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Sue Pondrom, (619) 543-6163 In San Francisco in May, he will receive the 2003 Jack Weinberg Memorial Award for “special leadership or outstanding work in clinical practice, training, or research in geriatric psychiatry anywhere in the world,” from the American Psychiatric Association. In October, the Institute of Living in Hartford, CT will present Jeste with the 2003 C. Charles Burlingame Award for “outstanding leadership in psychiatric research, education or administration.” A specialist in geriatric psychiatry, Jeste is chief of the UCSD Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, holds the UCSD Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in Aging, and is a geriatric psychiatrist with the VA San Diego Healthcare System. In addition, he edits the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, which recently had the highest percentage increase in total citations in the entire field of psychiatry and psychology, according to ISA Essential Science Indicators, which tracks citations of scientific papers. UCSD’s Division of Geriatric Psychiatry includes the Senior Behavioral Health Program, which offers inpatient and outpatient services for older patients with mental health needs, who also have physical health needs. Jeste is also principal investigator of the Center for Community-based Research in Older People with Psychoses, a $7.5 million program funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The program is a a unique collaboration between UCSD and the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency’s Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) to develop effective new therapies for middle-aged and elderly people with schizophrenia and other chronic psychotic disorders.
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V. Jeste, M.D., University of California, San Diego (UCSD) professor of
psychiatry and neurosciences, has been named the recipient of two prestigious
professional awards.