Congratulations to the 2007
Gloria Segal Award Winners!
The Gloria Segal award is given by the Minnesota Psychiatric Society (MPS) to a fourth year medical student at Mayo and a fourth year medical student at the U of M who meet the following criteria:
- Demonstrates excellence in the care of psychiatric patients.
- Outstanding performance during pre-clinical and clinical rotations in psychiatry.
- Demonstrates excellence in scholarly and/or research activities.
- High enthusiasm for the profession of psychiatry.
- Community involvement on behalf of the mentally ill.
Kathleen Hecksel is a fourth-year student at Mayo Medical School who graduated from Michigan State University with a Double Major in Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Social Sciences with a Concentration in Health Studies and a Specialization in Health and Humanities. She has worked as a social worker focusing her efforts on at-risk adolescents in a community mental health office and as a researcher in an ADHD lab. She is a dedicated educator offering her skills as a teaching assistant at the Mayo Medical School, coordinating conferences and building websites. She has been involved with the AMA and the APA. Ms. Hecksel is also the founder of Med Friends, a group pairing Mayo Medical Students with Children with Chronic Illness. She has received numerous awards and already publishes extensively. In her free time, Ms. Hecksel enjoys athletics, gardening, cooking ethnic vegetarian dishes, playing the flute, and pursuing artistic interests.
Fred Langheim is working on his medical degree through the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities M.D./Ph.D. Program (MSTP). In 2004 he completed his PhD in Neuroscience at the University with a 4.0 GPA. His thesis was Dynamic Brain Interactions as Revealed by Magnetoencephalography (MEG). As a Research Fellow at theNational Institute of Mental Health, he worked in the Clinical Brain Disorders Branch. Not surprisingly, Mr. Langheim is interested in an academic career in transitional research and clinical psychiatry, and his clinical interests are in the areas of schizophrenia, mood disorders, and autism spectrum disorders. His research Interests (applications of neuroimaging techniques in early diagnosis and treatment progression in mental illness, with further application to genetic linkage studies, and as a perspective for exploring normal brain function) offer endless possibilities. Mr. Langheim has won numerous scholarships and honors. He enjoys membership in several national professional associations including the APA, the AMA and several focused on neuroscience. A renaissance man, he speaks three human languages and many more computer languages! He keeps busy in his free time competing in triathalons, iron man competitions and recording music. It seems there is nothing he can’t do!
Congratulations to our 2007 Gloria Segal award winners! |
