Trivedi Receives Spurlock Fellowship

Harsh Trivedi, M.D., the recipient of APA’s 2004 Jeanne Spurlock Congressional Fellowship, began his fellowship in January in the office of Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.). Reed serves on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) and on the HELP Subcommittee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

Trivedi recently completed a position as chief resident in his third year of adult psychiatry training at the Zucker Hillside Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

He said that among the goals he hopes to achieve as a Spurlock congressional fellow are to better understand the policymaking process, learn how to become a more-effective advocate for psychiatric patients, and be involved in introducing legislation in the Senate to expand mental health services for children and adolescents.

“Another area of interest,” he said, “lies in developing early intervention programs for children and adolescents and to increase mental health awareness and knowledge in the general public.” ▪