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2024-2025 Psychiatry Teaching Awards

The Psychiatry Teaching awards are presented annually before the Department of Psychiatry’s Grand Rounds.  Their purpose is to honor excellence in teaching, supervision, mentoring or related instructional activities in a number of categories.  Nominees for each award are selected for their ingenuity, clinical skill, availability, supportiveness, inspiration, dedication, humanism, patience, respect for diversity, and improvement in the teaching process.


Outstanding Resident / Fellow Teaching

David Okikawa, M.D., M.P.H.

Amira Collison, M.D.


Outstanding Faculty Housestaff Teaching Child & Adolescent/Population Behavioral Health

Manal Khan, M.D.


Outstanding Faculty Housestaff Teaching Adult/Geri Division

Patricia Tan, Ph.D.


Outstanding Research Mentor

Audra Langley, Ph.D.


Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Faculty Teaching

Joan Striebel, M.D.


Lifetime Achievement Award

Richard Metzner, M.D.


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