FADEx 2026 – Awardees

As part of the PEPR PROPSY, the Franco-American Doctoral Exchange Program (FADEx) has issued a call for applications. This call is open to doctoral students or candidates who have defended their thesis within the last 12 months and are currently enrolled at a U.S. university or research institute, for a research internship focused on precision psychiatry.

The French Embassy in the United States has awarded 11 grants to support participation in the FADEx immersion program in precision psychiatry. The internship will take place from June 8 to 12, 2026, across France.

Congratulations to our awardees!

• Vivek Anand: Georgia Institute of Technology – Department of Precision Neuroengineering – Dissertation: Creating an Objective Data-Driven Assay for Motivation

• Daniel Argueta: Rice University – Department of Psychological Sciences – Dissertation: STRIDE: Stress, Immunometabolic Processes, and Attachment in Depressive Symptoms Across the Lifespan

• Genevieve Craig: Emory University – Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences – Dissertation: Inflammation Effects on Fear and Anxiety-Related Circuits and Symptoms in Patients with Depression

• Tess Filip: Iowa State University – Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences – Dissertation: Geolocation-Derived Mobility Indices: A Digital Phenotype of Negative Symptoms in Schizotypy

• Maya Foster: Yale University – Department of Biomedical Engineering – Dissertation: Mapping Heterogeneity in Severe Mental Illness Using Neuroimaging Approaches

• McKenzie Hagen: Washington University – Department of Psychology – Dissertation: An Evaluation of Model-Based Connectomes

• Santino Iannone: Yale University – Department of Neuroscience – Dissertation: Targeting Functional Networks With Brain-Based Psychometric Scales

• Chaodan Luo: USC – Department of Psychology – Dissertation: A Computational Framework for Psychiatric Biotyping and Treatment Prediction

• Alexander Simon: Yale University – Department of Neuroscience – Dissertation: Modeling Disordered Circuits for Understanding Heterogeneity in Psychiatry

• Chunyu Wang: UCLA – School of Nursing – Dissertation: The Mechanism of Gender Differences in Depressive Symptoms Among Older Chinese American Immigrants

• Matthew Yuen: Yale University – Department of Neuroscience – Dissertation: Characterization of Transient Cortical Neurons Reveals Regionalized Psychiatric Gene Programs

On the agenda for this immersion week:

• Visit leading French research laboratories and clinical centers specializing in precision psychiatry.
• Engage with French research teams participating in the PEPR PROPSY program.
• Attend high-level scientific presentations and thematic workshops.
• Present your own doctoral research.
• Explore opportunities for future Franco-American scientific collaborations.