NEW! Professor Mustafa M. Husain, M.D., will end his faculty appointment on June 15 after three decades at UT Southwestern. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Husain on his many achievements as we wish him well on his retirement.

Over his career, Dr. Husain has served as principal investigator for major national collaborative, NIH-sponsored investigations to advance ECT strategies including the CORE Trial, Three Lead Placement (3LP) Study, and the PRIDE Trial. He also has led NIH-funded, multicenter, multinational, highly significant studies, including the Confirmatory Efficacy and Safety Trial of Magnetic Seizure Therapy for Depression (CREST-MST), as well as the PD- Depression from NIA and New Neuromodulation and Neuroimaging grants from Brain initiative, among many others.

Dr. Husain has assisted in developing and implementing mentoring plans for early career faculty and preparing responses to grant reviewer critiques on K-Award applications as part of our department’s Clinical Research in Progress program. He has also served as a grant reviewer nationally for the NIH, NIA, and NIMH and for the Brain Canada Mental Health Research Program, among many other roles for professional societies and journals.

He has mentored more than 25 junior faculty, several of whom have gone on to excel in their research and clinical work, such as Dr. Shawn McClintock and Dr. Paul Croarkin, who have received federal funding and built their own careers in neuromodulation.

He has also led teams of UT Southwestern researchers in work that is reshaping clinical practices in TMS, VNS, DBS, and MST brain stimulation techniques by helping to provide safe alternatives for the treatment of severe depression and bipolar disorder. He was the founding Director of the Neuromodulation Research and Therapeutic Program and has assisted our clinical leadership in streamlining the ECT program, encouraging and involving junior faculty in ECT research and helping our Interventional Psychiatry service become a highly recognized program nationally.  

Dr. Husain has had a long and distinguished career as a translational researcher and educator in brain stimulation therapies for severe affective disorders. We are thankful for his dedication to our department and his influence in our field.

Professor Robert W. Greene, Ph.D., M.D., will end his faculty appointment on May 31 after nearly 24 years at UT Southwestern.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Robby Greene on his upcoming retirement after an illustrious career at UT Southwestern.

Dr. Greene is an international leader in sleep research. His work has focused on the molecular and synaptic functions of sleep. His research articles have accumulated more than 14,000 citations, and he has contributed invited editorials for PNAS, Sleep, Biological Psychiatry, Neuropsychopharmacology, and Journal of Clinical Investigation. He has served as a member and then as Chair of the sleep-focused NIH study section, Brain Rhythms and Sleep, with additional service on numerous ad hoc special emphasis panels and program project review panels. He has received external funding awards continuously from the NIH and Department of Veterans Affairs and a T32 training award for training of graduate and undergraduates that he co-directed with Dr. Joseph Takahashi. Dr. Greene has served on several Society for Neuroscience committees and as a member of the Program Committee for both the Sleep Research Society and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

As a colleague, he has sustained an outstanding reputation for collegiality and professionalism as a researcher and an investigator in the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, with significant contributions to mentorship, didactic graduate teaching, and seminar participation.

His many achievements have not only advanced the science of sleep but greatly enhanced the reputation of our department and our institution. We are thankful for his service and wish him well on the next stage of his life.

NEW! Eric Nestler, M.D., Ph.D., Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Former Chair of the UT Southwestern Department of Psychiatry, Eric Nestler, M.D., Ph.D., has been highly honored with election to the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Nestler, a pre-eminent researcher studying the biological basis of addiction and depression, led our department until 2008. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that recognizes achievement in science by election to membership and advises the federal government and other organizations on matters of science, engineering, and health policy. We are pleased to celebrate this highly deserved recognition and the advances in translation brain science that Dr. Nestler has achieved. 

TODAY! 2025 ACNP Travel Award Program Application Deadline

The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology annually selects distinguished young scientists in the field of neuropsychopharmacology for its annual meeting travel award. Application deadline: May 8 at 5pm.   

SWAT OME Fellowship

The UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) together with the Office of Medical Education (OME) funds development activities for promising junior faculty with strong interests in medical education. The 1-year Fellowship provides funds for up to $20,000 that can provide salary support (up to 10% of salary) and protected time to delve into topics such as competency-based education, curriculum mapping, simulation, assessment of learners and teachers, and educational quality improvement to support the development of much-needed curriculum. Submission deadline: May 15. 

NAMIWalks North Texas

Join Psychiatry Team Confabulous to support changing and saving the lives of individuals with mental health conditions and their loved ones on Saturday, May 17, at Grandscape in The Colony, 7-10:30am, with an opening ceremony 8:00 and walking starting at 8:30. Interventional Psychiatry will host an event table with program information.

Community-Based Opioid Recovery Effort Grant Application Deadline

The Opioid Abatement Fund Council has announced the availability of up to $25 million across all regions for competitive, short-term Community-based Opioid Recovery Effort grants for one-time awards or projects expected to last less than a year that fall within any Council-approved category and strategy. The firm deadline to apply is Thursday, May 29 by 2 pm. 

Your Vote Needed: Residency Ranking Survey

The annual residency ranking survey is now in progress. Last year our training program remained ranked 15th nationally. Please help us ensure our ranking remains aligned with our actual excellence.

Are you eligible to vote?

(1) Alumni of a residency training program AND

(2) US board-certified physician AND

(3) Include the following on your Doximity profile:

a) Residency Program with years attended (in “Education & Training” section) AND

b) Currently valid Board Certification (in “Certification & Licensure” section)

High-Impact DCT Grants – Fast Focused Funding

The CTSA Program at UT Southwestern will award up to two $25,000, 10-month grants for research related to Data Science, Clinical Care Process Improvement and Early Translational Research. Apply by 5pm on June 2.

Team Science Grants Available

The CTSA Program at UT Southwestern is offering support up to $10,000 and coaching to multidisciplinary teams in generating preliminary data for future extramural grant submissions, such as to the National Institutes of Health or equivalent. Apply by 5pm on June 2.

Clinical and Translational Research Scholar Opportunity

The UT Southwestern CTSA Program has designed a 2-year scholar opportunity for junior faculty who show great promise in becoming successful, independently funded clinical and translational science investigators, with partial salary support from the CTSA KL2 grant. Apply by June 9.

AAEP Rising Scholars Fellowship Program Now Accepting Applications

This 1-year Fellowship of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry recognizes and supports the development of up to 3 junior faculty (within 5 years of training) and trainees who have the potential to make substantial contributions to the practice of emergency psychiatry. Apply by July 1.

Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium Request for Applications

TARCC has announced its 2025 Request for Applications to support innovative, translational based research in Texas and to ensure well-trained basic and translational researchers and clinician-scientists are available in Texas to aid in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Applications from junior investigators and projects that reflect cutting-edge science that will provide pilot data for larger proposals are particularly of interest. Applications are due July 15 by 5pm.

Texas Health Resources Clinical Scholars Program

The THR Clinical Scholars Program supports the training and development of outstanding UT Southwestern clinician-researchers, providing up to 70% protected research time and other resources for clinical investigators in their first five faculty years. Program applications may be submitted at any time.

Naveed Khokhar, M.D., describes how specialized magnets relieve medication-resistant depression in a newly posted UT Southwestern MedBlog.

NEW! ISEN Travel Scholarship Recipient

Psychiatry resident Donald Egan, M.D., was awarded a travel scholarship to attend the International Society of ECT and Neuromodulation Annual Meeting.

Award Honors Faculty Member

The University of Toronto newly announced the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance Tarek K. Rajji Award in Brain Stimulation Research. This award will honor a University of Toronto trainee conducting basic, pre-clinical, or clinical brain stimulation research related to dementia or a cognitive disorder. Dr. Rajji was the TDRA Executive Director at the University of Toronto from 2020 until his transition to UT Southwestern in 2024.This award honors his contributions to brain stimulation and mentorship in this field.

Golden Heart Award Winners

Shae Harp, LPC (below), and Courtney Sanders, Ph.D. (right), were honored for their clinical excellent in service to meeting the needs of our patients.

NEW!  2025 Celebration of Excellence Poster Presentation

Kapila Marambage, M.D., and Olabisi Adams, LCSW, Paths to Recovery Clinic Manager, presented the poster "The Paths to Recovery Bridge Clinic at Parkland Improving Access to Care through Quality Improvement" (coauthors Minnie Mathew, Benjamin Kum, D.O.) at UT Southwestern's annual Celebration of Excellence event.

NEW! Psychiatry resident Donald Egan, M.D., presented “Intentional Storytelling in your Medical School Application” to the American Psychiatric Association’s Future Leaders in Psychiatry Program (FLIPP). Dr. Egan also updated the APA's patient and family page on PTSD: What Is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? 

NEW! Carmen Cruz, Psy.D., participated in a panel for the American Psychological Association’s Division on the Society for the Psychology of Women, titled "Thriving and Liberation with Mid-Career Psychologists." The panelists engaged in conversations about their experiences, dilemmas, successes, and choices they have made to live their intersectional feminist values in mid-career.

Photos from the recent American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training Annual Meeting in San Francisco--

Tameka Ellis, M.B.A. (below, second from right) was named Chair of the Lucille Fusaro Meinsler Program Administrator Award Committee.

NEXT WEEK! Wellness Week 2025 for the UT Southwestern Community

Each day at 2pm, via Zoom:

Monday, May 12:

Gift of Yoga: Connecting with Your Present for a Better Self

Tuesday, May 13:

Realities of the Working Parent

Wednesday, May 14:

The Journey Home: Defining your Path to Personal fulfillment

Thursday, May 15:

Lifestyle Medicine: Simple Steps for Optimal Well-Being

Friday, May 16:

Comprehensive Wellness Systems: Supporting Students, Faculty, and Employees at UT Southwestern

Ethics Grand Rounds

Tuesday, May 13, 12-1pm via Zoom.

Krystal S. Tsosie, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor in the School of Life Sciences and Associate Director of the Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center at Arizona State University, will present "Reframing Indigenous Health through Genomic Data Sovereignty and Equity." 

Wellness Retreat for Faculty and APPs

Friday, June 6, 8:00am to 5:00pm (Breakfast starts at 7:30), at Pegasus Park

(3000 Pegasus Park Dr, Dallas)

CME-certified! Focus on personal resilience, rejuvenating, and reconnecting with your passion for academic medicine alongside like-minded colleagues.