The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry announces the recipients of the 2005 AACAP Pilot Research Awards supported by Eli Lilly and Company. These awards offer $9,000 to support one year of research to outstanding junior faculty and child and adolescent psychiatry fellows at the beginning of their research careers. Recipients were required to submit project proposals and will present their findings at the Joint AACAP/CACAP Annual Meeting in Toronto, ON, Canada October 18-23, 2005.
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 announces the recipients of the 2005 AACAP Pilot Research Awards supported by Eli Lilly and Company. These awards offer $9,000 to support one year of research to outstanding junior faculty and child and adolescent psychiatry fellows at the beginning of their research careers. Recipients were required to submit project proposals and will present their findings at the Joint AACAP/CACAP Annual Meeting in Toronto, ON, Canada October 18-23, 2005.
Gagan Joshi, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Proposal Title “A Pilot Treatment Study of Fluoxetine for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder”
Melissa P. Lopez-Larson, M.D.
Cambridge Hospital
Proposal Title “White Matter Connectivity in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study”
Stacy S. Drury, M.D., Ph.D.
Tulane University School of Medicine
Proposal Title “The Genetic Contribution to the Recovery from Early Social Deprivation in the Bucharest Early Intervention Program”
Daniel Gorman, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
Columbia University
Proposal Title “FMRI Studies of Affect”
Jennifer Cheng Shannon, M.D.
University of Washington
Proposal Title “Metformin vs. Placebo in Patients Treated with Risperidone, Olanzapine, or Quetiapine”
Arun Raj Kunwar, M.D.
SUNY, Upstate Medical University
Proposal Title “The Study of the Gyrification in Children with Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS) in Comparison to Their Siblings and Controls”
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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.
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