For Immediate Release

Washington, DC, September 24, 2019 –The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Sarah Abdallah, Kara Banson, Samuel Eggers, Ariana Rosario Fusté, Catherine Ha, Edwin Joseph Klein, Sarah Laudon, Andrew Rylaarsdam, Marc Skiles, Anne Tulisiak, Christopher George Viamontes, and Margaret Yau, supported by AACAP’s Endowment Fund, as the recipients of AACAP’s 2019 Summer Medical Student Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

AACAP’s Summer Medical Student Fellowships 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 eight to twelve weeks of clinical or research training under a child and adolescent psychiatrist mentor. The fellowships are administered through AACAP’s Department of Research, Grants & Workforce and AACAP’s Training and Education Committee.

The summer medical student fellows will present their research during AACAP's 66th Annual Meeting, October 14-19, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois.

For more information on this award, please contact Reilly Polka, Communications Manager.

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The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry promotes the healthy development of children, adolescents, and families through advocacy, education, and research. Child and adolescent psychiatrists are the leading physician authority on children’s mental health. For more information, please visit www.aacap.org