Trainee Travel Award
The Trainee Travel Award supports consultation-liaison psychiatry fellows, residents, and medical students in attending the ACLP Annual Meeting. The purpose of this award is to encourage trainee engagement with the Academy, provide exposure to current research and clinical advances, and foster the next generation of leaders in consultation-liaison psychiatry.
For 2026, twenty (20) Trainee Travel Awards will be granted.
AWARD DETAILS
ELIGIBILITY
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- Must be a medical student, psychiatry resident, or consultation-liaison psychiatry fellow at the time of the Annual Meeting.
- Interest in consultation-liaison psychiatry.
- Must attend the current year’s Annual Meeting in person.
- Submission of an abstract is not required, but applicants with an abstract submission will receive preference.
- Preference is given to senior trainees and first-time Annual Meeting attendees.
- Webb Fellowship recipients are not eligible.
SELECTION
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- Nominations are reviewed and scored by the ACLP Fellowship and Awards Subcommittee
RECOGNITION
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- Certificate presented at Annual Meeting
- $750 Honorarium
- Complimentary Annual Meeting Registration
TIMELINE
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- Nominations open March 16, 2026 and close July 1, 2026. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the recommendation is submitted by the deadline.
APPLICATION
Applications may be submitted by the candidate through the online nomination Form.
Required materials:
- A brief essay (maximum 500 words) describing the applicant’s interest in consultation-liaison psychiatry and future career goals
- A letter of recommendation submitted online by one of the following:
- Program Director (for fellows and residents)
- C-L Division Director or C-L Faculty Member (for residents and medical students)
Awards are granted based on demonstrated interest in C-L psychiatry and potential for engagement with the Academy
Past Award Recipients
| 2025 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Krisdaniel Berreta, DO Abdullah Bataineh, MD Kristen Chalmers, MD Joshua Coleman, DO Erin Hegarty, MA, MD Brandon Hinrichs, MD Sadhika Jagannathan, MD Andrew Ji, MD Anneka Johnston-Dumerauf, MD Jennifer Jolivert, MD
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Mihaela Kancheva, MD Erika Kaske, MD Ashley Mahajan, DO Hilary Pang, MD, MSc Kira Panzer, MD Victoria Schulte, MD Shaan Sharma, MD James Swanson, MD Rayah Touma Sawaya, MD Emily Zhang, MD
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| 2024 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Mirza Baig, MD Adriana Cantos, MD Stephanie Chien, MD Bekir Nihat Dogrul, MD Gabrielle Dressler, MD, MBE Hatice Nur Eken, MD Avital Fischer, MD, PhD
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Annie Heyman, MD Jacob Person, MD, MPH Julian Raffoul, MD, PhD William Tobolowsky, MD Vlad Velicu, MD, MS Juliana Zambrano, MD, MPH Ning "Olivia" Zhao, BS, BA, MD
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| 2023 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Zachary Bean, MD Elizabeth Clayton, MD Isaiah Crum, MD Lauren Fields, MD Amvrine Ganguly, MBBS, MD Brittany Goldstein, MD Dallas Hamlin, MD |
Can Kilciksiz, MD
Bryan Lao, MD Henry Onyeaka, MD Daniel Powell, MD Janelle Ruiz, MD, MS Avneet Soin, MD Jon Sole, MD, MSc Conrad Stasieluk, MD |
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| 2021 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Alissa Hutto, MD Anton Makhiboroda Bernice Yau, MD Bill Chen, MS Ekaterina Protsenko Eric Weaver Jennifer Hsu |
Kaitlyn Crutchley Madhuri Jakkam Setty, MBBS Margaret Puelle, MD Meghan Keil, MD Veronika Hanko, MD |
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| 2020 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Patrick Buckley, MBA, MD Kate Bukiri, MD Laura Campbell, MD Raheel Chaudhry, MD Joy Choi, MD Julia Kulikowski, MD Shivani Kumar, MD Walter Luchsinger, MD |
Alice Luo, MD Ashley Nieves Archibald, MD Melanie Peterson Badr Ratnakaran, MBBS Jordan Spencer, DO Janahan Vijanderan, MS, MD Amelia Wendt, MD |
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| 2019 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Renee Drolet, MD, MA Elvis Espero, MD Jacqueline Hirsch, MD Cybele Arsan, MD Shinnyi Chou, MD Margaret Cinderella, MD Samuel Kohrman, MD Alvaro La Rosa, MD |
Ruth McCann, MD Amanda Mihalik-Wenger, BS, MD Nona Nichols, BA, MD Youngchan Park, MD, MPH Anushka Shenoy, MD Sarah Slocum, MD Emily Sorg, MD |
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| 2018 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Amy Cooper, MD Nkemka Esiobu, MD, MPH Patrick Ho, MD Jessica Holliday, MD, MPH Samantha Latorre, MD Shadi Lavasani, MD Stanley Lyndon, MD Charles Manchee, MD |
Flannery Merideth, MD Manivel Rengasamy, MD Yingying Rezmovits, MD, MBA Jennifer Sotsky, MD, MS Brian Wasserman, MD Elyse Watson, MD Samantha Zwiebel, MD, MA |
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| 2017 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Nicole Bates, MD Daniel Daunis, MD Reema Dedania, MD Christy Duan, MD Justin Gettings, MD Anna Jackson, MD Abhisek Khandai, MD Shelly Kucherer, MD |
Ashley Lawler, MD Jack Owens, MD Sara Puening, MD Daniel Shalev, MD Meredith Spada, MD Robyn Thom, MD Stephanie Tung, MD |
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| 2016 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Jose Arriola Vigo, MD, PhD Arpita Goswami Banerjee, MD Larkin Elderon, MD Abraham Ghattas, DO Hermioni Lokko, MD, MPP Subani Maheshwari, MD |
Laura Poellet, MD, JD Deepa Pawar, MD, MPH Robin Valpey, MD Simon Sidelnik, MD Jonathan Smith, MD Thida Thant, MD |
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| 2015 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Andrea Ament, MD Richard Carlson, MD Ann Chandy, MD Kaleena Chilcote, MD Julia Edwards, MD, MPH Laura Erickson-Schroth, MD, MA Tanuja Gandhi, MD Emily Holmes, MD, MPH |
Sarah Homitsky, MD Wynne Lundblad, MD Rachel Ross, MD, PhD Kamalika Roy, MD Neeta Shenai, MD Erin Smith, MD UPMC James Wilkins, MD, Dphil |
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| 2014 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Amritha Bhat, MD Kathleen Bingham, MD Monika Chaudhry, MD Julia Edwards, MD, MPH Morgan Faeder, MD, PhD Anna Frenklach, MD Robin Hanson, DO Heather (Liebherr) Joseph, DO |
Lawrence Kaplan, DO Daniel Linhares, MD Nasuh Malas, MD, MPH Laura McLafferty, MD Anna Piotrowski, MD Rajiv Radhakrishnan, MBBS, MD Emily Rosenberger, BA |
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| 2013 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Meredith Cait Brady, MD Kang Won Choi, DO, JD, MPP Michael Butterfield, MD, MSc Katharine Dalke, MD, MBE Hussam Jefee Bahloul, MD Justin Johnson, MD Tiwalola Kolawole, MD |
David Kroll, MD Vanessa Lentz, MD, MSc Amy Lu, MD candidate Laura McLafferty, MD Mark Newman, MD Katie Norfleet, MD Paul Thisayakorn, MD |
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| 2012 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Alan T. Bates MD, PhD Amritha Bhat, MD Neevon Esmaili, MD Amanda S. Green, MD Katy A. LaLone, MD Robert B. Lloyd, MD Lindsey Y. Mortenson, MD |
Jessica R. Mosier, MD Nadia Quijije, MD Simha E. Ravven, MD Vidushi Savant, MD John Taylor, MD, MBA Adam J. Trenton, DO |
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| 2011 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Sepideh N. Bajestan, MD Meera Balasubramaniam, MD Richard Carlson, Jr., MD Anna L. Dickerman, MD Amelia Dubovsky, MD Lawrence Fung, MD Felipe Jain, MD |
Elizabeth LiCalzi, MD Danielle Magness, MD Christina Marchionni, MD Curtis McKnight, MD Emma Sammelson-Jones, MD Jo Ellen Wilson, MD |
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| 2010 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Anthony Cavalieri, MD Christopher Celano, MD Shane Coleman, MD Zhanna Elberg, MD Anna Glezer, MD Stacey Gramann, MD |
Christina Khan, MD Shimul Kumbhani, MD Tuong-Vi Nguyen, MD Eliza Park, MD Magdalena Romanowicz, MD Shilpa Sachdeva, MD Justin Smith, MD |
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| 2009 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Daniel R. Bateman, MD Amit Chopra, MBBS Daliborka Danelisen, DO Holly DuBois, MD Travis J. Fisher, MD Catherine Harrison-Restelli, MD Charles Hebert, MD |
Rukhsana Iqbal, MD Abhisdhek Jain, MD David Novosad MD Jacynthe Rivest, MD Yelizaveta I. Sher, MD Ilse R. Wiechers, MD |
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| 2008 TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS | ||
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Sharon Batista, MD Scott Beach, MD Scott Campbell, MD Amy Christianson, MD, MS, MBA Kathryn Egan, MD Jonathan Fellers, MD Brenda Garro, MD |
Christina Hines, MD Felicia Kuo, MD Sarah Parsons, MD Sosunmolu Shoyinka, MD Gillian Sowden, MD Donald Tavakoli, MD |
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