Three trainees in the Yale Department of Psychiatry have been named recipients of the 2026 Thomas P. Detre Fellowship Award in Translational Neuroscience Research in Psychiatry.
The Detre Award, which is associated with the Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP), supports the translational research endeavors and educational needs of selected residents. Recipients receive $30,000 to support their work and their training.
The 2026 Detre Award recipients are:
Hui Yang, MD, PhD: “To Eat or Not to Eat: Neural Encoding of Need States for Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) and Correction of EFA Ratio to Normalize Feeding Drive in Rodent Eating Disorder Models.”
Samuel Dienel, MD, PhD: “Molecular and Cellular Basis of Thalamocortical Dysconnectivity in Schizophrenia.”
Noa Katz Shroitman, MD: “The Interplay Between Reproductive Hormones and Inflammation in the Mechanism of Risk for Psychosis in the Menopause Transition.”
The Detre Awards were established in memory of Dr. Thomas Detre, an internationally renowned academic psychiatrist, esteemed Yale Psychiatry faculty member and alumnus, and longtime Chair of Psychiatry, Vice Chancellor of Health Services, and Dean at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
The Detre Award, now in its 14th year, has been generously funded by departmental alumni, Biohaven, Ltd., and the Coric Family Foundation.