Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior is home to many exceptional faculty who inspire trainees and colleagues, alike. The department recognizes a select number from this accomplished group each year for their outstanding contributions to teaching, mentorship, advocacy, and research. The awards are presented at graduation.
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Faculty Awards
Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior recognizes faculty who represent the highest standard of excellence.
Faculty Awards
Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior recognizes faculty who represent the highest standard of excellence.
Faculty Awards
General psychiatry residents nominate and select a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in residency teaching. The award has been given annually since 1995.
Past Honorees
2024 Paul Baker, MD
2023 Samir Patel, MD
2022 Ann Back Price, MSN
2021 Amy Halt, MD, PhD
2020 Alvaro Olivares, MD
2019 Gerrit van Schalkwyk, MBChB
2018 Tracey Guthrie, MD
2017 Alice-Lee Vestner, MD
2016 Jody Underwood, MD
2015 Barry Wall, MD
2014 Gabor Keitner, MD
2013 Melissa Ludwig, MD
2012 Tracey Guthrie, MD
2011 Colin Harrington, MD
2010 Alice-Lee Vestner, MD
2009 David Solomon, MD
2008 Robert Boland, MD
2007 Audrey Tyrka, MD, PhD
2006 Robert Pazulinec, EdD
2005 Ali Kazim, MD
2004 Jody Underwood, MD
2003 Tim Mueller, MD
2002 Mark S. Bauer, MD
2001 Rendueles Villalba, MD
2000 David Solomon, MD
1999 Larry Price, MD
1998 Jane Eisen, MD
1997 Gabor Keitner, MD
1996 Alison Heru, MD
1995 Stephen Salloway, MD
Child and adolescent psychiatry fellows nominate and select a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in child and adolescent psychiatry teaching. The award has been given annually since 1995. In 2008, the award was named in honor of Henrietta Leonard, M.D., a former director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship and the Triple Board Program.
Past Honorees
2024 Mitch Otu, MD, MBA
2023 Michael Gomez, PhD
2022 Michelle Rickerby, MD
2021 Elizabeth Brannan, MD
2020 Elizabeth Lowenhaupt, MD
2019 Douglas Bernon, PhD
2018 Sibel Algon, MD
2017 Brady Case, MD
2016 David McConville, PhD
2015 Peter Gillen, PsyD
2014 Elizabeth Lowenhaupt, MD
2013 Margaret Klitzke, DO
2012 Michelle Rickerby, MD
2011 Jeffrey Hunt, MD
2010 Steven Barreto, PhD
2009 Kathleen Donise, MD
2008 Mary Margaret Gleason, MD
2007 Karyn Horowitz, MD
2006 Jeffrey Hunt, MD
2005 Henry Sachs, MD
2004 Jay Reeve, MD
2003 Margaret G. Klitzke, DO
2002 Robert Pazulinec, EdD
2001 Jeffrey Hunt, MD
2000 Michelle Rickerby, MD
1999 Michael Fueyo
1998 Neil Boris, MD
1997 Henry Sachs, MD
1996 Marianne Barton, MD
1995 Charles Malone, MD
Clinical psychology residents nominate and select a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in clinical psychology teaching. The award has been given annually since 1995. In 2010, the award was named in honor of Toy Caldwell-Colbert, Ph.D., a former distinguished alumna visiting professor in clinical psychology and a graduate of Brown's Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program.
Past Honorees
2024 Robert Miranda, Jr., PhD, ABPP
2023 Elizabeth Thompson, PhD
2022 Brian Castelluccio, PhD
2021 Karen Holler, PhD
2020 Andrea Gold, PhD
2019 Michael Walther, PhD
2018 Christina Boisseau, PhD
2017 Stephen Correia, PhD
2016 Jennifer Davis, PhD
2015 Paul Malloy, PhD
2014 Megan Spencer, PhD
2013 Kristy Dalrymple, PhD
2012 Francine D’Elia, PhD
2011 Jennifer Lambert, PhD
2010 Jennifer Freeman, PhD
2009 Stephen Correia, PhD
2008 Jack Nassau, PhD
2007 Gregory Stuart, PhD
2006 Justin Nash, PhD
2005 William Unger, PhD
2004 Elissa Jelalian, PhD
2003 Greta Francis, PhD
2002 Marjorie Weishaar, PhD
2001 Ann Marcotte, PhD, ABPP
2000 Ron Seifer, PhD
1999 Robert Stern, PhD
1998 Anthony Spirito, PhD
1997 Jayne Kurkjian, PhD
1996 Matthew Clark, PhD
1995 Paul Malloy, PhD
The award recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching in one of the following psychiatry fellowship training programs: Geriatric Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and Women's Mental Health. The award began, in 2000, as a teaching award in geriatric psychiatry. Starting in 2023, the award is rotated annually among the fellowships. Trainees in that fellowship nominate and select the honoree.
Past Honorees
2024 Judge Stephen P. Erickson (Forensic)
2023 Carolina Jimenez Madiedo, MD (Geriatric)
2020 Joseph Friedman, MD
2018 Luisa Skoble, MD
2017 Alice-Lee Vestner, MD
2016 Amy Halt, MD, PhD
2015 Laura Stanton, MD
2014 Alice-Lee Vestner, MD
2013 Stephen Salloway, MD
2012 Robert Kohn, MD
2011 Gary Epstein-Lubow, MD
2010 Louis Marino, MD
2009 Jeffrey Burock, MD
2007 Katarina Lukatela, PhD
2006 Kenneth Rickler, MD
2005 Luisa Skoble, MD
2004 Richard Goldberg, MD
2003 Robert Kohn, MD
2002 Brandon H. Krupp, MD
2001 Robert J. Westlake, MD
2000 Robert Boland, MD
Clinical psychology trainees nominate and select a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in research mentoring in clinical psychology. The award has been given annually since 2001. Prior to that, a single Research Mentor Award was awarded across both psychology and psychiatry.
Past Honorees
2024 A. Rani Elwy, PhD
2023 Kathleen Kemp, PhD
2022 Stephanie Parade, PhD
2021 Elissa Jelalian, PhD
2020 Nicole Nugent, PhD
2019 J. Graham Thomas, PhD
2018 Rena Wing, PhD
2017 Christopher Houck, PhD
2016 Geoffrey Tremont, PhD
2015 Christy Capone, PhD
2014 Elissa Jelalian, PhD
2013 Tricia Leahey, PhD
2012 Barry Lester, PhD
2011 Valerie Knopik, PhD
2010 David Strong, PhD
2009 Caron Zlotnick, PhD
2008 Larry Sweet, PhD
2007 Elizabeth McQuaid, PhD
2006 Abbe Garcia, PhD
2005 Rena Wing, PhD
2004 Geoffrey Tremont, PhD
2003 Robert H. Paul, PhD
2002 Mark Aloia, PhD
2001 Anthony Spirito, PhD
1999 Tracie Shea, PhD
1998 Van Miller, PhD
Psychiatry residents nominate and select a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in research mentoring in psychiatry. The award has been given annually since 2001. Prior to that, a single Research Mentor Award was awarded across both psychology and psychiatry.
Past Honorees
2024 Meghan Riddle, MD
2023 Brian Theyel, MD, PhD
2022 Amin Zand Vakili, MD, PhD
2021 Linda Carpenter, MD
2020 Noah Philip, MD
2019 Brian Theyel, MD, PhD
2018 Laura Whiteley, MD
2017 Larry Brown, MD
2016 Audrey Tyrka, MD, PhD
2015 Katharine Phillips, MD
2014 Laura Whiteley, MD
2013 Noah Philip, MD
2012 Eric Morrow, MD, PhD
2011 Larry Sweet, PhD
2010 Patricia Recupero, MD
2009 Linda Carpenter, MD
2008 Larry Brown, MD
2007 Katharine Phillips, MD
2006 Larry Price, MD
2005 Maria Mancebo, PhD
2004 Jon Grant, MD
2003 Gary B. Kaplan, MD
2002 Katharine Phillips, MD
2001 Benjamin D. Greenberg, MD
2000 Larry Price, MD
Drawing on nominations from faculty, DPHB leadership selects a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in mentoring junior faculty. The award has been given annually since 2004.
Past Honorees
2024 A. Rani Elwy, PhD & J. Graham Thomas, PhD
2023 Laura Stroud, PhD
2022 Audrey Tyrka, MD, PhD
2021 Brady Case, MD
2020 Jennifer Freeman, PhD
2019 Abbe Garcia, PhD
2018 Michael Carey, PhD
2017 Linda Carpenter, MD
2016 Caron Zlotnick, PhD
2015 Gregory Fritz, MD
2014 Debra Lobato, PhD
2013 Thomas Roesler, MD
2012 Elizabeth McQuaid, PhD
2011 Kathleen Morrow, PhD
2010 Anthony Spirito, PhD
2009 Rena Wing, PhD
2008 Steven Rasmussen, MD & Ronald Seifer, PhD
2007 Henrietta Leonard, MD
2006 Larry Brown, MD
2005 Larry Price, MD
2004 Bess Marcus, PhD
Drawing on nominations from faculty, the DPHB Advocacy Award committee selects a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in advocacy work. The award was instituted in 2024.
Past Honorees
2024 Ruby Lee, MD
The DPHB Education Committee nominates and selects four academic faculty members who demonstrate excellence in teaching. The awards have been given annually since 2015. Historically, the awards were given in three categories: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP), Psychology, and Residency. As of 2023, the Psychology category has been divided into Psychology Internship and Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Past Honorees
2024
Nicole Nugent, PhD (CAP)
Margaret Bublitz, PhD (Psychology Postdocs)
Jessica Peters, PhD (Psychology Interns)
Steven Rasmussen, MD (Residency)
2023
Elizabeth Thompson, PhD (CAP)
Christopher Houck, PhD (Psychology Postdocs)
Megan Pinkston-Camp, PhD (Psychology Interns)
Sara Vargas, PhD (Residency)
2022
Elizabeth McQuaid, PhD (CAP)
Robert Miranda, PhD (Psychology)
Teri Pearlstein, MD (Residency)
2021
Jeffrey Hunt, MD (CAP)
Ernestine Jennings, PhD (Psychology)
Brian Theyel, MD, PhD (Residency)
2020
Greta Francis, PhD (Psychology)
Larry Price, MD (Residency)
2019
Stephanie Shepard, PhD (CAP)
Lauren Weinstock, PhD (Psychology)
2018
Elisabeth Frazier, PhD (CAP)
Jennifer Freeman, PhD (Psychology)
Audrey Tyrka, MD, PhD (Residency)
2017
Jennifer Wolff, PhD (CAP)
Brandon Gaudiano, PhD (Psychology)
Noah Philip, MD (Residency)
2016
Brady Case, MD (CAP)
Ana Abrantes, PhD (Psychology)
Larry Price, MD (Residency)
2015
Dan Dickstein, MD (CAP)
Brian Borsari, PhD (Psychology)
Teri Pearlstein, MD (Residency)
Drawing on nominations from faculty, the DPHB Academic Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee selects an early-career faculty member (within the first five years of their appointment as assistant professor) who demonstrates excellence in research. The award was instituted in 2025.
Drawing on nominations from training programs, the DPHB Education Committee selects four academic faculty members who demonstrate exceptional commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The awards are given in four categories: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP), Psychiatry (the residencies and other fellowships), Psychology Internship and Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship. The awards were instituted in 2025.
The DPHB Education Committee nominates and selects four early-career clinical faculty members (within the first five years of their appointment as assistant professor) who demonstrate excellence in teaching. The awards are given in four categories: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP), Psychiatry (the residencies and other fellowships), Psychology Internship and Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship. The awards were instituted in 2025.
Department clerkship directors nominate and select a trainee or faculty member who demonstrates excellence in medical student didactic teaching. The award was instituted in 2025.