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SIDNEY BERMAN AWARD. This award recognizes a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has shown outstandingleadership in the public education and treatment of learning disabilities. Dr. Sidney Berman was a founding memberof the AACAP and President 1969–1971. A cash prize of $4,500 is awarded and a plaque is presented at the AnnualMeeting. The nomination deadline is May 1, 2004. The award recipient must be an AACAP member by the timeof the Annual Meeting in order to receive the award. Please send nominations to the attention of Co-Chairs, SchoolsCommittee, c/o Michelle Morse, Communications Department, AACAP, 3615 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington,DC 20016. The availability of this award is contingent on the receipt of adequate funding.
IRVING PHILIPS AWARD FOR PREVENTION. This award recognizes a child and adolescent psychiatrist andAcademy member who has made significant contributions in a lifetime career or a single seminal work to theprevention of mental illness in children and adolescents. These contributions must have national and/or internationalstature and clearly demonstrate lasting effects. The contributions may be in the areas of teaching, research, programdevelopment, direct clinical service, advocacy, or administrative commitment. The award pays $2,500 to the recipientand gives a $2,000 donation to a prevention program or center of the awardee’s choice. Irving Philips, M.D., servedas the Academy’s President from 1985–87 and was renowned for his work in the field of prevention. The awardrecipient must be an AACAP member by the time of the Annual Meeting in order to receive the award. Thenomination deadline is May 1, 2004. Please send nominations to: Chair, Prevention Committee, c/o the Departmentof Research, Training, and Education, AACAP, 3615 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20016. The avail-ability of this award is contingent on the receipt of adequate funding.
GEORGE TARJAN AWARD. This award recognizes a child and adolescent psychiatrist and Academy member whohas made significant contributions in a lifetime career or a single seminal work to the understanding or care of thosewith mental retardation and developmental disabilities. These contributions must have national and/or internationalstature and clearly demonstrate lasting effects. The contributions may be in the areas of teaching, research, programdevelopment, direct clinical service, advocacy, or administrative commitment. A cash prize of up to $1,000 will beawarded. George Tarjan, M.D., served as the Academy’s President from 1977–79 and was renowned for his pio-neering work in the field of mental retardation. The award recipient must be an AACAP member by the time of theAnnual Meeting in order to receive the award. The nomination deadline is May 1, 2004. Please send nominationsto: Chair, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Committee, Department of Research, Training, andEducation, AACAP, 3615 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20016. The availability of this award is con-tingent on the receipt of adequate funding.
THE 50TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIA-TRY will be held October 14–19, 2003, at the Fontainbleau Hilton, Miami. Topics include ADHD, autism,cognitive-behavioral therapy, PTSD, forensics, Hispanic cultures, managed care, psychiatrically ill parents, psycho-pharmacology, serving children in schools, and violence. Registration information will be mailed to all Academymembers in August 2003. For more information, contact the AACAP Meetings Department at (202) 966-7300, ore-mail: [email protected].
THE PROGRAM FOR MINORITY RESEARCH TRAINING IN PSYCHIATRY (PMRTP) is funded by the NationalInstitute of Mental Health. Through it, the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education (APIRE)sponsors training of minority medical students, psychiatric residents, and fellows who are interested in research byproviding advice, placement assistance, tuition, stipends, travel and other expenses. The director of the program isDarrel A. Regier, M.D., M.P.H.; the project manager is Ernesto A. Guerra. For more information call the toll-freenumber for the PMRTP, 1-800-852-1390, or 703-907-8622, e-mail [email protected], or write to PMRTP at theAmerican Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, 1000 Wilson Blvd., Ste 1825, Arlington, VA 22209-3901.
All notices must be received no later than 5 months before the first day of the month of desired publication. Requests, typeddouble-spaced, as one concise paragraph, should be sent directly to Mina K. Dulcan, M.D., Editor, Journal of the AACAPEditorial Office, Children’s Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children’s Plaza #156, Chicago, IL 60614-3394. The Editorreserves the right to edit announcements selected for publication.
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