Program Director, Dorothy Stubbe, and Associate Program Director, Hanna Stevens, are thrilled with the results of the National Residency Match Program for the Solnit Program’s Class of 2019. Not only do both of these future residents already have an impressive record of success, their complementary interests in basic and clinical science and their diverse backgrounds in prenatal and school-age development make them a remarkable team. Also of interest, these two candidates met on the interview trail and hoped that they might end up training at Yale together. We are so pleased that they have matched together with us.
Jennifer Dwyer M.D. Ph.D. will be joining the Solnit Integrated Child Psychiatry program after graduating from the University of California- Irvine School of Medicine. Jenny also received a B.A. from the University of Virginia. During her time in graduate school, Jenny’s interests centered on the developmental nature of neuropsychiatric disease in the lab of Dr. Frances Leslie. She used rodent model systems to understand the basic science of adolescent brain development, showing that prenatal nicotine exposure changes how the dopaminergic system develops in adolescence. She authored five papers on basic science work and presented at numerous national meetings and symposia. While maintaining a stellar record in medical school, she became involved in science education, teaching medical school and undergraduate courses in neuroscience and representing future clinicians and scholars at University and National levels. Jenny also has been recognized as an academic leader, receiving awards from NIDA, UC-Irvine and California foundations for her dedication to the basic science of brain development. When she is not focusing on academics, she enjoys cooking, running and yoga.
Judah Weathers M.D. Ph.D. will become a member of the Solnit Integrated Program at Yale Child Study Center after graduating from Yale School of Medicine and the Oxford-Cambridge-NIH Scholars Program. Judah also received a B.S. from Northeastern University. Judah completed his PhD with Dr. Ellen Leibenluft at NIMH and Professor Guy Goodwin at Oxford University, characterizing the neuropsychological and neurophysiologic underpinnings of bipolar disorder in children. He was the lead author on an important paper in American Journal of Psychiatry showing that children and adults with bipolar disorder have distinctly different neurobiology, particularly in the prefrontal cortex but also in other cortical regions and the striatum for motor-inhibition tasks. Judah is motivated to continue using neuroimaging to make advances in treatment and help vulnerable children with psychological impairments. Outside of his research and medical interests, he likes to spend time with family, travel internationally and learn about Eastern European history.