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2016 Lustman Resident Research Awards announced

June 02, 2016

The Yale Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that Rebecca A. Muhle, MD, PhD, and Albert R. Powers, III, MD, PhD, are First Place Co-Winners of the 2016 Seymour Lustman Resident Research Awards in Psychiatry.

The awards, established in honor of the late Professor Seymour L. Lustman and made possible by a generous contribution from the Seymour L. Lustman Memorial Fund, are presented annually to outstanding physician-scientists for excellence in research carried out during their training.

First Place Co-Winner

Rebecca Ann Muhle MD, PhD
"The Autism Associated Chromatin Remodeller CHD8: Deciphering Regulatory Networks of Autism Risk"
Mentor: James P. Noonan, PhD

First Place Co-Winner

Albert R. Powers III, MD, PhD
"Hallucinations as Top-Down Effects on Perception"
Mentor: Philip R. Corlett, PhD

The honorees will receive their awards and present their research at the Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds on Friday, June 10th at 10:15 am in the CMHC Auditorium (34 Park Street).

Please join us at this special event.

Submitted by Christopher Gardner on June 02, 2016