2025 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.
| Yasna Rostam Abadi, MD, MPH Yale University |
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
| Vitor Campos, MD Federal University of Santa Catarina, DOC24, Florianópolis, Brazil | Khaled Draghmeh, MD Yale School of Medicine |
| Pryce Michener, BA, BS University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School |
PGY-1
| Jeffrey Wong, MD Family Health Centers of San Diego |
PGY-2
| Rishab Chawla, MD UTHealth Houston Psychiatry Residency |
PGY-3
| Heba Ekladios, MD Jersey Shore University Medical Center/ Hackensack Meridian Health | Stephanie Foster, MD, PhD Brown University General Psychiatry Residency Training Program |
| Kathryn Stevens, MD Mount Sinai Hospital |
PGY-4
| Marcus Vicari, BS, MD, MBE Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Psychiatry Residency Program |
PGY-5
| Anu Bodla, MBBS Stanford University School of Medicine | Dipavo Banerjee, MS, DO UMass Chan Medical School |
| Rohit Mukherjee, MD, MPH Columbia University/ New York State Psychiatric Institute | Marlene Torres, MD, MPH Yale School of Medicine |
PGY-6
| Benjamin Shuham, MD University of South Florida |
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.
| Yu-Tien Hsu, MD, PhD Yale School of Public Health |
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.
| Nandhini Ponnuswamy Bojappen, MD National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India |
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.
| Philipa Owusu-Antwi, MD Staten Island University Hospital – Northwell Health |
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.
| Poorvanshi Alag, MD Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) | Oluwole Jegede, MD, MPH Yale University School of Medicine |