Aaron Alexander-Bloch, MD, PhD, and Joseph J. Taylor, MD, PhD, both second-year residents in the Yale Department of Psychiatry's Residency Program, have been named recipients of the 2017-18 Thomas P. Detre Fellowship Awards in Translational Neuroscience Research in Psychiatry.
The awards support translational research endeavors of residents enrolled (or interested in enrolling) in the Neuroscience Research Training Program in Psychiatry. Recipients are provided with up to $30,000 in support of their projects and training.
Alexander-Bloch's project will be to apply computational approaches to imaging genomics and schizophrenia risk. Taylor will attempt to enhance understanding of the relationships between negative emotional bias, learned helplessness, and depression. Both residents will be given the opportunity to present their proposals to John Krystal, MD, Department Chair, and the people whose generosity made the awards possible.
The Detre Awards were established in memory of Dr. Detre, an internationally renowned academic psychiatrist, esteemed Yale Psychiatry faculty member/alumnus, and Chair of Psychiatry, Vice Chancellor of Health Services, and Dean at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Alexander-Bloch obtained his medical degree from UCLA School of Medicine in 2015 and his PhD from University of Cambridge in 2013. Taylor obtained both his medical degree and PhD from Medical University of South Carolina in 2015. He is Co-President of the Yale Psychiatry Residents' Association.