Call for Nominations: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Distinguished Member Awards

Call for Nominations: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Distinguished Member Awards Deadline: April 30, 2014 The availability of all awards is contingent upon the receipt of adequate funding. The AACAP Irving Philips Award for Prevention This award recognizes a child and adolescent psychiatrist and AACAP member who has made significant contributions in a lifetime career or single seminal work to the prevention of mental illness in children and adolescents. These contributions must have national and/or international stature and clearly demonstrate lasting effects. The contributions may be in the areas of teaching, research, program development, direct clinical service, advocacy or administrative commitment. The award pays $2,500 to the winner and a $2,000 donation to a prevention program or center of the awardee's choice. Nomination letters must be accompanied by a CV for the individual nominated. The award winner will be recognized at a Distinguished Awards Luncheon and make an Honors Presentation about his or her work during the AACAP 2014 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Please send an electronic copy of your nomination letter and the nominee's CV to the attention of James Hudziak, M.D. Chair, Prevention Committee, c/o the AACAP Government Affairs and Clinical Practice Department at [e-mail]. The AACAP George Tarjan Award for Contributions in Developmental Disabilities This award recognizes a child and adolesce...

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