Psychiatry

Adult Psychiatry

  • Jeffrey Zabinski, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2024

    • Harmonizing the Mind: Conceptualizing A Framework for Music Selection in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, Scholarly Project

    2023

    • Assessing the Needs of Caregivers of Cardiac Arrest Survivors: A Qualitative Study, Scholarly Project

    2022

    • Remote Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Post-Intensive Care Syndrome, Scholarly Project
  • Christopher Ramsey, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2022

    • A Literature Review on nutritional psychiatry: a deep dive into the use of diet to treat and prevent depression in adults, Scholarly Project

Behavioral Health Services and Policy Research

  • Lisa Beth Dixon, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2023

    • Preparing to move on: Perspectives from Participants and Families Who Received Coordinated Specialty Care for First Episode Psychosis in New York State, Scholarly Project
  • Mark Olfson, MD, MPH

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2023

    • Association between Screen Time and Depression in the United States, Summer Research
  • Kathleen Pike, PhD

    Mentored Student Projects by Year:
    2023

    • Mapping Relationships Among Organizations Offering Intimate Partner Violence Services in a Kenyan Informal Settlement: A Social Network Analysis, Summer Research, New York City, NY, USA

    2022

    • How Can Oral Health Professionals Aid Eating Disorders?, Summer Research, New York City, NY, USA

Women's Mental Health

  • Catherine Ena Monk, PhD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2025

    • Emotional Availability in the PREPP Trial: Effects of a Psychological Intervention to Prevent Postpartum Depression Among At-Risk Dyads, Summer Research

    2022

    • Relationship between psychobiological factors and unpredictability in maternal sensory signals, Summer Research

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

  • Randy Auerbach, PhD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2025

    • Developing a Digital Single-Session Intervention Targeting Interpersonal Conflicts in Depressed Youth, Scholarly Project

    2022

    • Identifying Children at Risk of Suicide Following Emergency Department Discharge, Scholarly Project
  • Cristiane Duarte, PhD, MPH

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2024

    • The Intergenerational Transmission of Anxiety, Scholarly Project
  • Tamara Sussman, PhD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2024

    • Racial Disparities Associated with Educational Disciplinary Measures and Adolescent Affective Mood Disorders, Scholarly Project
  • Alexandra Canetti, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2025

    • Exploring the Impact of TikTok on Public Perception and Understanding of Autism, ADHD, and Anxiety: A Narrative Medicine Perspective, Scholarly Project
  • Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD, MS

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2025

    • The impact of parental leave on infant sleep and developmental outcomes, Scholarly Project
  • Pankhuree Vandana, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2025

    • Efficacy of Center for Autism and Developing Brain’s (CADB) Positive Behavior Support Program on Reduction of Inappropriate Behavior, Scholarly Project

Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics

  • Michael James Devlin, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2023

    • Narrative Approaches to Eating Disorders: Reflections, Scholarly Project
  • Brian A. Fallon, MD, MPH

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2022

    • Neural Mechanisms of Chronic Pain in Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome, Research Year
  • Alla Landa, PhD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2022

    • Neural Mechanisms of Chronic Pain in Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome, Research Year
  • Lisa M. Ranzenhofer, PhD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2024

    • Topic Analysis of the Keyboard Inputs of Adolescent Women With and Without an Eating Disorder using Latent Dirichlet Allocation, Scholarly Project
  • Joanna E. Steinglass, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2024

    • Impact of the COVID pandemic on adolescent eating disorder severity and outcomes, Scholarly Project
  • Robert Lewis-Fernandez, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2026

    • Bridging Gaps in BIPOC Mental Healthcare: Stakeholder Perceptions of Social Determinants in Psychosis Assessment and Treatment, Research Year
  • Joshua T. Kantrowitz, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2025

    • Tolerability of Aerobic Exercise Combined with Olanzapine and Samidorphan to Mitigate Early Weight Gain in Schizophrenia, Summer Research
  • Gaurav Patel, MD, PhD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2026

    • The Role of Control Nodes in Governing Brain State Transitions during Naturalistic Social Cognition in Schizophrenia, Research Year

Gender, Sexuality, and Health

  • Walter Otto Bockting, PhD, LP

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2025

    • Identity Development and Social Connectedness Among Trans and Nonbinary People: Implications for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Scholarly Project

    2023

    • A review of the patient population and clinical assessment measures used at intake in children, adolescents, and young adults presenting with gender dysphoria to Columbia’s Gender Identity Program, Scholarly Project

Geriatric Psychiatry

  • Davangere P. Devanand, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2026

    • Longitudinal Analysis of Neurocognitive Deficits and Molecular Profiles in Patients with Persistent Post-COVID Olfactory Dysfunction, Research Year

    2025

    • Neurocognitive Deficits and Imaging Correlates in a Longitudinal COVID-19 Patient Population, Research Year

    2022

    • Neurocognitive Correlates of Chemosensory Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients, Research Year
  • Peter Andrew Shapiro, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2022

    • Predictors of Referral/Treatment and Effect of PHQ9 Profiles on Depression Management in Columbia Outpatient Oncology Patients, Scholarly Project
  • Karen Marder, MD, MPH

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:
    2022

    • Lifelong cognitive engagement slows symptom progression and neurodegeneration in Huntington’s disease: a six year follow-up study, Summer Research, Barcelona, Spain
  • Yaakov Stern, PhD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2024

    • Functional Connectivity and Cognitive Performance: A Graph Theory Analysis, Summer Research

Law, Ethics and Psychiatry

  • Paul Stuart Applebaum, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2022

    • Disparities in Capacity Determination, Scholarly Project

Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology

  • Jeffrey M. Miller, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2023

    • The Relationship between Brain Structure and Therapeutic Response to Ketamine in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder, Scholarly Project
    • The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Inflammation and Major Depressive Disorder, Summer Research

    2021

    • The Relationship between Brain Structure and Therapeutic Response to Ketamine in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder, Research Year
  • J. John Mann, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2025

    • Understanding the role of omega-3 fatty acids in the social stress-mediated inflammatory response and kynurenine pathway in major depressive disorder, Research Year
  • M. Elizabeth Sublette, MD, PhD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2025

    • Understanding the role of omega-3 fatty acids in the social stress-mediated inflammatory response and kynurenine pathway in major depressive disorder, Research Year

Substance Use Disorders

  • Elias Dakwar, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2022

    • Ayahuasca: The Space Between, Scholarly Project
  • Frances R. Levin, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2023

    • Harm Less: Integrating Harm Reduction for Opioid Use Disorder into Medical Education, Scholarly Project
  • Sean X. Luo, MD, PhD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2022

    • Use of the OMOP Common Data Model in Observational Studies of Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review, Scholarly Project
  • Diana M. Martinez, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2024

    • Ketamine-Enhanced Mindfulness Practice for Tinnitus, Scholarly Project

    2023

    • Investigation of TEST (Transcranial Electric Stimulation Therapy) for Chronic Pain: A Pilot Study, Summer Research
  • Matisyahu Shulman, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2023

    • Characterizing the role of homelessness in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment outcomes, Summer Research
  • Jermaine Jones, PhD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2024

    • A Quantitative Assessment of Medical Comorbidities Impacting the Safety and Efficacy of Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors in HIV-Positive Methamphetamine Users, Scholarly Project

Other

  • Annika C. Sweetland, DrPH

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2024

    • Prevalence and factors associated with depression and anxiety among adolescents and young adults at risk for HIV in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, Summer Research,East London, South Africa

    2023

    • Implementation of Competency-Based Assessments in the Delivery of Mental Healthcare in South Africa, Scholarly Project
  • Jonathan Michael Amiel, MD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2023

    • Developing a Curriculum to Teach Trans* Healthcare to Medical Students, Scholarly Project
  • Kelli Jane K. Harding, MD, MPH

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2024

    • Mindful Devotion: A Path to Mental Resilience, Scholarly Project
  • Steven A. Kushner, MD, PhD

    Mentored VP&S Student Projects by Year:

    2025

    • [Co]morbid [P]sychiatric [I]llness [N]atural History & [G]enetics - A Study on Late-Onset Tay-Sachs disease, Summer Research