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The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) has presented McLean Hospital’s Bertha K. Madras, PhD , with its 2019 Innovator Award . Madras, the director of McLean’s Laboratory of Addiction Neurobiology, accepted the award on June 16, 2019, at CPDD’s 81st Annual Scientific Meeting in San...

McLean Hospital has once again been named one of the top hospitals in the United States. Announced today, U.S. News & World Report’s annual best hospitals survey ranks McLean second overall in the nation for psychiatry, making McLean America’s top-ranked freestanding psychiatric hospital for the...

In May, McLean Hospital’s Jane Eisen, MD , was appointed as a professor in residence in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS). The school awards professor in residence positions to senior scholars to fill specific roles in various departments at the school. In her new role...

McLean Hospital’s Diego A. Pizzagalli, PhD , has been named editor of the journal Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience (CABN). Pizzagalli’s tenure as editor begins on January 1, 2021. Published six times each year, the publication presents empirical articles and reviews on behavior and...

During the Arlington School’s online commencement, held on June 11, a 2020 graduate summed up how unique her high school graduating class is. “We are a strange year,” she said, “born around the time of the 9/11 attacks, growing up in a changing world, and, of course, graduating in a global pandemic...

Milissa Kaufman, MD, PhD , is McLean Hospital’s nominee for the 2020 Excellence in Mentoring Awards. Presented by Harvard Medical School , the award recognizes “the value of quality mentoring relationships and the impact they have on professional development and career advancement in basic/clinical...

During the December 2020 Nurses’ Luncheon and Lecture, McLean’s Professional Nursing Advancement Program honored eight recipients of its tiered professional nursing categories. Six recipients received Tier 1, and two recipients received Tier 3. As part of the application process for Tier 1, the...

Boston magazine has named five McLean Hospital clinicians to its Top Doctors list for 2020. Honorees were selected through the publication’s annual survey of doctors in the Boston area. The list includes experts in fields such as dermatology, cardiology, orthopedics, pediatrics, and psychiatry...

Edward P. Lawrence and Joseph Gold, MD , both important influencers of the mental health care landscape, were lauded at a July event for their significant contributions to McLean Hospital, Partners HealthCare (now Mass General Brigham), and the greater field of behavioral and mental health. The two...

McLean Hospital’s Sophia L. Maurasse, MD , has been honored as the recipient of the 2019 National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year (NCCY) Award by the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare , a national nonprofit dedicated to putting compassion at the heart of health care. The prestigious...

K awards, which are part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Career Development Awards, support the next generation of scientists focused on addressing the country’s most pressing biomedical challenges. These awards serve to provide both salary and research for intensive, focused...

Scott L. Rauch, MD , McLean Hospital’s president, psychiatrist in chief, and the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Chair of Psychiatry, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Rauch’s tenure begins this month, and he will be formally welcomed to the NAM during its 50th...

Marisa M. Silveri, PhD , is this year’s winner of the prestigious Anne M. Cataldo Excellence in Mentoring Award. She was formally recognized as the 2019 recipient at a ceremony at McLean Hospital’s Pierce Hall in Belmont, Massachusetts, on October 4, 2019. Silveri is the director of the...

The Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America (SARDAA) will present Deborah L. Levy, PhD , director of the Psychology Research Laboratory at McLean Hospital, with its 2019 Valiant Researcher Award. Established in 2018, the Valiant Researcher award recognizes an individual “who has...