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 Valentina Deghan, Kendra Scott and Sherry Yao as recipients of the 2010 AACAP Jeanne Spurlock Research Fellowship in Substance Abuse and Addiction for Minority Medical Students, supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
The AACAP Jeanne Spurlock Research Fellowship in Substance Abuse and Addiction for Minority Medical Students, supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is named in honor of Jeanne Spurlock, M.D., in recognition of her lifetime of opening doors for colleagues from diverse backgrounds and fostering career advances. The summer fellowships of up to $3,500 encourage outstanding minority students to pursue careers in drug abuse and addiction research in child and adolescent psychiatry. The fellowships provide exposure to the state-of-the-art treatment and consultation services of child and adolescent mental disorders and drug abuse and addiction. The fellowships are administered through the AACAP Department of Research, Training, and Education and the AACAP Diversity and Culture Committee, under the direction of Andres Pumariega, M.D.
The AACAP/NIDA 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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