The Yale Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that Youngsun Cho, MD, PhD, and Adam Mecca, MD, PhD, are first place co-winners of the 2017 Seymour Lustman Resident Research Awards in Psychiatry.
Samuel Wilkinson, MD, is second place winner of the award
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.
The honorees will receive their awards and present their research at the Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds on Friday, June 9 at 10:15 am in the CMHC Auditorium, 34 Park St.
First Place Co-WinnerYoungsun Cho, MD, PhD "Effects of Rewards on Spatial Working Memory" Mentor: Alan Anticevic, PhD |
First Place Co-WinnerAdam Mecca, MD, PhD "Cortical β-Amyloid Burden, Gray Matter, and Memory in Adults at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease" Mentor: Christopher van Dyck, MD |
Second Place WinnerSamuel Wilkinson, MD "The Effect of a Single Dose of Intravenous Ketamine on Suicidal Ideation: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis" Mentor: Gerard Sanacora, MD, PhD |