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Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health’s Southwestern Scholarship Recipients
March 14, 2023 -- Third-year psychiatry resident Chengxi “Vincent” Li, M.D. (pictured left), and fourth-year psychiatry resident Matthew Yung, M.D. (pictured right), attended AGPA (American Group Psychotherapy Association) Connect 2023 March 6-11 as recipients of the Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health’s Southwestern Scholarship.
Psychiatry Faculty and Trainees at the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting
March 9, 2023 -- At the recently concluded annual meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP), Molly Camp, M.D., was the meeting co-chair and received the Geriatric Educator of the Year award. Med/Psych Combined Training Program first-year resident Kayla Murphy, M.D., second-year psychiatry resident Allyson Davis, M.D., and medical student Richard Wu participated in AAGP's Scholars Program. Psychiatry faculty members Lessley Chiriboga, M.D., Karen Duong, D.O., and Izabella Dutra de Abreu, M.D., presented a case ("Evaluating psychiatric comorbidities in Huntington's Disease"), as did fourth-year psychiatry resident Audrey Eichenberger, M.D., and Dr. Camp ("Depression with psychosis in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic and beyond"). Posters were presented by second-year psychiatry resident Christian Monsalve, M.D., M.S. ("Physician Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia of Patients with Dementia in the Netherlands and Belgium: 2018-2021"); medical students Christopher Kung, Ambriale Davis, Brianne Lacy, Hien Piotrowsky, and Mustafa Husain, M.D. ("The effects of age on the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in incarcerated patients at a large county jail"); medical student Richard Wu and Michael Li, M.D. ("Antipsychotic polypharmacy in a geriatric patient"); and Dr. Chiriboga, Dr. de Abreu, Ashley Woolbert, M.D., Dr. Duong, Dr. Li, and Rajbir Bakshi, M.D. ("Geriatric psychiatry fellowship alumni networking: learning the strengths, interests, and goals"). Dr. Davis and Dr. Camp also presented an oral presentation titled "Simulation-Based curriculum for psychiatry trainees: Diagnosis and management of neurocognitive disorders."
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UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers has honored Laura Howe-Martin, Ph.D. (left), and Betsy Kennard, Psy.D. (right), for outstanding work as educators. |
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Psychiatry Faculty and Trainees at the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training Annual Meeting
March 4, 2023 -- At the 2023 annual meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, Tameka Ellis was honored as the 2023 Lucille Fusaro Meinsler Program Administrator Award Winner, psychiatry residency alum Tessa Manning, M.D., received the AAAP-AADPRT Visiting Scholar Award in Addiction Education, and fourth-year psychiatry resident Bernice Yau, M.D., received the George Ginsberg Award, which acknowledges the excellence and accomplishments of outstanding residents interested in education and teaching. Dr. Yau also presented for the National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative session and in the workshop "#NotGrandRounds: Putting Education Back into CME," as well as with Adriane dela Cruz, M.D., Ph.D., in "What Do We Do After Dobbs? Psychiatry Residency Education in a Changing Political Landscape." Dr. dela Cruz, Joseph Guillory, M.D., and residents Danielle Morelli, M.D., Barbara "Bobbie" Banner, M.D., and Audrey Eichenberger, M.D., presented the workshop "Beyond Cultural Competency: Developing and Implementing a Cultural Psychiatry Curriculum." Drs. dela Cruz, Morelli, and Guillory also presented, along with third-year psychiatry resident Chengxi ("Vincent") Li, M.D., the poster "A Cultural Psychiatry Curriculum Overhaul: An Approach to Reimagining Cultural Psychiatry in Psychiatry Resident Didactics." Joshua Hubgresen, M.D., presented the poster he developed with Kala Bailey, M.D., on "Preparing Residents for Interventional Practices: Design and Implementation of an Interventional Concentration." Fourth-year psychiatry resident Matt Yung, M.D., presented on "This American Psychiatric Life: Podcasting for Psychiatrists, along with Adam Brenner, M.D., who also presented information for the journal Academic Psychiatry. Drs. Brenner, dela Cruz, and Lia Thomas, M.D., also presented the "Lunch & Learn | Holistic Review: A 20 Minute Primer." Lia Thomas, M.D., presented "Recruitment Round Up of the 2022-2023 Wild West Match Cycle," “So What’s it Really like at your program?”: Tips for Program Directors Recruiting in Charged Environments," and "Early Career Workshop: When it rains, it can really pour--offering umbrellas to early program directors." Timothy Wolff, M.D., was a group facilitator in the New Training Directors Symposium. Karen Duong, D.O., presented "Inspiring and Equipping Residents for Careers in Rural Psychiatry through the Creation of Public and Rural Psychiatry Tracks." Alyson Nakamura, M.D., presented "Yes you can! Teaching psychotherapy for Substance Use Disorders" and They're not just ‘too sensitive’—Managing Microaggressions in Psychotherapy Training and Supervision" (with residency alum Evelyn Ashiofu, M.D.).
Dr. Thomas Honored with Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents
February 17, 2023 -- The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has selected Lia Thomas, M.D., as a recipient of the 2022-2023 Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents, honoring Dr. Thomas for making "outstanding and sustaining contributions to resident education in psychiatry."
Dr. Camp Awarded as AAGP Educator of the Year
February 9, 2023 -- The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) has selected Molly Camp, M.D., as Educator of the Year for her demonstrated excellence in the field of geriatric psychiatry education. The award recognizes extraordinary efforts, innovations, and accomplishments directly impacting the quality of geriatric psychiatry education.
Dr. King Appointed APA Mental Health Information Technology Committee Chair
February 8, 2023 -- Darlene King, M.D., has been appointed Chair of the American Psychiatry Association (APA) Committee on Mental Health Information Technology for 2023-2024. The committee identifies activities to be considered in the development of psychiatric electronic health care records and their infrastructure (e.g., data collection for quality improvement, patient safety, public health monitoring, and research and software development for decision support) and provides psychiatric perspective on relevant issues that can serve as a basis for APA positions, recommendations, and educational efforts.
Outstanding Medical Student in Psychiatry
February 2, 2023 -- Fourth-year medical student Fawwad Khan has been selected for the 2023 North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians Award for Outstanding Medical Student in Psychiatry.
Three Foundation Grants Awarded to Ryan Butler
February 1, 2023 -- Ryan Butler, Ph.D., has received three grants pertaining to the development of AAV9 gene therapy for the respective disorders from each of the following foundations: Foundation for Prader-Willi Research, Global Foundation for Peroxisomal Disorders, and Angelman Syndrome Foundation.
President-Elect of the Association of Post-doctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology
January 24, 2023 -- Lana Harder, Ph.D., has been elected President-Elect of the Association of Post-doctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN). APPCN is an organization focused on setting standards for competency-based fellowship training in neuropsychology to prepare trainees for board certification in clinical neuropsychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology and American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology. Dr. Harder has served as the Children’s Neuropsychology Training Director since 2012 and was instrumental in establishing the program as an APPCN-member program in 2011. Prior to this new leadership role, she served two consecutive terms on the APPCN Board of Directors.
2023 Jerry Sweet Leadership Award to Dr. Veronica Bordes Edgar
December 12, 2022 -- Veronica Bordes Edgar, Ph.D., has received the 2023 Jerry Sweet Leadership Award from the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN), which stated, "Her multiple nomination letters applauded her recent leadership to advance diversity and social justice across settings, notably within the ABCN, Hispanic Neuropsychological Society, and during the recent Minnesota Update Conference. She has never shied away from service, but her impact has been particularly impressive recently as she stepped up to support our field during a reckoning around justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion." The award will be presented to Dr. Bordes Edgar at the AACN conference in June.
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Scholars
January 17, 2023 -- General Psychiatry Resident (Year 2) Allyson Folsom Davis, M.D., and Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Resident (Year 1) Kayla Murphy, M.D., have been selected to participate in the 2023 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) Scholars Program, to be held in-person March 3-6 in New Orleans, where they will engage in programming to introduce them to the field of geriatric psychiatry and interact with leaders in the field. Scholar benefits include 1-year AAGP membership, registration to 2023-2024 AAGP Annual Meetings, Scholars Program activities on March 4, 3-night stay at meeting hotel, travel reimbursement, and assignment of a geriatric psychiatry mentor. The residents will complete a scholarly project related to geriatric psychiatry with their mentor.
Faculty Excellence Award
January 3, 2023 -- Adriane dela Cruz, M.D., Ph.D., was recognized with a 2022 Faculty Excellence Award from the UT Southwestern Medical School Class of 2025 for her commitment to excellence in medical education as demonstrated through her work in the Brain and Behavior course. Medical students annually vote for the faculty member having the most impact in each block during the medical school preclerkship curriculum.
2023 Jerry Sweet Leadership Award to Dr. Veronica Bordes Edgar
December 12, 2022 -- Veronica Bordes Edgar, Ph.D., has received the 2023 Jerry Sweet Leadership Award from the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN), which stated, "Her multiple nomination letters applauded her recent leadership to advance diversity and social justice across settings, notably within the ABCN, Hispanic Neuropsychological Society, and during the recent Minnesota Update Conference. She has never shied away from service, but her impact has been particularly impressive recently as she stepped up to support our field during a reckoning around justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion." The award will be presented to Dr. Bordes Edgar at the AACN conference in June.
Dr. Guillory Elected NAMI North Texas Board of Directors President
December 2, 2022 -- Joseph Guillory, M.D., has been elected President of the Board of Directors for the North Texas branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). NAMI North Texas is a grassroots organization that provides education, support, advocacy, and public awareness to improve the lives of people living with mental health conditions and their family members.
Dr. Wolff Elected to National Medical Honor Society
November 29, 2022 -- Timothy Wolff, M.D., has been elected to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the national medical honor society, as a faculty nominee. This honor is granted only to certain faculty members who demonstrate excellence in scholarship, high professionalism, leadership, and gifted teaching. Nominations from department chairs are compiled, and the AOA Class of 2023 votes to decide the members selected.
Dr. Thomas Selected as Mental Health Director of Education, Training, and Research at North Texas VA
November 22, 2022 -- Lia Thomas, M.D., has been selected for the position of Mental Health Director of Education, Training, and Research at the North Texas VA. This new leadership role will be in addition to her continuing education roles as Associate Program Director for the VA and Associate Program Director for Recruitment Strategies in our residency.
2022 Clinical Psychology Fall Awards
November 3, 2022 -- We happily celebrated the Clinical Psychology Fall Social in person this year! Congratulations to the following award recipients:
- Certificate of Appreciation for 20 years of outstanding contributions to Graduate Student Education: Deanna Liss-Clarke, Ph.D.
- The Sandra L. Warshak Outstanding Dissertation Award in Clinical Psychology: Blake Martin, Ph.D. ("Examining Moral Injury in Legal-Involved Veterans," Mentor: James P. LePage Ph.D.)
- The Rush C. Williams Award for Diversity and Inclusion: Karen Dorsman
- Faculty-Student Organization of Clinical Psychology (FOCUS) Awards:
- Outstanding Teacher David Denney, Ph.D. - Biological Aspects of Behavior and Basics of Neuroanatomy
- Outstanding Research Mentor Shawn McClintock, Ph.D. - UT Southwestern Neuropsychologist and Program Research Training Director
- Outstanding Clinical Supervisor Mary Dryden, Ph.D. - UT Southwestern and Children’s Health℠ Center for Autism Care
- Outstanding Clinical Supervisor Carla Pulliam, Ph.D. - UT Southwestern Psychotherapy Clinic Supervisor
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Ellen Andrews - Theories & Methods Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Student Research
- Afsoon Gazor - "The association of specific dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep with outcome variables in a suicidal adolescent population"
- Allison Gregg - "Acute verbal learning and memory component effects following combined electroconvulsive therapy and venlafaxine treatment in older adults with major depressive disorder"
- Jessica Helphrey - "Predicting time to loss of independence in Alzheimer’s Disease"
- Anthony Longoria - "Allostatic load and the influence of economic adversity and neighborhood disadvantage on cognitive function in a multiethnic cohort"
Wyndham International, Inc., Scholarship to Karen Dorsman
November 3, 2022 -- Karen Dorsman, a fourth-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program, has been selected to receive the Wyndham International, Inc., Scholarship, which awards $10,000 to outstanding minority students. Ms. Dorsman was recommended by Dr. Arnaldo Díaz Vázquez of the Graduate School and selected by the Southwestern Medical Foundation. Ms. Dorsman has been a strong student in scholarship, leadership, and community outreach and has demonstrated strong clinical performance on practicum and internship placements. She provides mentorship to underserved graduate school applicants, students, and trainees in several organizations and is a bilingual community educator in the Alzheimer's Association of Dallas and Northeast Texas Chapter, a member of the Dallas Latino Resource Coalition, and a translator for the Health Hacking Crisis Network (translating information about COVID-19 into Spanish).
Texas Psychological Association Outstanding Contribution to Education Award
November 1, 2022 -- Kipp Pietrantonio, Ph.D., has received the 2022 Texas Psychological Association (TPA) Outstanding Contribution to Education Award in recognition of Outstanding Public Contribution to Education. The award stemmed from his peers' appreciation of his dedication to “revived student programming and participation” through the TPA Student Senate, as well as establishing “effective communication channels between the TPA AHEC and University Training Directors.”
AADPRT George Ginsberg Award to Bernice Yau
October 27, 2022 -- Bernice Yau, M.D., has received the George Ginsberg Award from the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training. The award acknowledges the excellence and accomplishments of outstanding residents interested in education and teaching.
Tameka Ellis Receives Program Administrator Award
October 26, 2022 -- Tameka Ellis, M.B.A., Manager, Education Programs, Department of Psychiatry – Education Division, has received the 2023 Lucille Fusaro Meinsler Program Administrator Award from the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training in recognition of her highly skillful, day-to-day management of the psychiatry residency program. The annual award honors one program administrator who possesses outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills and who demonstrates innovative approaches in managing a psychiatry training program.
American Neuropsychiatric Association Service
October 19, 2022 -- Chadrick Lane, M.D., has been selected to serve on the American Neuropsychiatric Association Education Committee. Additionally, Dr. Lane has been selected as the only psychiatrist currently to serve on the Epilepsy Foundation Texas Professional Advisory Board.
Ware Clinical Impact Fund Awardee
October 18, 2022 -- Amy and Leslie Ware provide early-career UT Southwestern clinicians with support to conduct research with a particular focus on the heart or brain. This year, Carrie McAdams, M.D., Ph.D., was chosen for the competitive Ware Clinical Impact Fund Award and will receive $50,000 for her clinical research.
National Academy of Neuropsychology Honors
October 13, 2022 -- From the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN), C. Munro Cullum, Ph.D. (left), has received the Ralph M. Reitan Award for Clinical Excellence for his leadership and effect on changes in practice, and Christian LoBue, Ph.D. (right), has received the Early Career Award, for the number and quality of publications, grant support, and evidence of programmatic research.
Rory Meyers Advanced Education Program for Nursing Excellence
September 30, 2022 -- LanChasica "Lanie" Alexander, M.S.N., APRN, PMH-NP (bc), has been selected by the Rory Meyers Advanced Education Program for Nursing Excellence to receive up to $10,000 in 2023 for education-related expenses. She is board certified as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner through the American Nurses Credentialing Center and works in the Center for Pediatric Eating Disorders at Children’s Health. She started as a staff RN before transitioning into the role of an advanced practice provider. She is interested in adolescent eating disorders and perinatal mental health and is pursuing a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree through Eastern Kentucky University.
Fall Travel Awards
September 28, 2022 -- Congratulations to Allison Gregg (Clinical Psychology, Mentor: Shawn McClintock), Karie Meltzer (Clinical Psychology, Mentor: Laura Howe-Martin), and Jessica Orobio (Clinical Psychology, Mentor: Mary Dryden) on their selection as recipients of Fall Travel Awards from the Graduate Student Organization. The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) is UT Southwestern's graduate student governing body, promoting educational and professional achievement by providing competitive travel scholarships, among other activities.
AACAP Education Outreach Awards
September 8, 2022 -- Congratulations to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows Patrick Butler, M.D., and Paresh Jaini, M.D., and to Psychiatry Resident Ozlem Hokelekli, M.D., who were chosen for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Educational Outreach Program (EOP). EOP recipients assist AACAP staff in running the annual meeting by checking badges and tickets to confirm attendance, assisting speakers as needed, and distributing and collecting evaluation forms. They receive complimentary registration for the meeting and discounted pricing for most ticketed events. They also participate in the mentorship program for medical students and residents and attend the Young Leaders Awards Breakfast, among other meeting activities.
American College of Psychiatrists Laughlin Fellow
September 1, 2022 -- Alexandra Antonioli, M.D., Ph.D., has been selected as a 2023 Laughlin Fellow of The American College of Psychiatrists, an honor given to those deemed likely to contribute significantly to the field of psychiatry.