Members of the UAB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology were honored Thursday, June 11, at the 2026 Graduation and Education Awards. The annual event served to recognize exemplary residents, faculty, and fellows in the department for the 2025-2026 academic year.
See photos from the event here.
Below is a list of award winners for the 2025-2026 academic year.
General Residency
PRITE Excellence for PGY1: Amanda Cuomo, M.D.
PRITE Excellence for PGY2: Emma Cao, M.D.
PRITE Excellence for PGY3: John Denton, M.D.
PRITE Excellence for PGY4: Daniel Borota, M.D.
PRITE Excellence: Daniel Borota, M.D.
PGY1 Inpatient Psychiatry Award: Isabelle Robinson, M.D.; Nirali Ghodasara, M.D.
PGY2 Inpatient Psychiatry Award: Emma Cao, M.D.; Taylor Spiletic, M.D.
PGY3 Inpatient Psychiatry Award: John Denton, M.D.; Brent Collier, M.D.
PGY4 Inpatient Psychiatry Award: Sahithi Edavally, M.D.; Kareem Alhassan, MBBS
Geriatric Psychiatry Award: Shubha McClelland, M.D.
Consult Psychiatry Award: Kareem Alhassan, MBBS
Addiction Psychiatry Award: Shubha McClelland, M.D.
Emergency Psychiatry Award: Andrew Brown, M.D.
PGY1 Emergency Psychiatry Award: Zachary Ballinger, M.D.
Emergency Psychiatry Night Call Award: John Denton, M.D.
Child Outpatient Award: Logan Wareham, M.D.
Child Inpatient Award: John Denton, M.D.
Community Psychiatry Award: John Denton, M.D.
Outstanding PRPC Resident Award: John Denton, M.D.
Veterans Affairs Psychiatry Award: Mack Bozman, M.D.
Resident Grand Rounds Presentation: Peter Teravskis, M.D., J.D.
Resident Wellness Award: John Vallas, D.O.
Resident Mentor Award: Jody Morgan, M.D.
Residency Faculty Awards
PGY-1 Faculty Award: Gagandeep Bhatia, MBBS
PGY-2 Faculty Award: Adam Niolet, M.D.
PGY-3 Faculty Award: Charles Davis, M.D.
PGY-4 Faculty Award: Gagandeep Bhatia, MBBS
Medical Student Teaching Faculty Award: Aniket Malhotra, MBBS
Outstanding Psychologist: Christiana Pierpaoli-Parker, Ph.D.
Excellence in Psychotherapy Teaching and Supervision: Paul Weir, M.D.
Fellowship Awards
Child PRITE Excellence: Amber Green, M.D.
First Episode Psychosis Clinic Award: Cydney Terryn, M.D.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds Award: Cydney Terryn, M.D.
Quality Improvement Research Award: Amber Green, M.D.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Leadership and Advocacy Award: Haniya Halim, M.D.
Fellowship Faculty Award
Outstanding Attending Award: Connie Chang, M.D.