For Immediate Release

Contact: Rob Grant, Communications Director
202.966.7300, Ext. 119
rgrant@aacap.org

Anna Eisenberg, Communications Coordinator
202.966.7300, Ext. 154
aeisenberg@aacap.org

Washington, D.C., October 11, 2010 - The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Olusinmi Bamgbose, Ish Bhalla, Neil Bruce, Matthew Hirschtritt, Elisabeth Netherton, Phaedra Pascoe, and Marina Post as recipients of the AACAP Summer Medical Student Fellowships supported by AACAP's Campaign for America's Kids.

The AACAP Summer Medical Student Fellowships, supported by AACAP's Campaign for America's Kids, offer a chance for medical students to explore a career in child and adolescent psychiatry, gain valuable work experience, and meet leaders in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. The fellowship opportunity provides up to $3,500 for 12 weeks of clinical or research training under a child and adolescent psychiatrist mentor. The fellowships are administered through the AACAP Department of Research, Training, and Education and Work Group on Training and Education under the direction of Jeffrey Hunt, M.D.

The summer medical student fellows will present their research during AACAP?s 57th Annual Meeting, October 30, 2010 in New York, NY.

For more information on this award, please contact Anna Eisenberg, Communications Coordinator, at 202.966.7300, ext. 154 or aeisenberg@aacap.org.

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Representing over 8,000 child and adolescent psychiatrists nationwide, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is the leading authority on children's mental health.

AACAP Members actively research, diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders affecting children, adolescents and their families. For more information please visit www.aacap.org.