Two faculty in the Yale Department of Psychiatry have been chosen to receive the Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD, Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education from the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
Pochu Ho, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, and Lakshit Jain, MD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry, are the 2024-2025 recipients of the award at Yale.
The award was established in honor of Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD, and serves as a tribute to her unique and creative contributions to psychiatric education. It is awarded to APA members who have made outstanding and sustaining contributions to medical student education.
Ho is associate clerkship director of the Yale Department of Psychiatry’s medical student education section. She is director of the psychiatric consultation service at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven.
Jain teaches medical students and residents at Yale and the University of Connecticut and is principal psychiatrist at Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown.