For a second time, the generosity of an anonymous alumnus will fund resident-led translational neuroscience research.
The gift establishes three one-year research fellowships in memory of Thomas Detre, MD, an internationally renowned academic psychiatrist and distinguished alumnus of Yale's Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Detre left Yale in 1973 to join the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where he served as chair of psychiatry, senior vice chancellor of health sciences, and dean.
A fourth research award, named the McNeil/Ribicoff Fellowship, is made possible by John Krystal, MD, the Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research and psychiatry department chair.
Each of the four fellowships will provide up to $30,000 to support the translational research endeavors of residents through the Neuroscience Research Training Program.
Submissions were reviewed by members of the Detre and McNeil/Ribicoff Award committee, which included Dr. Krystal; Robert Malison, MD; Marina Picciotto, PhD; Christopher Pittenger, MD, PhD; and Gerard Sanacora, MD, PhD.
2014-2015 Detre and McNeil/Ribicoff Fellowship Awards
McNeil/Ribicoff Fellowship
Recipient: Shelley Amen, MD, PhD
Project: "13C-MRS Measures of Glutamate-Glutamine Cycling (VCYC) in a Rodent Model of Cocaine Relapse"
Research Mentors: Robert T. Malison, MD; Jane Taylor, PhD; Douglas Rothman, PhD; and Kevin Behar, MPhil, PhD
Detre Fellowship
Recipient: Benjamin Kelmendi, MD
Project: "Targeted rt-NIRS-driven Neurofeedback, a Novel Non-pharmacological Treatment for OCD"
Research Mentor: Christopher Pittenger, MD, PhD
Detre Fellowship
Recipient: Adam Mecca, MD, PhD
Project: "Functional Connectivity Alterations and Related Changes in Glutamate Receptor Subtype 5 in Individuals with and at risk for Alzheimer's Disease"
Research Mentor: Christopher van Dyck, MD
Detre Fellowship
Recipient: Samuel Wilkinson, MD
Project: "Investigating the Potential of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Sustain the Antidepressant Effects of Intravenous Ketamine"
Research Mentors: Philip Corlett, PhD; and Gerard Sanacora, MD, PhD