Yale Residency Program News

Rachel Bandler, MD, PhD, a third-year resident in the Yale Department of Psychiatry, has been selected to receive the 2024 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Outstanding Resident Award.

Jeremy Weleff, DO, instructor of psychiatry; resident Julio Nunes, MD; and Dale Sebastian, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry are co-authors of a review in Psychiatric Services that examines the impact of patient suicide on health care professionals, assesses available support resources, and evaluates "postvention" efforts.

Twenty five residents graduated from the Yale Department of Psychiatry Residency Program at a ceremony June 20 at the New Haven Lawn Club.

Michael McClurkin, MD, MPP, a fourth-year resident, has been awarded a 2024-25 fellowship position with the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Sarah Jefferson, MD, PhD, a fourth-year Neuroscience Research Training Program resident, is a 2024 recipient of a Yale Physician Scientist Development Award (YPSDA) in collaboration with the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI) Scholars Program.

Yale Department of Psychiatry residents Caylan Bookman, MD, and Julio Nunes, MD, and faculty Ruby Lekwauwa, MD, and Eunice Yuen, MD, PhD, published a peer-reviewed article “Novel CHATogether family-centered mental health care in the post-pandemic era: A pilot care and evaluation” in the journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Four Yale Department of Psychiatry residents are recent recipients of American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF) fellowships.

Yale Department of Psychiatry residents Robin Bonomi, MD, PhD; Yang Jae Lee, MD; and Sarah Abdallah, MD, have been named the 2024 recipients of the Lustman Award for Psychiatric Research.

Residents Sarah Abdallah, MD; Shivani Bhatt, MD, PhD; and Henry Kietzman, MD, PhD, have been named recipients of the 2024 Thomas P. Detre Fellowship Award in Translational Neuroscience Research in Psychiatry.