Yale Department of Psychiatry residents Henry Kietzman, MD, PhD, and Will Li, MD, PhD, have been named first and second prize winners, respectively, of the 2026 Lustman Award for Psychiatric Research.
The award was established in honor of the late Professor Seymour L. Lustman and is funded by the Seymour L. Lustman Memorial Fund. It is given each year to physician-scientists who show excellence in research during their training.
Kietzman and Li, both third-year residents in the Neuroscience Research Training Program, will present their award-winning research at Grand Rounds on Friday, May 29, 2026.
The 2026 Lustman Award recipients are:
First Place: Henry Kietzman, MD, PhD: “Promoting Prosociality: How Cooperation Shapes the Rodent Brain"
Second Place: Will Li, MD, PhD: “Ketamine’s Neurotoxic Potential: Bridging Preclinical Evidence and Clinical Reality”