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McLean Hospital’s Nathaniel G. Harnett, PhD, is the recipient of the 2022 Harvard Catalyst Program for Diversity Inclusion (PFDI) Faculty Fellowship. Harnett is an assistant neuroscientist at McLean and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. The PFDI program is a two-year...

Rebecca W. Brendel, MD, JD, a graduate of the MGH/McLean Hospital Adult Residency Training Program, began her term as president of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting in May. “Rebecca is an exceptionally thoughtful and highly respected leader whose expertise and...

The McLean Hospital collaboration with the Outreach Program with Indian Health Service, and with the mental health providers who volunteered their services at the Northern Navajo Medical Center (NNMC) in Shiprock, New Mexico during the peak of the pandemic, were awarded the 2022 Harvard Medical...

Nikolaos P. Daskalakis, MD, PhD, director of the Neurogenomics and Translational Bioinformatics Laboratory at McLean Hospital, is part of an international research collaboration that has been awarded a $1.14 million grant from the prestigious Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP). Highlights An...

Ann K. Shinn, MD, MPH, is the 2022 recipient of the Thomas A. McMahon Mentoring Award from the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (HST). Shinn is the director of clinical research for McLean Hospital’s Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Research Program. The McMahon Award was...

Susan M. Szulewski, MD, McLean’s associate chief medical officer and medical director of the Clinical Evaluation Center, was recently awarded the prestigious 2022 Jonathan O. Cole Award. The annual award—established in 2006, thanks to a gift from the Fleetwing Charitable Foundation—honors Dr. Cole...

Four McLean Hospital physicians have been named among Boston Magazine’s “Top Doctors in the Boston Area” for 2022. The honorees were included in the magazine’s February edition and Top Docs 2022 list online. The McLean physicians are: Roger D. Weiss, MD, chief, Division of Alcohol, Drugs, and...

Shelly F. Greenfield, MD, MPH, McLean Hospital’s chief academic officer, was one of two Harvard Medical School faculty members selected to receive the 2022 Stuart T. Hauser, MD, PhD Mentorship Award in Psychiatry. The award recognizes faculty members for outstanding mentorship of medical students...

Recipients of the Professional Nursing Advancement Program (PNAP), the Margaret C. Tibbetts Award, and the Julia Altschule Award were presented during the 2021 Fall Nursing Conference, held on Friday, December 3. Professional Nursing Advancement Program Presented by PNAP co-chairs Nicole Visaggio...

Several years ago, Stephen and Ruth Palmer were sitting on their porch reflecting on the state of the world. In that moment, they decided to make a point of remembering those who had helped them in challenging times. Shortly after, they made a $1,000,000 gift to McLean Hospital to establish the...

During the Nurses Day Conference 2021, held online on May 7, 2021, Nicole Visaggio, RN, and Teresa Henderson, BSN, RN, recognized recent recipients of McLean’s Professional Nursing Advancement Program (PNAP). Recipients were presented in Tier 1 and Tier 2. As part of the application process for Tier...

McLean Hospital’s Office of Education Outreach has received a grant from the Rare Impact Fund to expand its popular webinar series. With the funding, McLean will develop webinars focused on youth mental health and wellness for audiences in the U.S. and beyond. The series will guide teens, parents...

McLean Hospital is honored to announce that U.S News & World Report has ranked McLean #2 for psychiatry among all hospitals in the country, with Johns Hopkins coming in at #1 and Mass General Hospital at #3. With this year’s results, McLean celebrates its 19th consecutive year as the #1 ranked...

McLean Hospital is the recipient of the 2020 Virtual All-Inclusive Award in the category of Public Health Champion Award—Organization from Color Magazine. The award, which was presented during an online ceremony held on December 10, recognized McLean for “making outstanding strides to protect and...

Kerry J. Ressler, MD, PhD, has been elected as the next president-elect of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), and Bill Carlezon, PhD, has been elected as an ACNP council member. Ressler and Carlezon will commence their new ACNP roles in 2022. Founded in 1961, the ACNP is an...