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Date February 11, 2026
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DPHB Recognizes New Faculty Honors and Appointments

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Faculty of the Brown Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (DPHB) gathered at The Warren Alpert Medical School on February 5 to welcome new colleagues and honor faculty who had been promoted in the past year. Faculty were recognized for Excellence in Teaching awards as well as appointments for academic and clinical faculty and both academic and clinical faculty promotions.

Promotions

Academic Faculty Promotions

Gary Epstein-Lubow, MD
Professor, Teaching Scholar Track

Jessica Unick, PhD
Professor (Research)

Sara Vargas, PhD
Associate Professor, Teaching Scholar Track

Chrystal Vergara-Lopez, PhD
Associate Professor, Research Scholar Track

Clinical Faculty Promotions

Kathleen R. Donise, MD
Professor, Clinician Educator

Aryandokht Fotros, MD
Associate Professor, Clinician Educator

Tanuja Gandhi, MD
Associate Professor, Clinician Educator

Sarah Hagin, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor

Kristin Knapp-Ines, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor

Giulia Righi, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor

William Unger, PhD
Clinical Professor

Appointments

Academic Faculty Appointments

Michelle Aiello, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research)

Prachi Bhuptani, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research)

Margaret Crane, PhD
Assistant Professor

Kristine M. Durkin, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research)

Meghan Kulak, MD
Assistant Professor

Lesley A. Norris, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research)

Ana Rabasco, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research)

Rochelle Rosen, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research Scholar Track)

Preeti Sunderaraman, PhD
Assistant Professor

Gemma Wallace, PhD
Assistant Professor (Research)

Clinical Faculty Appointments

Christopher Anzalone, PhD
Clinical Instructor

Bekir Artukoglu, MD
Clinical Instructor

Yvorn Aswad, MD
Clinical Instructor

Jamil Chaudhry, MD
Clinical Instructor

Maria Eguia-Brusco, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Mohamed Elmarasi, MD
Clinical Instructor

Ahsan Farid, MD
Clinical Instructor

Erick Fedorenko, PhD
Clinical Instructor

Cyrus Gilbert, MD
Clinical Instructor

Ingrid Hastedt, PhD
Clinical Instructor

Sarah Joelson, PsyD
Clinical Instructor

Maya Marzouk, PhD
Clinical Instructor

Romero McCullough, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Sherri Nelson, PhD
Clinical Instructor

Alexandra Pachter, PhD
Clinical Instructor

Justin M. Preston, PhD
Clinical Instructor

Sharanya Rao, PhD
Clinical Instructor

Michael Robbins, PhD
Clinical Instructor

Stephanie Ross, PhD
Clinical Instructor

Elaine Ruiz, PhD
Clinical Instructor

Jose Saporta, MD
Clinical Instructor

Elyssa Sham, MD
Clinical Instructor

Eri Shoji, MD
Clinical Instructor

Bonnie Steinberg, MD
Clinical Instructor

Caroline Sweeney, PharmD
Clinical Instructor

Chidrup Tripathi, DO, MBA
Clinical Assistant Professor

Eric Wilde, MD
Clinical Instructor

Firas Yatim, MD
Clinical Instructor

Ki Sook Yoo, MD
Clinical Instructor

Junior Promotions

Raja Ramis Akhtar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Maggie Allen, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Farah Aslanzadeh, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Margaret Azar, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Courtnie Beaubian, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Jessica Cappellano, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Ilse Carrizales, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

A. Tyler Collins, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Ammar El Sara, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Emily Federo Hungria, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Laura Fischer, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Kathryn Fokas, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Katelyn Fox, Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor (Research)

Andrea Gaul, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor

Cassandra Gibson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Alison Goldblatt, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Emma Gosselin, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Vicenta Hudziak, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Amy Kaye, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Shereen Khoo, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Lingyue Lu, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Emily May, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Sharaya McFadden, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Sivhana Naidoo, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Julia Paulson, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Jane Phillips, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Rachel Ruderman-Looff, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Kayla E. Sall, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Karina Sanders, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Jessica Soto, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Jennifer Stockwood, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Samantha Taylor, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Vamsi Tummalachetty, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Paul Wallace, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Faculty Honors

Clinical Faculty Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award Recipients

Sibel Algon, MD

Janet Anderson, EdD

Rawya Aljabari, PhD

Katelyn Affleck, PhD

Paul Baker, MD

Lauren Reeves, PhD

Emily Rowland, MD

New Emeritus/a Faculty

Kate Guthrie, PhD

Tracey Guthrie, MD

Barry Plummer, MD

Robert Stout, PhD

William Unger, PhD

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