Early Career Development Award

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Created to facilitate career development
An opportunity for new educators to learn and share teaching techniques, skills and innovations
Opportunity to network and obtain mentoring
Number: maximum of 8

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Award Recipients

2024

Morgan Faeder, MD, PhD

Heather Flett, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Chadrick Lane, MD

Riley D. Machal, MD

Patrice Malone, MD, PhD, MS

Toluope Odebunmi, MBBS, MPH

Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, MD, MS, MAS

Jennifer van Lunteren Wood, MD

2023

Tara Chandrasekhar, MD

Deanna Chaukos, MD, FRCPC

Julie Graziane, MD

Debra Hamer, MD, FRCPC

Jeffrey Khan, MD

Kiran Khalid, MBBS

Benson S. Ku, MD

Rubiahna Vaughn, MD, MPH

2022

Sarah E. Baker, MD, MA

Laurel J. Bessey, MD

Matthew Boyle, MD, FRCPC

Auralyd Padilla Candelario, MD

Paul A. Riordan, MD

Meredith Spada, MD

2021

Adriane M. dela Cruz, MD, PhD

Adrienne T. Gerkin, MD

Erik K. Lorass, MD

Julie Owen, MD, MBA

Jessica Reis, MD

Neeral, Sheth, DO, FAPA

Peter Ureste, MD

Isheeta Zalpuri, MD

2020

Omair Abbasi, MD

Austin Butterfield, MD

Shaheen A. Darani, MD

James R. Haliburton, MD

Sheril Kalarithara, MD

Margaret May, MD

Rachel Russo, MD

Lora Wichser, MD

2019

Amy Burns, MD

Chetana A. Kulkarni, MD

Brian P. Kurtz, MD

Rachel Robitz, MD

Thomas M. Soeprono, MD

Samidha Tripathi, MD

2018

Venkata Kolli, MBBS, MRCPsych

Jeannie D. Lochhead, MD

Hermioni Lokko, MD, MPP

Joseph Stoklosa, MD

Melissa L. Wagner-Shuman, MD PhD

Erin A. Zerbo, MD

2017

Sacha Agarwal, MD, FRCPC, MSc

Weston S. Fisher, MD

Marilyn Griffin, MD

Jesse David Markman, MD, MBA

Rachel C. Molander, MD

Douglas J. Opler, MD

Michael Shapiro, MD, FAPA

Marika Inga Wrzosek, MD

2016

Belinda Bandstra, MD, MA

Sheryl B. Fleisch, MD

Elliott K. Lee, MD

Robert “Brett” Lloyd, Jr., MD, PhD

Joshua B. Nathan, MD, FAPA

Shane E. Sparks, MD

Nadiya Sunderji, MD, FRCPC

Heather S. Vestal, MD, MHSC

2015

Michael Greenage, DO

Lindsey S. Pershern, MD

David A. Ross, MD, PhD

Adrienne Tan, MD, FRCPC, DABPN

2014

Rashi Aggarwal, MD

Mary E. Camp, MD

Mark Fefergrad, MD, FRCP, MEd

Molly M. Gathright, MD

Vishal Madaan, MD, FAPA

Kelly E. Melvin, MD

Anna D. H. Ratzliff, MD, PhD

Anne M. Rich, MD

2013

Gaurava Agarwal, MD

Robert O. Cotes, MD

Todd R. Griswold, MD

Sarah B. Johnson, MD, MSc

Lewis P. Krain, MD

Howard Y. Liu, MD

Julie A. Lord, MD

Carmen Wiebe, MD, FRCPC

2012

Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, MD

Laurie Casaus, MD

Claire De Souza, MD

Jessica Ferranti, MD

Erick K. Hung, MD

Suzanne B. Murray, MD

Manisha Punwani, MD

Claudia L. Reardon, MD

2011

Melissa Arbuckle, MD, PhD

Yael Dvir, MD

Carolina Retamero, MD

Lorin M. Scher, MD

Sanjeev Sockalingam, MD, FRCP(C)

2010

Jason Caplan, MD

Kien Dang, MD

Raed Hawa, MD

Vishal Madaan, MD

Michael Marcangelo, MD

Renee Valdez, MD, PhD

2009

Lucy Epstein, MD

Ayesha Mian, MD

Sian Rawkins, MD

Ruqiya Shama Tareen, MD

2008

Joseph S. Goveas, MD

Christine K. Kim, MD

Aaron Scott Reichlin, MD

Rebecca L. Tamas, MD

John Quincy Young, MD, MPP

2007

Maju Mathews, MD, MRCPsych (UK),

Jason Ellsworth Schillerstrom, MD

Jess P. Shatkin, MD, MPH

Art Walaszek, MD

Serena Yuan Volpp, MD

2006

Sharon Alspector, MD

Thomas W. Heirich, MD, FAPM

Alexander Kolevzon, MD

Avram Mack, MD

Sonya Rasminsky, MD

Andreea L. Seritan, MD

2005

Julianne Flynn, MD (Major)

Robert M. Jarvis, MD

Julie Maggi, MD

Robert Erne McCullumsmith, MD

Jodi E. Star, MD

Daniel Giovanni Stewart, MD

2004

Bruce Ballon, MD

Maria I. Lapid, MD

Kathryn Jean Macdonald, MD

Syed Pirzada Sattar, MD

Andres Sciolla, MD

John Teshima, MD, FRCPC

Hendry Ton, MD, MS

2003

Grady Carter, MD

Petros Levounis, MD

Kevin A. Mack, MD

Joseph V. Penn, MD

Alan R. Sanders, MD

John Spollen, MD

2001

Jonathan Bolton, MD

John W. Burruss, MD

Jeffery Matthews, MD

John Tomkowiak, MD

Lee Tynes, MD

Lydia Weisser, DO

2000

Stephanie Heard, MD

Paula Hensley, MD

Anita Kablinger, MD

Jonathan Metzl, MD

Kathy Vincent, MD

Jon Van Loon, MD

1999

Nancy Debbink, MD

Ondria Gleason, MD

Scott Golden, MD

Melissa Piasecki, MD

Camilla Van Voorhees, MD

Mark Vakkur, MD

1998

Donald M. Hilty, MD

Brian D. Hodges, MD

Mary J. Kujawa, MD

James Lock, MD

Charles J. Scott, MD

Mary Kay Smith, MD

1997

Catherine Braidek, MD

Josepha Cheong, MD

Deborah Deas-Nesmith, MD

Barbara Ann Doleshal, MD

Lee Ann Kelly, MD

Ann Matorin, MD

1996

John Bostwick, MD

Paul K.B. Dagg, MD

Laura Ann Herman, MD

Lois Krahn, MD

Brian Ladds, MD

Heather Schulte, MD

The purpose of the Early Career Development Award is to recognize promising junior faculty. This program provides an opportunity for new educators to learn and share teaching techniques, skills and innovations to establish linkages with other experienced educators at the AAP, and to network with other junior faculty from across the country. Awardees will be given a $200 honorarium.

Eligibility: Any full or part-time psychiatry faculty member at the instructor or assistant professor level may be nominated by the chair or the chair's designee. He or she should have significant teaching responsibility and show interest in and potential for a continuing academic career.

Candidates will be evaluated on the basis of:

Quality and breadth of teaching
Educational endeavors including administrative responsibilities, curriculum innovations and presentations at meetings
Awards/recognition of teaching

The intent of this award is to identify new faculty who will be able to use the resources of AAP to further their academic careers.

Nomination Guidelines

Maximum of one nomination per training institution
Nominee must be an AAP member
Chair's (or designee's) nomination letter
Candidates must submit a personal statement describing their academic activities and interests and why they feel this award will assist their careers
Current curriculum vitae
Two additional letters of support by students, residents, peers, senior faculty, etc are required. Each supporting letter and document should be no longer than two pages. Summaries of teaching evaluations may be included.
Application can be completed by the nominee as long as all the supporting documents, including letter of nomination are included in the packet. If you have any questions or concerns about the form/process, please send a message to admin@academicpsychaitry.org.

Thank you for your interest. Award submissions ARE NOW CLOSED. Submissions for 2025 will open January 1, 2025.

FOR QUESTIONS ONLY, contact Shaheen Darani, MD, Career Development Committee Chair. Award submissions sent to this email address will not be considered.

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