The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2005 NIDA Jeanne Spurlock Research Fellowship in Drug Abuse, which encourages outstanding minority medical students to pursue careers in drug abuse and addiction research in child and adolescent psychiatry.
For immediate release:
October 13, 2005
Contact:
Jim Wood, Director Development and Communications
202.966.7300, ext. 120, jwood@aacap.org
Erin Baker, Communication Specialist, ext. 119, ebaker@aacap.org
WASHINGTON, DC—The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2005 NIDA Jeanne Spurlock Research Fellowship in Drug Abuse, which encourages outstanding minority medical students to pursue careers in drug abuse and addiction research in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the fellowship is named in honor of Jeanne Spurlock, M.D., an advocate for child and minority issues and former deputy medical director of the American Psychiatric Association and head of its Office of Minority and National Affairs. She was committed to opening doors for colleagues from diverse backgrounds and fostering career advances.
The summer fellowship of up to $3,000 provides early exposure to state-of-the-art research on child and adolescent mental disorders and drug abuse and addiction. The fellowship is administered with the assistance of Lucinda Miner, Ph.D. from NIDA and Program Directors, Ledro Justice, M.D., and Deborah Deas, M.D. through the AACAP Department of Research, Education, and Training. Fellowship winners will present their research at the AACAP/CACAP Joint Annual Meeting during New Poster Session E on Saturday, October 22 in Toronto.
This year’s winners are:
Kudiratu Aranmolate
Medical University of South Carolina
Project: Prevalence of Substance Use in a Medical Student Sample
Mentor: Deborah Deas, M.D.
Amber Ratchford
Medical University of South Carolina
Project: Psychiatric Comorbidity in an Adolescent Substance Using Sample
Mentor: Deborah Deas, M.D.
Representing over 7,500 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.
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.
Our Facts for Families, available free of charge on the AACAP website, provide concise and up-to-date information on a wide array of issues relating to children’s mental health. Written in a simple, straightforward manner, these 88 one-page fact sheets are valuable to anyone raising or working with children. In addition, the AACAP routinely refers the media to expert spokespeople on child and adolescent issues, and sponsors The Campaign for America’s Kids – an initiative designed to fund an Advocacy Institute for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, with the goal of mental health for all children.
AACAP Mission: The Mission of the AACAP is the promotion of mentally healthy children, adolescents and families through research, training, advocacy, prevention, comprehensive diagnosis and treatment, peer support and collaboration.
