The Yale Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that Jennifer Buenzle Dwyer, MD, PhD, Clinical Fellow in the Yale Child Study Center, and Alfred Kaye, MD, PhD, Research Fellow at the National Center for PTSD, are first place co-recipients of the 2019 Seymour Lustman Resident Research Awards in Psychiatry.
Kunmi Sobowale, MD, a fourth-year resident in the Yale Department of Psychiatry, is the runner-up recipient 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, May 31 at 10:15 am in the CMHC Auditorium, 34 Park St.
First Place Co-Recipient
Jennifer Buenzle Dwyer, MD, PhD
“Efficacy of Intravenous Ketamine in Adolescent Treatment Resistant Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
Mentors: Michael Bloch, MD, MS; Gerard Sanacora, MD, PhD
First Place Co-Recipient
Alfred Kaye, MD, PhD
“PTSD as a Threat Mood: A Computational Model for Learning 1 from Traumatic Stress”
Mentor: Alex Kwan, PhD
Runner-Up
Kunmi Sobowale, MD
“Impacts of Cash Transfers on Depression and Patient Activation in Families of Children with Special Health Care Need”
Mentor: Megan Smith, DrPH, MPH