In the News

Discover the latest updates from the Department of Psychiatry’s principal investigators and researchers. From new studies to notable achievements, this section showcases the work shaping the future of mental health.

Dr. Stiles-Shields holding award

Dr. Stiles-Shields awarded the ISRII "Rising Star Award"

Posted on September 09, 2025

Dr. Colleen Stiles-Shields was awarded the "Rising Star Award" by the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII). The award was presented to her at the ISRII Annual Conference in San Diego, CA, in early August 2025.

New recent publication from Peace Lab!

Posted on September 09, 2025

Dr. Suor, Ms. Mueller, and collaborators Katie Burkhouse and Stewart Shankman had a new study accepted for publication in Developmental Psychobiology.

Anna Patterson awarded an F30 fellowship from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

Posted on September 09, 2025

Anna Patterson, a third-year student in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience and fifth-year MD/PhD candidate, has been awarded an F30 fellowship from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for her project, “Ovarian Steroid Mechanisms of Female Cannabis Use: Longitudinal and Experimental Models.” Under the mentorship of Dr.

The MATTERS Lab Presents at Multiple Conferences

Posted on September 09, 2025

The MATTERS Lab presented at the Annual Conferences for the Society for Digital Mental Health, International Society for Research on Internet Interventions, and the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Subhash Pandey and his team received an award for a P50 Center Grant from the NIH

Posted on September 09, 2025

Dr. Subhash Pandey, and his interdisciplinary team which includes faculty from the departments of psychiatry, physiology and biophysics from the COM, the UIC research resource center facilities (RRC Bioinformatics) and the departments of biological sciences and psychology (UIC-college of liberal arts and science), and the Roy J Carver Biotechnology Center-UIUC, received an award for a P50 Center Grant from the NIH. This is one of the few Center grants funded by the NIH at UIC and brings a lot of recognition and prestige to the UIC.

Dr. Ali Zax - the new PREMIER T32 postdoctoral fellow

New PREMIER T32 postdoctoral fellow - Dr. Ali Zax

Posted on September 09, 2025

The ACCESS lab has the pleasure of welcoming Ali Zax, PhD, who is beginning as a PREMIER T32 postdoctoral fellow through the Department of Medicine! UIC’s T32 fellowship provides postdoctoral fellows who aspire to be independent researchers or team scientists an opportunity to develop their knowledge on translational science. Ali will be assisting Dr.

Chicago Parks District (CPD) Guided Mindfulness Walk

Posted on September 09, 2025

ACCESS for Mental Health Lab members collaborate with the Chicago Parks District (CPD) for another staff wellness event, this time in the Osaka Garden, where Melanie Tran, MA, Elyse Shenberger, PhD, Margarete Wallner, MD, and Tara Mehta, PhD, led a guided mindfulness walk for CPD staff focused on teaching everyday skills for mental hea

Dr. Elyse Shenberger, a postdoctoral fellow, chaired her first paper symposium at Society for Research in Child Development's biennial conference

Posted on June 09, 2025

Dr. Elyse Shenberger, a postdoctoral fellow, chaired her first paper symposium at Society for Research in Child Development's biennial conference in Minneapolis, along with an impressive team of Illinois researchers across institutions who shared their impressive work on understanding and preventing exclusionary discipline in Illinois early education.