For Immediate Release

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

Washington, DC, February 22, 2022  – The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is pleased to announce Tashalee R. Brown, MD, PhD, as the AACAP Council 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 AACAP Council. The AACAP Council DEI Fellow will have the opportunity to engage with a host of related AACAP Committees to assess and monitor AACAP’s Workplan to Promote Health Equity and combat Racism in the Era of COVID-19.

 
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