Anna Yusim
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Anna Yusim (born February 23, 1977) is a Russian-American psychiatrist, educator, executive coach, author and academic who is known for her research and advocacy in global mental health reform and the intersection of mental health and spirituality[1] She is a Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale School of Medicine[2] and was named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in 2020.
Yusim was born in Moscow, Russia, to parents Leonid and Alla Yusim.[3] Her family emigrated to the United States in 1982 when Yusim was five years old. She grew up in Chicago, where her father worked as a biomedical engineer and her mother worked as a computer programmer.[4]
She attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for high school, where she later received the IMSA Alumni Trailblazer Award.[5] She then attended Stanford University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biological Sciences and double Honors in Biology and Philosophy / Ethics. She was awarded the Hoefer Prize at Stanford University for the essay written in the Social Sciences entitled, "Cigarettes, Poverty, and the Inadequacy of Desert: A Philosophical Quest for Justice in Health Care".[6] Her Philosophy / Ethics thesis was awarded The Golden Award for top thesis written in the Humanities and Creative Arts.[7]
She completed her Medical Degree at Yale School of Medicine, where she received the Janet M. Glasgow-Rubin Award for women physicians with high academic achievement, the Max Kade Fellowship and the William F. Downs Fellowship for International Research. She then went on to complete her psychiatry residency at NYU Langone Health, where she received the Outstanding Research Resident Award from the National Institute of Mental Health,[8] APIRE/Janssen Research Award, the American Psychoanalytic Association Fellowship, the Columbia Psychoanalytic Fellowship. During her residency training, she conducted research in Rwanda[9] and wrote for the American Journal of Psychiatry.[10]
Her academic work has included neuroscience research on the effects of stress on the brain with Robert Sapolsky,[11][12] global mental health research in countries including rural Ecuador,[13] the relationship between heart disease and depression, binaural beat meditation treatment for anxiety,[14] and various publications on psychiatric medication,[15] rare thyroid disorders.[16]