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On April 21, McLean’s Scott E. Lukas, PhD , received the Stuart T. Hauser, MD, PhD, Mentorship Award in Psychiatry from Harvard Medical School (HMS). Presented annually, the award is given to an HMS faculty member “for outstanding sustained mentorship of medical students, residents, fellows, and...

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) and its Council on Medical Education and Lifelong Learning named Fernando Rodriguez-Villa, MD , as a recipient of the 2020‐2021 Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD, Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education . Awarded each year, the...

A placard in the office of Joseph Stoklosa, MD , reads, “Qui docet discit”: He or she who teaches learns. As a dedicated educator who just won the 2021 Cynthia N. Kettyle Teaching Award for Medical Student Education in Psychiatry, Stoklosa embodies the truth of this proverb. Since 2004, the award...

Amy C. Janes, PhD, director of the Functional Integration of Addiction Research Laboratory at the McLean Imaging Center, was elected president of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD). An independent organization of more than 1,000 members, the CPDD works to advance scientific approaches...

The New England Patriots and the Kraft family have invited a select group of vaccinated health care heroes from Mass General Brigham to be their guests at Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday, February 7. Jason Pereira, head of Security at McLean Hospital, will be representing our hospital at...

It was 1979, and Michael Hollander, PhD, was a post-doctoral fellow at McLean’s adolescent day service when he overheard two girls talking about how they regularly burned their arms with lighters and red-hot coins. He was curious and joined the conversation. “What surprised me was that they didn’t...

During McLean’s Fall 2020 Nursing Conference on November 3, two annual awards were presented to deserving nurses from the McLean community. This year’s Margaret C. Tibbetts Award went to Florence Morin, RN, a clinical coordinator at the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Inpatient Program. The 2020...

McLean Hospital visiting scientist Suzanne Haber, PhD, is the recipient of the Gold Medal Award for 2020 from the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP). The group recognized Haber for her many contributions to the study of neural networks that inform incentive learning and decision-making. “It’s a...

During a virtual ceremony on August 7, McLean Hospital received the Excellence in Group Practice Award from the American Psychological Association (APA). The annual award “recognizes outstanding contributions to the practice of group psychotherapy and/or other applied group interventions.” Cheri L...

McLean Hospital’s Amy C. Janes, PhD, was named as a 2019 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to scientists and engineers who are starting their independent research careers and show...

The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) has presented McLean Hospital’s Bertha K. Madras, PhD , with its 2019 Innovator Award . Madras, the director of McLean’s Laboratory of Addiction Neurobiology, accepted the award on June 16, 2019, at CPDD’s 81st Annual Scientific Meeting in San...

McLean Hospital has once again been named one of the top hospitals in the United States. Announced today, U.S. News & World Report’s annual best hospitals survey ranks McLean second overall in the nation for psychiatry, making McLean America’s top-ranked freestanding psychiatric hospital for the...

In May, McLean Hospital’s Jane Eisen, MD , was appointed as a professor in residence in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS). The school awards professor in residence positions to senior scholars to fill specific roles in various departments at the school. In her new role...

McLean Hospital’s Diego A. Pizzagalli, PhD , has been named editor of the journal Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience (CABN). Pizzagalli’s tenure as editor begins on January 1, 2021. Published six times each year, the publication presents empirical articles and reviews on behavior and...

During the Arlington School’s online commencement, held on June 11, a 2020 graduate summed up how unique her high school graduating class is. “We are a strange year,” she said, “born around the time of the 9/11 attacks, growing up in a changing world, and, of course, graduating in a global pandemic...

Milissa Kaufman, MD, PhD , is McLean Hospital’s nominee for the 2020 Excellence in Mentoring Awards. Presented by Harvard Medical School , the award recognizes “the value of quality mentoring relationships and the impact they have on professional development and career advancement in basic/clinical...

During the December 2020 Nurses’ Luncheon and Lecture, McLean’s Professional Nursing Advancement Program honored eight recipients of its tiered professional nursing categories. Six recipients received Tier 1, and two recipients received Tier 3. As part of the application process for Tier 1, the...

Boston magazine has named five McLean Hospital clinicians to its Top Doctors list for 2020. Honorees were selected through the publication’s annual survey of doctors in the Boston area. The list includes experts in fields such as dermatology, cardiology, orthopedics, pediatrics, and psychiatry...

Edward P. Lawrence and Joseph Gold, MD , both important influencers of the mental health care landscape, were lauded at a July event for their significant contributions to McLean Hospital, Partners HealthCare (now Mass General Brigham), and the greater field of behavioral and mental health. The two...

McLean Hospital’s Sophia L. Maurasse, MD , has been honored as the recipient of the 2019 National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year (NCCY) Award by the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare , a national nonprofit dedicated to putting compassion at the heart of health care. The prestigious...