2024 Travel Awards are supported by:
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
Early Career Research Award
Given to residents, fellows, or early-career psychiatrists. Awardees are chosen based on the quality of original research in the field of substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric disorders.
| Athanasios Amira, MD University of California San Francisco |
AAAP John Renner Award
Given to medical students, residents, and fellows who are interested in learning about substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric disorders.
Medical Students
| Gabriel Costa University of Ribeirão Preto |
Patrick Low University of California San Francisco |
| Henrique Oliva, MD, PhD Yale University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry |
Nima Shariatzadeh University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio |
| Natalie Swartz Harvard Medical School |
|
PGY-1
| Marissa Justen, MD University of California |
PGY-2
| Precious Obehi Eseaton, MD Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center At Houston |
Logan Kinamore, MD LSU Psychiatry – Baton Rouge |
| Muna Telsem, MD, MBA University of Missouri Hospital-Columbia |
|
PGY-3
| Yezhe Lin, MD, MSc Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine |
Renato Velit, MD University of Miami |
PGY-4
| Majd Alsayed, MD Charleston Area Medical Center |
April Blackwood, MD Medical University of South Carolina – College of Medicine |
PGY-V/Fellows
| Lorelys Arroyo Rivera, MD Gate Way |
Rajat Duggirala, MD Saint Louis University School of Medicine |
| Caesar Imperio, MD, PhD Columbia University Hospital |
Michael Yoon, MD Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center |
Regional Travel Award
This award is given to current medical students, residents, or fellows who have demonstrated clinical or academic work that focuses on Addiction Psychiatry, can show leadership in the field, and are enrolled in an ACGME or another accredited psychiatry residency program. Awardees host an educational activity in their area after the Annual Meeting.
| Paris Beauregard Midwestern University |
Quamaine Bond Medical College of Wisconsin |
| William Coe, MD, MPH New York University |
Chelsea Shannon, MD University of California, Los Angeles |
| Namrata Walia, MD, MPH The University of Texas Health Science Center At Houston |
Amelia Watson, MD Medical University of South Carolina – College of Medicine |
International Travel Award
This award is given to current medical students, residents, or fellows who have demonstrated clinical or academic work that focuses on Addiction Psychiatry, can show leadership in the field, and are enrolled in an ACGME or another accredited psychiatry residency program. Awardees host an educational activity in their area after the Annual Meeting.
| Talveer Mandur, MD University of Toronto |
Fernanda Gushken, MS Hospital Albert Einstein |
Sheldon Miller Early Career Award
This award is given to PGY3 residents enrolled in programs related to the treatment of substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric disorders. All awardees were formally nominated by their residency directors.
| Elora Basu, MD NYP- Cornell |
The AAAP Award for Medical Student Educator (AMSE)
The AAAP AMSE recognizes an Addiction Psychiatry AAAP Member in clinical practice who demonstrates a sustained record of outstanding contributions to medical student education in Addiction Psychiatry.
| Sidarth Wakhlu, MD UT Southwestern Medical Center |
AAAP Award for Residency Educator (ARE)
The Residency Educator Award recognizes an Addiction psychiatrist in clinical practice who demonstrates a sustained record of outstanding contributions to psychiatry residency education in Addiction Psychiatry.
| Jon Streltzer, MD, FACP, FAPA University of Hawaii |
