Nominations Invited for Child Psychiatry Awards
APA invites applications for the Blanche F. Ittleson Research Award, Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Prevention, and Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. These awards are given to psychiatrists who have made significant contributions to child and adolescent psychiatry. They will be presented at APA's 2011 annual meeting in Honolulu.
The Blanche F. Ittleson Research Award recognizes research that promises to foster important advances in promoting the mental health of children and adolescents. A psychiatrist or a group of psychiatric investigators either must have published this research within five years or have it officially accepted for publication in the near future.
The Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Prevention recognizes a psychiatrist who has been successful in research or policy that is recognized as contributing to primary prevention of mental illness among children and adolescents.
The Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Distinguished Career Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry recognizes a psychiatrist whose career demonstrates success in research, teaching, publications, clinical care, or policy. The deadline for nominations is August 31.
Detailed information about the materials required for nomination and the address for submission are posted at <www.psych.org/share/OMNA/APAShireChildAdolescentPsychiatryFellowship.aspx> or available from Alison Bondurant at abondurant@psych.
