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2011 Press Releases
2011 Press Releases

AACAP Honors Seven Medical Students with the Summer Medical Student Fellowships supported by AACAP's Campaign for America's Kids
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Jessica C. Chuang, Jonathan Hirshberg, Carina Martin, Marguerite Reid Schneider, Pamela Tobia, Amalia Londono Tobon, and Sunali Wadehra as recipients of the AACAP Summer Medical Student Fellowships supported by AACAP's Campaign for America's Kids.
September 29, 2011

Elise Fallucco, M.D., Receives AACAP's 2011 Robinson Cunningham Award
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Elise Fallucco, M.D., Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Nemours Children's Clinic, as the recipient of AACAP's 2011 Robinson Cunningham Award for the Best Paper by a Resident. This award recognizes Dr. Elise Fallucco for her paper, "Adolescent Depression and Suicide Risk Assessment: Training Pediatricians Using Standardized Patients."
September 29, 2011

Robert R. Althoff, M.D., Ph.D., Receives AACAP Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Robert R. Althoff, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Pediatrics, University of Vermont, as the recipient of the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Award for Research in Depression or Suicide for his paper, "Adult Outcomes of Childhood Dysregulation: A 14-Year Follow-up Study."
September 29, 2011

AACAP Honors Three Medical Students with the 2011 AACAP Jeanne Spurlock Minority Medical Student Research Fellowship in Substance Abuse and Addiction
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) announced today the availability of its latest free online program for Continuing Medical Education (CME) titled, "Challenges and Opportunities in ADHD: A Conversation with the Experts." The announcement of this program comes at the start of National ADHD Awareness Month.
September 29, 2011

AACAP Honors Three Medical Students with the 2011 AACAP Jeanne Spurlock Minority Medical Student Clinical Fellowship
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Nisha Fernades, Nancy M. Rodriguez, and Faith Rohlke as the recipients of AACAP's 2011 Jeanne Spurlock Minority Medical Student Clinical Fellowship Award, supported by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS).
September 29, 2011

Peter S. Jensen, M.D., Receives AACAP Irving Philips Award for Prevention
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Peter S. Jensen, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, and President, The REACH Institute, as the recipient of AACAP's 2010 Irving Philips Award for Prevention.
September 29, 2011

Bonnie Zima, M.D., M.P.H., Receives AACAP Elaine Schlosser Lewis Award for Research on Attention-Deficit Disorder
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Bonnie Zima, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, as the AACAP Elaine Schlosser Lewis Award for Research on Attention-Deficit Disorder recipient for her paper, "Quality of Care for Childhood Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a Managed Care Medicaid Program," published in the December 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
September 29, 2011

Ole J. Thienhaus, M.D., Receives AACAP's Robert Cancro Academic Leadership Award
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Ole J. Thienhaus, M.D., of the University Of Nevada School Of Medicine, as the recipient of AACAP's 2011 Robert Cancro Academic Leadership Award.
September 29, 2011

Garrett Sparks, M.D., M.S., Receives AACAP Beatrix A. Hamburg Award for the Best New Research Poster
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Garrett Sparks, M.D., M.S., as the recipient of AACAP's 2011 Beatrix A. Hamburg Award for the Best New Research Poster by a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident. This award recognizes Dr. Sparks for his poster, "Temper Outbursts in Youth at Risk for Bipolar Disorder."
September 29, 2011

AACAP Offers New Free Online CME Program on ADHD
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) announced today the availability of its latest free online program for Continuing Medical Education (CME) titled, "Challenges and Opportunities in ADHD: A Conversation with the Experts." The announcement of this program comes at the start of National ADHD Awareness Month.
September 2, 2011

AACAP Honors Douglas B. Hansen, M.D.
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) in recognition of Dr. Hansen's generous $100,000 donation, is proud to announce the AACAP Douglas B. Hansen, M.D., Annual Review Course and Training Session for the Oral Exams in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
February 22, 2011