HNRP trainees showcase their work at the 2025 Lewis L. Judd symposium

HNRP trainees showcase their work at the 2025 Lewis L. Judd symposium. The symposium is named after Lewis L. Judd, M.D. who served as the second Chair of the UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry from 1977-2014. Dr. Judd was passionate about educating the next generation of scholars and clinicians. He wished to create an environment where clinician scholars could interact with basic science trainees and faculty to enhance intellectual cross-fertilization. In this way, best practices in psychiatry and mental health were to be developed. To that end he fostered the development of a specific research training program for M.D.’s, Ph.D.’s, and M.D./Ph.D.’s, as well as research tracks in clinical training programs. To recognize the trainees, he inaugurated in 2005 a research symposium to provide a forum for our trainees to showcase their work and to receive feedback.

This annual research symposium has been an important feature in the academic life of the Department of Psychiatry ever since. In recognition of Dr. Judd’s foresight and passion for research education, this symposium was named in his honor in 2014.

The event showcases the research of faculty, trainees, and staff, and includes oral didactic presentations, a keynote speaker, and a poster session. The Symposium is designed to accomplish two important goals: to serve as a forum in which cutting edge research findings are disseminated to the Department and the larger scientific community, and to provide an opportunity for the Departmental community to celebrate the accomplishments of the developing scientists.

Mohammadsobhan S. Andalibi, MD - Plasma Microbiome Composition among Neurobehavioral Phenotypes (NBPs) in People with HIV (PWH)

Victoria O. Chentsova, MS - Chronology Counts: Investigating timing of first major depressive episode in people living with HIV

Tyler Dexter, PhD - Ecstasy (MDMA) increases choices for social rewards in mice – role for the mPFC?

Lilly Ham - Increased Apathy Relates to Reduced Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex to Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex Functional Connectivity among People with HIV and History of Methamphetamine Use

Dafna Paltin, MS - A Community-Centered Research Collaborative to Support the Adoption of Long-Acting Injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) 

Maximo Prescott - Self-reported everyday functioning among adults with HIV: Longitudinal associations with global neurocognitive functioning and depressive symptoms

Jake Rattigan - Driving under the influence of beliefs: Assessing the accuracy of cannabis users’ expectations of acute ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol effects with a high-fidelity driving simulator

Jeffrey M. Rogers, MS - Methamphetamine polysubstance in the United States: Prevalences, changes over time, and associations with United States demography

Mira Sur - Driving under the influence of cannabis (DUIC) and perceived effectiveness of law enforcement detection of DUIC

Laura Vilar-Ribó, PhD - Sex-Specific Genetic Architecture and Comorbidities of Alcohol Use Behaviors

Crystal X. Wang, PhD - Dietary markers of neurocognitive impairment in people with HIV