal Award
To honor pioneering contributions
In the field of Biological Psychiatry
Helen S. Mayberg, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
George N. Thompson Award
To honor members of the Society who have
given outstanding service to promote the
welfare of the organization
Linda L. Carpenter, MD
Brown University, Butler Hospital
Providence, RI
Society of Biological Psychiatry’s
A. E. Bennett Research Award
To stimulate research in biological psychiatry by young investigators in basic research and clinical/translational research
Eric Morrow, MD PhD
Brown University
Providence, RI
Andrew Holmes, PhD
NIH/NIAAA
Bethesda, MD
Ziskind-Somerfeld Research Award
To stimulate research in biological psychiatry
Jinhui Wang, PhD
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China
“Disrupted Functional Brain Connectome in Individuals at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease”
Society of Biological Psychiatry Outstanding Service Award
To recognize nonmembers of the Society who have
given outstanding service to promote the
welfare of the organization
Rhiannon Bugno
Biological Psychiatry
Dallas, TX
Rosa Garces
Biological Psychiatry
Dallas, TX
International Travel Fellowship Award
For promising young investigators (outside of North America) who would benefit from attending the meeting
Jessica Andrews, BSc
University of Wollongong
New South Wales, Australia
Jakob Hartmann, MSc
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Munich, Germany
Anna Karlsen, MSc
Bispebjerg University Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sagar Lavania, MD
Sarojini Naidu Medical College
Agra, India
Rotem Saar-Ashkenazy, PhD (c)
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva Israel
Tiago Wendt Viola, BA
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Domestic Travel Fellowship Award
Sponsored in part by Elsevier
For promising young investigators (within North America) who would benefit from attending the meeting).
Michal Arad, PhD
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Mera S. Barr, PhD
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Eva J. Brandl, MD
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, ON, Canada
Fernando Caravaggio, HBSc
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Christina Castellani, PhD
University of Western Ontario
London, ON, Canada
Brian Dias, PhD
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Fabio Ferrarelli, MD PhD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Gagan Fervaha, BSc, PhD(c)
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Lara Foland-Ross, PhD
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Andrew S. Fox, BA
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Tamar Green, MD
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Danella M. Hafeman, MD PhD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Matthew S. Kayser, MD PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Sahib S. Khalsa, MD PhD
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Budhachandra S. Khundrakpam, PhD
McGill University
Montreal, QB, Canada
Alex Kwan, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Matthew L. MacDonald, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Annmarie MacNamara, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Vishal Madaan, MD
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, VA
Kristen R. Maynard, PhD
Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Baltimore, MD
Lesley McCollum, BS
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Brandon C. McKinney, MD PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Lauren V. Moran, MD
McLean Hospital
Belmont, MA
Jonathan D. Morrow, MD PhD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Brendon M. Nacewicz, MD PhD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Erik B. Oleson, PhD
University of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO
Christine A. Rabinak, PhD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Natasha Radhu, PhD
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, ON, Canada
Jeff Sanders, MD PhD
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Nilesh S. Tannu, MD
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, TX
Anvi K. Vora, MD
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Omri Weisman, PhD
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Rick P.F. Wolthusen
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Abdullah Cagri Yuksel, MD
McLean Hospital
Belmont, MA
Chair’s Choice Travel Fellowship Award
For promising young investigators (within North America) who would benefit from attending the meeting)
Darrick Balu, PhD
McLean Hospital
Belmont, MA
Eleonore Beurel, PhD
University of Miami
Miami, FL
Daniel Wongae Chung, MS
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Jon Davis, PhD
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Jennifer Felger, PhD
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Sarah Fineberg, MD PhD
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Flavio Frohlich, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Benson Mwangi Irungu, BSc, MSc, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston
Houston, TX
Joshua Kaufman, BS
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY
Geoffrey May, MD
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Sachin Patel, MD PhD
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
David Plante, MD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Karina Quevedo, PhD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Brian Schultz, MD PhD
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Reza Tadayon-Nejad, MD PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Susannah Tye, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Nolan Williams, MD PhD
Medical College of South Carolina
Charleston, SC