Award and Honors
Our faculty, staff, and learners receive numerous awards and honors each year for their outstanding contributions to scholarly research, clinical care, education, community involvement, and professional leadership.
Below you will find awards and honors that members of the department have received.
Using the links in the box to the right,
please visit the sections below to see the awardees in each category.
Chairman's Awards
The Annual Chairman's Award program honors faculty nominated by their colleagues in our department for their professionalism and exceptional work in one or more of the Department's five mission areas:
- Advancing Science
- Clinical Innovation and Service
- Educational Excellence
- Community Commitment and Engagement
- Leadership and Professionalism
In addition, Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty Award recognizes exceptional contributions of an Adjunct, Adjunct Clinical, or Affiliated faculty member. The “Unsung Hero” award recognizes individuals who give tirelessly and selflessly to the members and/or missions of the Department. The "Polymath Award" recognizes those who demonstrate outstanding effort across multiple mission areas. The "Diversity, Equity & Inclusion" award recognizes those whose work centers the importance of diverse voices and experiences in teaching, research, and clinical service. The "Emerita/Emeritus Award" recognizes exceptional emeriti faculty whose ongoing commitment to our Departmental missions has continued into a lifelong role. The "Senior Faculty Mentor" award recognizes those who contribute tremendously to advancing the success of early career faculty and guiding them to achieve key competencies.
Advancing Science Award
Clinical Innovation and Service Award
Educational Excellence Award
Community Commitment and Engagement Award
Leadership and Professionalism Award
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award
Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty Award
Unsung Hero Award
Polymath Award
Emerita/Emeritus Award
Senior Faculty Mentor Award
Professional Honors and Awards
by year
Alissa Rogol
Educational Outreach Program Award
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Amelia Abbott-Frey
Educational Outreach Program Award
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Erin Gibson
Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Britt Wray
Top prize recipient in the Research Scientist: Early Career category,
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Kelsey Priest
Laughlin Fellowship
The American College of Psychiatrists
Weichen Ling
IDEAL Honor Roll
Stanford University IDEAL: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in a Learning Environment
Stephanie Balters
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Champion Award
The Stanford Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Robert Malenka
J.E. Wallace Sterling Lifetime Achievement Award in Medicine
Stanford Medicine Alumni Association
Ryan Ash
2023 Independence Award
Simons Foundation
Sally Huang
2023 Resident Psychiatric Educator Award
Association for Academic Psychiatry
Fernanda Rossi
Selected for Fellowship in Addiction Dissemination and Implementation
Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science at Stanford