Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Department of Psychiatry

Residents' Awards and Honors: 2001-2006

Rebecca Adams
American Psychiatric Association/Aventis/ Women Resident Leaders
in Psychiatry/2002

Amir Afkhami, M.D. Ph.D.
Jack D. Pressman - Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Development Award/American Association for the History of Medicine/2006

Osman Ali
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education/Program for
Minority Research Training in Psychiatry/Fellow /2002

Gary Brendel
U.S. Congress of Mental Health/Eli Lilly Fellow/2001
George Ginsberg-AADPRT Fellowship/2002
Pfizer Psychiatric Resident Award/2002
Fellowship of the American Psychoanalytic Association/2002

Jennifer Cooper
U.S. Congress of Mental Health/Eli Lilly Fellow/2001
American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award/2002
Pfizer Psychiatric Resident Award/2002

Gregory Dillon
Emory University School of Medicine Psychiatry Symposium/Eli Lilly
Fellow/2001
U.S. Congress of Mental Health/Eli Lilly Fellow/2001

Almut Engelein
American Psychiatric Association/Lilly Resident Research Award/First
Prize: "Processing of environmental sounds in schizophrenic
patients:disordered recognition and lack of semantic
specificity"/2000-1
American Psychiatric Association/New York District Branch Resident
Research Award/Second Prize:
"Differential processing of non-verbal complex sounds in human
auditory and limbic cortices"/2002-3

Diana Feldman
American Association Geriatric Psychiatry/Stepping Stones Fellow/2004-5

Peter Freed
NIMH Outstanding Resident Award/2002
Fellowship of the American Psychoanalytic Association/2003

Zachary Freyberg
New York Presbyterian Hospital Falcon Award for Service/2005
GlaxoSmithKline Fellow/American Psychiatric Association/2006-8

David Galarneau
Honorable mention,American Psychiatric Association NY District Branch resident research award/2005
New York Presbyterian Hospital Falcon Award for Service/2005
Cornell University Medical College Alumni Association Distinguished House Officer Award/2004-5

Kendall Genre, MD
Distinguished House Officer Award/ Weill Cornell Medical College/ 2006
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Fellow/Association of Women Psychiatrists/2006

Andrew Gerber
NIMH Outstanding Resident Award/2003
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators/ 2004-5
American College of Psychiatrists, Laughlin Award, 2005-6
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Eugene Friedberg Award, 2005-6

Judith Gold
American Psychiatric Association/Glaxo Wellcome Fellowship/2001-2003
NIMH Outstanding Resident Award/2001
Association of Women Psychiatrists/Outstanding Contribution to Women in Psychiatry/2003
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Travel Grant/2005-6

Gregory Hannahs
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association/Resident
Representative/2002-4

Christopher Kaufmann
Janssen Scholars Program for Severe Mental Illness/2001-2003

Doonam Kim
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Program
for Minority Research Training in Psychiatry, Fellow /2003

Charles Lilly
American Association Geriatric Psychiatry/Stepping Stones
Fellow/2001-2002

Oren Messeri
Wilkenfeld Resident’s Scholarship/American Group Psychotherapy Conference/2004

Mallay Occhiogrosso
Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, Fellow/ 2004-6

Sandra Park
Distinguished Housestaff Award/NYPH/2002
American Psychiatric Association/Aventis/Women Leaders in
Psychiatry Award/2003

Julie Penzner, MD
Janssen Resident Psychiatric Research Scholar/American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education/2006-8

Mark Petrini
New York Presbyterian Hospital Falcon Award for Service/2005

Joelle Pauporte
American Psychiatric Association/Bristol-Meyers Squibb Fellow/2002

Julia Samton
American Psychiatric Association/New York District Branch Resident
Research Award/Honorable mention/2003-4:Samton, JB, Ferrando,
SJ, Sanelli, P, Karimi, S, Raiteri, V, Barnhill, JW, “The Clock Drawing
Test: Diagnostic, Functional ,and Neuroimaging Correlates in Older
Medically Ill Patients”

Jeffrey Schulden
American Psychiatric Association/Janssen Resident IPSTravelScholarship Program/2001
Janssen Psychiatry Resident Award of Excellence/2002

Sonali Sharma, MD
Bristol-Myers Squibb Fellow/ American Psychiatry Association/ 2006-8

Christina Treece
New York Presbyterian Hospital Falcon Award for Service/2005

Christine Truman
Janssen Scholars Program for Severe Mental Illness/2002-2004
American Psychiatric Association/GlaxoSmithKline Fellowship/2002-2004
American Psychiatric Association/9th Annual Research Colloquium for Junior Investigator award and New York District Branch Resident Research Award/Third Prize 2003/4:Truman CJ, Goldberg JF, Baldassano CF, Foris J, Wisniewski SR, Dennehy EB, Thase ME, Sachs GS."Self-Reported Treatment-Emergent Affective Switch Associated withAntidepressant Use in the STEP 50 NCDEU New Investigator Award Recipient /2004: Truman CJ, Leon AC, Solomon DA, Keller MB: "Are antidepressants associated with switching from major depression to mania in patients with bipolar I disorder?"

Khakasa Wapenyi
American Psychiatric Association/Astra Zeneca Fellow/2000
American College of Psychiatrists/Laughlin Fellowship/2001-2002

James Wolak, MD
Distinguished House Officer Award/ Weill Cornell Medical College/ 2006

April Zhu
American Association Geriatric Psychiatry/Stepping Stones Fellow/2005-6



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PGY 1
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