For Immediate Release

Contact: Rob Grant, Communications Director
202.966.7300, Ext. 119
rgrant@aacap.org

Washington, DC, February 17, 2022  – The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Amalia Londoño Tobón, MD, as the JAACAP fellowship recipient of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s (AACAP’s) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Emerging Leaders Fellowship.

AACAP’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Emerging Leaders Fellowship was created to support AACAP’s efforts to strengthen diversity leadership and workforce development in AACAP priority areas specific to the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP). JAACAP DEI Fellows will have the opportunity to build their peer review skills with the support of JAACAP’s senior editors, participate in a mentored scholarly project focused on race, racism, social justice, and health equity in children’s mental health, and learn about scientific publishing.

For more information on this award, please visit the AACAP website.

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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