2026 Travel Awards are supported by:

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry

Early Career Research Awardee

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.

Joseph Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH 
PGY-3 
UCSD Department of Psychiatry

AAAP John Renner Awardees

Given to medical students, residents, and fellows who are interested in learning about substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric disorders.

Avery Eun, BA  MS-2  UC San Diego School of Medicine

Philipa Owusu-Antwi, MD, MPH Public Psychiatry Clinical Fellow Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute

Alejandra Pulido Saavedra, MD Postdoctoral Associate  Yale School of Medicine

David Wiercigroch, MD, MPA Addiction Psychiatry Fellow University of Toronto and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

PGY-2

Baris Ors, MD Maimonides Health

Hooria Sarwar, MD Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

PGY-3

Armando Braz, MD MaineHealth General Psychiatry Residency

Jaqueline Campbell, MD Tripler Army Medical Center

Samantha Getsin, MD Staten Island University Hospital Northwell Health

PGY-4

Angelo Chaia, MD Mount Sinai Hospital

Alicia Ivory, MD, MS Medical College of Wisconsin

PGY-5

Paul Grey, DO Addiction Psychiatry Fellow  Thomas Jefferson University

Kanwalgeet Hans, DO, MBA, MS University of Kansas, School of Medicine

Jude Nkwelle, BScN, MSc, RN, APRN, MD University Hospitals -Case Western Reserve University

PGY-6

Tobias Atkin, MD Addiction Psychiatry Fellow Columbia University Medical Center/NYSPI

Gretel Sanchez-Hoehing, MD Attending NYU Grossman School of Medicine/ NYU Langone Health Bellevue

Regional & International Travel Awardees

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.

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Rajamani V M, MD DM 2nd Year Senior Resident National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India

Hollis O'Nell-Meyer, MD PGY-6 University of Rochester Medicine

Sheldon Miller Early Career Awardee

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.

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Thao Do Vy Le, MD, PhD 
PGY-3 
McLean Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Residency Education Awardee

This award is given to an Addiction Psychiatrist in clinical practice who demonstrates a sustained record of outstanding contributions to psychiatry residency education in Addiction Psychiatry.

Srinivas B Muvvala, MD, MPH 
Associate Professor of Psychiatry 
Yale School of Medicine

Medical Student Education Awardee

This award is given to an Addiction Psychiatrist in clinical practice who demonstrates a sustained record of outstanding contributions to medical student education in Addiction Psychiatry.

Jeremy Weleff, DO 
Assistant Professor 
Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta;
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine

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