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Johansen Amin, M.D.
2025 APA Research Colloquium for Junior Psychiatrist Investigators -
Maribel Patino, M.D.
2025 APA SAMHSA minority fellowship program -
Ryan Elliott, M.D
2025 APA Child Adolescent Fellowship -
Joseph Friedman, M.D.
Opinion: Naloxone-resistant drug a daunting new public health challenge. San Diego Union Tribune Op-Ed. 4/3/2025
2025 Community Psychiatry Research Center Pilot Project Grant
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Justine Ku, M.D.
2025 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) Scholars Program -
Kie Fujii, M.D.
2025 APA Diversity Leadership Fellowship Program
2025 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) Scholars Award
2024 JoAnn and Igor Grant Endowed Prize for Professional Excellence
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Thanos Rossopolous, M.D.
2024 APA Public Psychiatry Fellowship -
Matt Abrams, M.D.
Published an article titled "Understanding learners’ experiences across three major transitions in undergraduate medical education", July 2024
Published a paper titled" Exploring Preferences for Communication and Care among Hospitalized Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: A Qualitative Descriptive Study", Feb 2025
2024 APA Public Psychiatry Fellowship
2024 Provided a presentation at the SoCal LGBTQIA+ Health Conference titled, "Investigating the impacts of LGBTQ+ sports participation on health outcomes, socialization, and identity"
Published an article titled, "Association Between Online Reviews of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities and Drug-Induced Mortality Rates: Cross-Sectional Analysis", Dec. 2023
Published an article titled, "Translating and disseminating a localised economic model to support implementation of the 'Ending the HIV Epidemic' initiative to public health policymakers", Nov. 2023
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Mikaela Miller, M.D.
Published an article titled "The impact of maternal depression and anxiety on well-baby visit attendance: a retrospective cohort study of 6,699 PRAMS participants from 2016-2021". Arch Womens Mental Health.
2023 selected to be on the AMA RFS (Resident and Fellow Section) Committee on Legislation and Advocacy
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Nicole "Nix" Zelin, M.D.
2024 appointment as CIR/SEIU-SDHSA Union Rep -
Jacqui Kulbe , M.D.
2023 NIMH Outstanding Resident Award -
Kevin Yang, M.D.
Featured in “Research indicates recreational ketamine use is on the rise” Washington Post 1/19/2025
Published an article titled "Trends and characteristics in ketamine use among US adults with and without depression", 2015-2022
Published an article titled"Prevalence and Correlates of Lifetime Ecstasy/MDMA Use Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Adult Populations in the United States, 2015-2020
2025 APA Research Colloquium award for Junior Psychiatrist Investigators
2024 APA Medical Student/Resident Poster Competition within the category of Psychosocial and Biomedical Research
2023-2024 Judd Symposium for Young Investigators Award
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Lauren D'Andrea, M.D.
2024 UC San Diego SOM Humanism in Medicine Resident Award in Psychiatry
2023 JoAnn and Igor Grant Endowed Prize for Professional Excellence
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Eric Geier, M.D.
2023 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award -
Mari Miyoshi, M.D.
2023 JoAnn and Igor Grant Endowed Prize for Professional Excellence -
Kush Bhatt, M.D.
2025 Resident Junior Investigator Award
2023 JoAnn and Igor Grant Endowed Prize for Professional Excellence
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Jack Hunt, M.D.
2025 Laughlin Fellowship, American College of Psychiatrists
2024 Judd Symposium for Young Investigators Award
2023 American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) Scholar Award
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Monica Feliz Castillo, M.D.
2024 was selected to participate in the APA Diversity Leadership Fellowship Program
2024 Matched at Columbia University/Cornell University/New York Presbyterian Hospitals for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship in the NIMH R25-funded Shaffer Scholars Research Program
2024 Anxiety and Depression Assoc (ADAA) Alies Muskin Career Development Leadership Program (CDLP) - Basic Neuroscience/Clinical Research Track Award
2023 American Psychiatric Association Research Colloquium for Junior Psychiatrist Investigators
2023 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Educational Outreach Program for General Psychiatry Residents
2022 NIMH Outstanding Resident Award
2020-2021 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Travel Award
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Noe Caballero M.D
2023 JoAnn and Igor Grant Endowed Prize for Professional Excellence -
Sahana Malik, M.D.
American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2023 meeting – 1st place in the Medical Student/Resident Poster Competition under the category of Curriculum Development
Published an article titled, "Let's talk about race" July 2021
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Katherine Kruckenberg, M.D.
Published an article titled, "Gut and bladder fermentation syndromes: a narrative review" 2024
2023 selected by the local branch of the APA, the San Diego Psychiatric Society (SDPS), to represent SDPS at the Annual Federal Advocacy Conference in Washington DC
Published an article titled, "Transplant-related trauma, personal growth and alcohol use outcomes in a cohort of patients receiving transplants for alcohol-associated liver disease" September 2021
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Niraj Asthana, M.D.
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Christine Pulido
2023 Lewis L Judd Award -
Allison Cabrera
American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2023 meeting – 1st place in the Medical Student/Resident Poster Competition under the category of Curriculum Development -
Anaheed Shirazi
American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2023 meeting – 1st place in the Medical Student/Resident Poster Competition under the category of Curriculum Development -
Lu Wu
2023 Lewis L Judd Award
2023 JoAnn and Igor Grant Endowed Prize for Professional Excellence
2023 George Ginsberg Fellowship
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Natalie Fettinger, M.D.
2020-2019 UCSD SOM Humanism in Medicine Resident Award
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David Adamowicz, M.D.
2023 Lewis L Judd Research Award
2020-2021 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) Scholar Award
2021 NIMH Outstanding Resident Award
Adamowicz DH, Lee EE. Predicting and improving hospital outcomes for older adults. Int Psychogeriatr. 2021 Mar;33(3):205-207. PMID: 33781361
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Tom Dixion
2023 Lewis L Judd Award -
Neha Akkoor
2024 American Psychiatric Association Resident Recognition Award
2024 Matched at UCSD/VA Consult/Liaison Fellowship
Resident Awards & Publications
Recognitions and Scholarly Work
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Hewa Artin, M.D.
"How do serotonergic psychedelics treat depression: The potential role of neuroplasticity" June 2021
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Alison Cesarz, M.D.
Pierce, K., Shapiro, G., Song, S., Fortuna, L., Postlethwaite, A., Cesarz, A., Feder, J. Youth at the border: Do NO MORE Harm. Accepted for presentation as a clinical perspective at the annual American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Meeting in San Francisco, October 2020.
Cesarz, A., Postlethwaite, A., Wu, M., Ranjan Dube, A., Sturner, R. "El No Es Mi Padre": A Discussion of the Practical and Ethical Dilemmas in the Case of a Psychotic Immigrant Teen. Accepted for presentation as a clinical case conference at annual American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry meeting in San Francisco, October 2020.
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Abigail Clark, M.D.
2019-2020 American College of Psychiatrists Laughlin Fellow
2018-2019 UCSD SOM Humanism in Medicine Resident Award
Published an article titled, "Bereavement and Depression" August 2021
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Eric Debbold, M.D.
Published a commentary in the San Diego Tribune, "The opioid crisis in the United States is well-known, but many in San Diego are unaware of the realities" June 2021
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Monica Federoff, M.D.
2020 NIMH Outstanding Resident Award
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Eamonn Mehaffey, M.D.
Published an article titled, "COVID-19 Associated Suicidal Ideation in Older Adults: Two Case Reports With a Review of the Literature" June 2021
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Tarina Quraishi, M.D.
2020-2021 UCSD Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence Scholar
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Rebecca Sturner, M.D.
Cesarz, A., Postlethwaite, A., Wu, M., Ranjan Dube, A., Sturner, R. "El No Es Mi Padre": A Discussion of the Practical and Ethical Dilemmas in the Case of a Psychotic Immigrant Teen. Accepted for presentation as a clinical case conference at annual American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry meeting in San Francisco, October 2020.
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Sara Timtim, M.D.
2020-2021 APA Research Colloquium for Junior Psychiatrists
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Kevin Luo, M.D.
2018-2019 JoAnn and Igor Grant Prize for Professional Excellence
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Andrew Allen, M.D.
2018-2019 JoAnn and Igor Grant Prize for Professional Excellence
2018-2019 UCSD SOM Humanism in Medicine Resident Award
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Eric Rafla-Yuan, M.D.
2018-2019 APA/APAF SAMHSA funded Minority Fellowship Program
2016 Best Trainee Poster Award at the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM) Annual Meeting
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Juan Molina, M.D.
2019 Travel Awardee for the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
2019 Selected, Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, Council on Research
2019 American Psychiatric Association Foundation/SAMHSA Minority Fellowship ($25,000)
2018 NIH Loan Repayment Program Awardee
Molina JL, Voytek B, Thomas ML, Joshi YB, Bhakta SG, Talledo J, Swerdlow NR, Light GA. Memantine effects on EEG measures of cortical excitatory/inhibitory balance in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroimaging (in press) 2020.
Light GA, Joshi YB, Molina, JL, Bhakta SG, Nungaray J, Cardoso L, Kotz, JE, Thomas, ML, Swerdlow NR. Neurophysiological biomarkers for schizophrenia therapeutics. Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry (in press) 2020.
Hochberger WC, Thomas ML, Joshi YB, Molina J, Treichler EB, Nungaray J, Cardoso L, Sprock J, Swerdlow NR, Light GA. Oscillatory biomarkers of early auditory information processing predict cognitive gains following targeted cognitive training in schizophrenia patients. Schizophrenia Research 215:97-104, 2020.
Joshi Y, Thomas ML, Hochberger WC, Bismark AW, Treichler EB, Molina J, Nungaray J, Cardoso L, Sprock J, Swerdlow NR, Light GA. Verbal learning deficits associated with increased anticholinergic burden is attenuated with targeted cognitive training in treatment refractory schizophrenia patients. Schizophrenia Research 208:384-389, 2019.
Koshiyama D, Makoto Miyakoshi M, Joshi YB, Molina JL, Tanaka-Koshiyama K, Sprock J, Braff DL, Swerdlow NR, Light GA. Abnormal effective connectivity underlying auditory mismatch negativity impairments in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry: CNNI (in press) 2020.
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Yash Joshi, M.D., Ph.D.
2018 ASCP Clinical Trials Workship Fellowship
2018 AAGP/GMHF Research Scholar
2018 APA Research Colloquium for Junior Investigator
2018 SOBP Early Career Investigator Travel Fellowship
2018 ACP Laughlin
2018 NIMH Outstanding Resident Award
2018 NNCI BRAIN Fellowship
2017 ANCP Memorial Travel Award
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Michael Langley DeGroot, M.D.
2016-2018 Psychiatrists PRITE Fellowship
2016 Outstanding Intern Teaching Award 2016
2016 Gold Humanism Award, UCSD Medical School American College of Psychiatrists PRITE Fellowship
2016 APA/APAF Selection Committee Fellowship
2016 ACP PRITE Fellowship
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Matt Klein, M.D., Ph.D.
2019 Travel Awardee for the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
2019 The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Early Career Award
2018 NIMH Outstanding Resident Award
2017 John A. Majda Memorial Fund Award
Klein ME, Chandra J, Sheriff S, Malinow R. Opioid system is necessary but not sufficient for antidepressive actions of ketamine in rodents. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 117(5):2656-2662, 2020
Klein ME, Younts TJ, Cobo CF, Buxbaum A, Aow J, Erdjument-Bromage H, Richard S, Malinow R, Neubert TA, Singer RH et al. Sam68 Enables Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor-Dependent LTD in Distal Dendritic Regions of CA1 Hippocampal Neurons. Cell Reports 29:1789-1799, 2019. PMCID: PMC6871770
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Aryandokht Fotros, M.D.
"Cocaine Cue-Induced Dopamine Release in the Human Prefrotal Cortex". J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2016 Sep; 41(5): 322-330, Sept. 2016 -
Haoyu Lee, M.D.
Brief Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression in Pediatric Primary Care: Uptake of Intervention and Community Services by Ethnic Minority Families. 2016