Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Award Winners
2024
Hanne Lie Kjærstad, Ph.D.
Psychologist and Postdoctoral Researcher
Neurocognition and Emotion in Affective Disorders (NEAD) Centre
The Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Centre (CADIC)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Bethany Little, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Emine Yavuz Ataşlar, M.D.
Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry
Etlik City Hospital
Ankara, Turkey
Simge Uzman Özbek, M.D.
Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry
Kastamonu Education and Research Hospital
Kastamonu, Turkey
Research Study Conducted at the Dokuz Eylul University Department of Psychiatry
İzmir, Turkey
2023
Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
McMaster University
Hamilton (ON), Canada
Research study conducted at the Catholic University of Pelotas
Pelotas, Brazil
Hidayet Ece Arat Celik, M.D., Ph.Dc
Department of Psychiatry
Maltepe University
Department or Neuroscience
Institute of Health Sciences
Dokuz Eylul University
Istanbul, Turkey
Kody Kennedy
Scientific Associate
Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto (ON), Canada
Sarah Sperry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor (MI), USA
2022
Brenda Cabrera Mendoza, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Yale University
Research completed at the National Institute of Genomic Medicine
Mexico City, Mexico
Pao-Huan Chen, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Taipei Medical University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
Annie Kathuria, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mass General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Emma Morton, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Ulises Ríos, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Universidad de Valparaíso
Viña del Mar, Chile
2021
Mikaela Dimick, Ph.D.
Psychiatric Residency
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Okan Imre, M.D.
Specialist of Mental Health Care
Psychiatrist
Baskale State Hospital
Van, Turkey
Camila Nayane de Carvalho Lima, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, USA
Roger Bitencourt Varela, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Queensland Brain Institute
Brisbane, Australia
Robson Zazula, Ph.D.
Lecturer and Researcher in Psychology and Mental Health
School of Medicine
Federal University for Latin American Integration
Foz do Iguacu, Brazil
2020
Deniz Ceylan, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Faculty of Medicine
Izmir University of Economics
Izmir, Turkey
Maria Faurholt-Jepsen, M.D., Dr. Med. Sc.
Psychiatric Center Copenhagen, Righospitalet
Copenhagen Affective Disorder Research Center
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dr. Daniel Ritish Paul. Kavati, M.D. Psychiatry
Senior Resident
Department of Psychiatry
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Science
Bangalore, India
Rachel HB Mitchell, M.D., MSc, FRCPC
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
2019
Carolina Gubert, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Delfina Janiri, MD
Fellowship
Department of Psychiatry Icahan School of Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY, USA
Francisco Diego Rabelo da Ponte
PhD Student in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Psychiatry at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Georgina Hosang, PhD, PG CERT, CPsychol, FHEA
Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine
Centre for Psychiatry at Queen Mary University of London
London, England
Manpreet Sehmbi, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON, Canada
2018
Alejandro Szmulewicz, MD
Neuroscience Institute
Favaloro University
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Burcu Kok, PhD
Istanbul University Department of Neuroscience PhD
Istanbul Sancaktepe Research and Training Hospital MD
Istanbul, Turkey
Chul-Hyun Cho, MD, PhD.
Department of Psychiatry
Korea University College of Medicine
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Gabriel Fries, PhD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,
Houston, TX, USA
2017
Alison Merikangas, MPH, PhD
Neuropsychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Esther Jimenez, PsyD, MSc, PhD
Clinical Institute of Neruoscience
Barcelona, Spain
Rishi Gupta, MBBS, MD
Department of Psychiatry
New Delihi, India
Sanjay T. Naik, MBBS, MD
Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS
Bangalore, India
2016
Abigail Ortiz, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Mood Disorders Program, Dept. of Psychiatry,
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Amy T. Peters
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Ananya Mahapatra, MD, DNB
Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
Cristian David Vargas Upegui, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine,
Universidad de Antioquia Medellin, Colombia
2015
Rashmin Achalia, MD
Psychiatry Consultant, Achalia Neuropsychiatry Hospital,
Aurangabad, India
Alfredo Cuellar Barboza, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Monterrey, Mexico
Caterina del Mar Bonnin, PsyD, MSc, PhD
Barcelona Bipolar Disorders Program, Institute of Neurosciences,
University of Barcelona, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Suzanne Gonzalez, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
El Paso, TX, USA
2014
Manpreet Kaur Singh, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Director, Stanford Pediatric Mood Disorders Program
Stanford, CA, USA
Gislaine Reus, PhD
Laboratory of Neurosciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina
Criciúma, SC, Brazil
Cecilia Berlanga
Neuropsychiatrist, Angeles Hospital Pedregal and Angeles Hospital Lomax
Mexico City, Mexico
Fernando S. Goes, MD
Assistant Professor, Mood Disorders Center, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Baltimore, MD, USA
2013
B.C.M. Haarman, MD
Psychiatrist/Researcher, University of Groningen, Department of Psychiatry
Groningen, Netherlands
Janardhanan C. Narayanaswamy, MD
Consultant – OCD Clinic,
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
Bangalore, India
Samuel Sarrazin, MSc
Translational Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Mondor University Hospitals
Créteil, France
Samira S. Valvassori, MSc
Laboratory of Neuronal Signaling and Psychopharmacology, Graduate Program in Health Sciences,
Health Sciences Unit, University of Southern Santa Caterina
Criciúma, SC, Brazil
2012
Rasim Diler, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
Medical Director, Inpatient Child & Adolescent Bipolar Spectrum Services, UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Jan-Marie Kozicky, BSc Honors
Pedro Vieira da Silva Magalhães, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director of Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program
University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston
Houston, TX, USA
2011
Jigar Rasikal Jogia, BSc, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS, FHEA
Associate Professor of Psychology, American University in Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Robin Nusslock, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL, USA
Guillermo Pérez Algorta, PhD
Lecturer in Mental Health, Lancaster University
Lancaster, UK
Naren Rao, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
Bangalore, India
2010
Brisa Fernandes, MD, PhD
School of Medicine, Deakin University and Barwon Health
Victoria, Australia
Mauricio Kunz, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Adriene Rosa, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Vesile Senturk, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry Department, Ankara University School of Medicine
Ankara, Turkey
2009
Ana Andreazza, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Molecular Pharmacology of Mood Disorders
Associate Professor, Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
David Bond, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Seetal Dodd, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, IMPACT SRC
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Deakin University
Clinical Associate Professor, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne
Associate Professor, Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Services, University Hospital Geelong
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Sandip Kulkarni, MD
Consultant Psychiatrist, Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Adelaide, South Australia
Fernando Neves, MD, PhD
2008
Benjamin Goldstein, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program
Director, Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Morgan Haldane, MB, MS, MSc
Carlos Lopez, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Antioquia
Medellin, Colombia
Samir Kumar Praharaj, MBBS, MD, DPM
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College
Manipal, Karnataka, India
2006
Carrie Bearden, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Marcia Kauer-Sant’Anna, MD, PhD
Psychiatrist and Professor of Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Benicio Frey, MD, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences
Mood Disorders Program & Women’s Health Concerns Clinic, McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Vesile Senturk, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry Department, Ankara University School of Medicine
Ankara, Turkey