Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Date
June 16, 2023
Faculty, Trainees Celebrate 48th Annual Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior Graduation
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Assistant Professor Brian Theyel (center) receives the Psychiatry Research Teaching and Mentoring Award, presented by Claire Brutocao (left) and Sarah Cerimele (right), graduates of the General Psychiatry Residency. (All photos: David DelPoio/Brown University)
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Phillip Sojka (right), a graduate of the Triple Board Residency, hugs Clinical Instructor Michael Gomez (left), recipient of the Henrietta L. Leonard Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Professor Laura Stroud receives the Faculty Mentoring Award.
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Assistant Professor Elizabeth Thompson (left) with Teresa Daniels (right), graduate of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship and the Postdoctoral Fellowship. Thompson received the Toy Caldwell-Colbert Excellence in Teaching Award.
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Olivia Hunt (left), a graduate of the General Psychiatry Residency, with Professor Jeffrey Hunt (right), her father.
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Steven A. Rasmussen, chair of the Brown Department of Psychiatry and Behavior, leads his final graduation ceremony. After leading the department for more than a decade, he is stepping down this year.
Faculty, trainees, their families, and friends gathered at Alumnae Hall on Friday, June 9 for a reception and graduation ceremonies to honor the 48th graduating class of the Brown Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (DPHB).
In his message to the 77 graduates, DPHB Chair Steven Rasmussen, M.D., outlined a common vision for the road ahead:
"I hope that each of you will find a lifetime of meaningful work in helping others recover from mental illness. I know I speak for the entire faculty in acknowledging that each and every one of you has already achieved distinction by representing our Department’s mission of excellence in clinical care, research, education, community service, and patient advocacy."
In addition to honoring the graduates, the event also featured a presentation of awards to faculty and psychiatry residents. Names of all graduates and award recipients can be found below.
Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior Graduating Class of 2023
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Teresa Daniels, M.D.
Priya Gearin, M.D.
Julia Katz, M.D.
Elizabeth Olsen, M.D.
Amy Rasmussen, M.D.
Jeannine Rider, M.D.
Jessica Soto, M.D.
Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program
Samuel Fisher Acuff
Alaa M KH Y S Alhomaizi
Shari Brightly-Brown
Catherine Dion
Erick Jonathan Fedorenko
Alicia R. Fenley
Erin Gabrielle Ferguson
Katlyn N. Garr
Linda Esperanza Guzman
Anthony E. Hitch
Natalie G Keirns
Sin-Ying Lin
Daniel M. Mackin
Sara Anne Nolin
Lesley Anne Norris
Miguel Nuñez
Roselyn Shea Peterson
Jessica M. Powers
Ana Rabasco
Nicole Marie Ruppe
Kayla Elizabeth Sall
Stefanie Lee Sequeira
Daniel Sullivan
Gemma Tierney Wallace
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
Jennifer Y Kim, J.D., M.D.
Uchechukwu C Ugorji, J.D., D.O.
General Psychiatry Residency
Jared Au Yeung, M.D.
Claire Brutocao, M.D.
Samantha Cerimele, M.D.
(Aaron) Tyler Collins, M.D.
Camila Souza Alves Cosmo, M.D., Ph.D.
Andrea Gaul, D.O.
Carla Hasson, M.D.
Olivia Hunt, M.D.
Amy Johnson, M.D.
Rachel Ruderman-Looff, M.D.
Chloé Sharp, M.D.
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship
Emily Federo Hungria, M.D.
Tina Wu, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Clinical Psychology Program (CPP)
Maggie O.T. Allen, Ph.D.
Micheline R. Anderson, Ph.D.
Laura E. Fischer, Ph.D.
Hannah C. Herc, Ph.D.
Julia Leigh Paulson, Ph.D.
Olivia C. Preston, Ph.D.
Rebecca L. Troeger, Ph.D.
Natalia Villa Hernandez, Psy.D.
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Clinical Child Psychology Specialty Program (CCPSP)
Bianka Maria Charity-Parker, Ph.D.
Samuel Vladimir Highland, Psy.D.
Jessica F. Janze, Ph.D.
Emily M. May, Ph.D.
Sarah A. McHugh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Clinical Neuropsychology Specialty Program (CNSP)
Kimberly Rose Chapman, Ph.D.
Maria E. Stacy, Ph.D.
Kelli L. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Research Fellowship Program (RFP)
Prachi H. Bhuptani, Ph.D.
Po-hun (Tommy) Chou, Ph.D.
Teresa E. Daniels, M.D.
Alyssa N. De Vito, Ph.D.
Sheina Emrani, Ph.D.
Yohansa Fernández-Torres, Ph.D.
Christopher David Hughes, Ph.D.
Sharon Young-gu Lee, Ph.D.
Jennifer Ann Poon, Ph.D.
Brie M. Reid, Ph.D.
Darlynn M. Rojo-Wissar, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Jennifer L. Warnick, Ph.D.
Triple Board Residency - Combined Residency in Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Sarah Elliott, M.D.
Vicenta Hudziak, M.D.
Phillip Sojka, M.D.
Women’s Mental Health Fellowship
Jasmine Saadatmand, M.D., M.P.H
Faculty Awards
Samir Patel, M.D.
Outstanding Teaching Award in General Psychiatry
Carolina Jimenez Madiedo, M.D.
Outstanding Teaching Award in Geriatric Fellowship Training Program
Michael Gomez, Ph.D.
The Henrietta L. Leonard Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Elizabeth Thompson, Ph.D.
The Toy Caldwell-Colbert Excellence in Teaching Award
Brian Theyel, M.D., Ph.D.
Psychiatry Research Teaching and Mentoring Award
Kathleen Kemp, Ph.D.
Psychology Research Mentor Award
Laura Stroud, Ph.D.
Faculty Mentoring Award
Sara Vargas, Ph.D.
Education Committee Award, Residency
Christopher Houck, Ph.D.
Education Committee Award, Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship
Megan Pinkston-Camp, Ph.D.
Education Committee Award, Clinical Psychology Internship
Elizabeth Thompson, Ph.D.
Education Committee Award, Clinical and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Psychiatry Residency Awards
Andrew Martina, M.D.
Psychiatry Residents’ Award for Outstanding Clinicians
Samantha Cerimele, M.D.
The Martin B. Keller Award for Outstanding Resident in the Brown General Psychiatry Residency