The Dr. Igor and JoAnn Grant Endowed Chair in Psychiatry supports the chair of the Department of Psychiatry at UC San Diego School of Medicine. It is part of the Chancellor's Chair Challenge, an effort to increase recruitment and retention of exceptional tenured faculty. Igor and JoAnn Grant have served the Department for nearly 50 years, helping to lay the foundation for tremendous achievements and now creating a lasting legacy through the establishment of this endowed chair. On October 22, 2020, the Department celebrated the Grant family and the new chair and inaugural holder of the Dr. Igor and JoAnn Grant Endowed Chair in Psychiatry - Zafiris "Jeff" Daskalakis, MD, PhD, FRCP(C).