Congratulations to our graduates!

Department news | June 27, 2024


On June 21, we celebrated the graduation of our psychiatry residents, psychology residents and ACGME fellows at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture. We are immensely proud of this outstanding group of new mental health professionals and wish them all the best in their future endeavors. We hope to stay connected with each of our graduates.

Numerous trainees and faculty members received accolades at the graduation ceremony. Congratulations to all!

Psychology Resident Awards

  • The Making a Difference Joan C. Martin, PhD, Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Psychology Resident – Carlos Yeguez, MS
  • The Director’s Prize: Dr. Nancy Robinson Award – Kristen O’Loughlin, MA, MS
  • The John E. Carr PhD Award for Outstanding Achievement in Empirically-Supported Psychotherapies – Merranda McLaughlin, MS
  • The Joseph Becker PhD Award for Outstanding Research Achievement – Antoine Lebeaut, MA

Psychology Internship Faculty Recognition Awards for Teaching & Supervising Excellence

Psychiatry Resident Awards

  • Outstanding Junior Resident – Matt Becker, MD, PhD
  • Hoffmann Award – Joellyn Sheehy, MD
  • Academic excellence – Marlene Tai, MD
  • Clinical excellence – Amanda Seely, MD
  • Outstanding resident – Zoe Renner, MD
  • Outstanding Teaching Scholars – James Lee, MD
  • Excellence in Public Psychiatry and Social Dedication – Joellyn Sheehy, MD, and Brittany Van Ness, MD
  • Outstanding Chief Resident – Elizabeth Richards Hersey, MD

Psychiatry Residency Faculty and Staff Recognition Awards

  • Deborah Cowley Psychiatry Chief Residents’ Award – Tuesday Burns, MD and Tina Hayashi, RD
  • Excellent Faculty Mentor Award – Stephen Thielke, MD
  • Excellent Teaching Faculty Award – Roger Huijon, MD