Congratulations to Juan Molina, MD, a 3rd year Research Track Resident, for receiving the American Psychiatric Association / APA Foundation SAMHSA Funded Minority Fellowship for the 2019‐2020 academic year! This is a one-year resident fellowship, which grants awardees $25,000 to be used towards their proposed project and related expenses.

Congratulations to Jared Young, PhD on receiving the 2019 SIRS Rising Star Award!


Congratulations to Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD on receiving the 2019 American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s highest honor - the William C. Dement Academic Achievement Award for exceptional initiative and progress in the areas of sleep education and academic research!

Current students and alumni from the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) in Clinical Psychology attended a JDP Alumni Networking Event at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. See the photos here.







Congratulations to Samantha Friend, MD, PhD, a 4th year Research Resident, and Juan Molina, MD, a 3rd year Research Resident, for receiving the 2019 American Psychiatric Association Research Colloquium Travel Award! This award provides travel funds, guidance, mentorship, and encouragement to young investigators in the early phases of their training.

Congratulations to Alexandra (Allie) Clark (UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology student working with Dr. Lisa Delano-Wood) on being selected to participate in the 2019 Career Development Institute for Psychiatry (CDI)!

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From Igor Grant, MD, Department Chair: It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Mike Bloom, our very longtime Vice Chair for Administration and Business Manager of the Department of Psychiatry. Mike passed away on Thursday, January 31, 2019 after an almost 4 year battle with cancer. The Department of Psychiatry has established the Mike Bloom Staff Excellence Award, which on an annual basis will recognize a Department of Psychiatry staff member whose exemplary performance reflects Mike’s values and contributions. Details of a memorial service will be announced in the future. In lieu of flowers the family requests gifts be made to the North Coast Repertory Theater.
Please join me in wishing his wife, Mary Anne and Mike’s family our deepest condolences on the loss of a wonderful person.
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From Igor Grant, MD, Department Chair: With great sadness I want to share that Lew Judd, our Chair from 1977 to 2013, passed away on December 16, 2018. We will celebrate his incredible contributions, not just to our Department, School, and University, but the field of Mental Health internationally in the new year. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to one of the following: The Department of Psychiatry Lewis L. Judd Recognition Fund or the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Here are links to the NAMI national office and the NAMI San Diego chapter. Please join me in wishing our sincere condolences to Professor Patricia Judd and family.
Read the New York Times obituary.
Read the Union Tribune obituary.
Read the Washington Post obituary.