Announcements

Award: SIMON WILE AWARD. This award acknowledges outstanding leadership and continuous contri- butions in liaison child and adolescent psychiatry. Named after Simon Wile, M.D., a renowned pediatrician and life-long supporter of child and adolescent psychiatry, the award includes a $1,OOO honorarium and a resonsibility to make a scholarly presentation at the Academy’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco in October 1991. Nominations, including a description of the nominee’s work and reasons for the nomination, should be submitted by May 1, 1991, to Committee on Memorials and Awards, AACAP, 3615 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016.

Award: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICE SYSTEM PROGRAM AWARD. This award, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, acknowledges community work and encourages interest by child fellows in community services. It allows the selected child and adolescent psychiatry trainee to work for 1 week in the Washington CASSP office or any of the state programs. The winner will receive a certificate that will be presented during the Academy’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco in October, 1991. The award will pay expenses up to $2,500 for travel and lodging for 1 week’s tutoridexchange in the specified area of study as well as for participation in the Academy’s Annual Meeting. Nominations must be made by program and training directors and must include a statement in support of the nominee, a statement by the nominee about a specific area of interest, plans for the tutoriaexchange, and other information of relevance to the award. Nominations should be submitted by June 1, 1991, to John Schowalter, M.D., President, AACAP, 3615 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016.

Award: ROBINSON/CUNNINGHAM AWARD. The RobinsodCunningham award recognizes a paper on some aspect of child and adolescent psychiatry started during child and adolescent psychiatry residency and completed within 3 years of graduation from the residency. Preference will be given to independent work. If the research is done as part of a collaborative team, the resident or recently trained child and adolescent psychiatrist should be the first author/principal investigator. The award is named after James M. Cunningham, M.D., and J. Franklin Robinson, M.D., who dedicated their lives to improving and expanding psychiatric services for children as well as to improving standards for training child psychiatrists. The Academy is pleased to offer this award in tribute to both outstanding leaders. The selected author will be invited to attend the Annual Meeting of the Academy. Expenses to this meeting will be paid, and a certificate will be awarded with a $100 honorarium. Manuscripts should be submitted by June 1, 1991. Applicants are asked to send six copies of their manuscript to AACAP, c/o Jennifer Robertson, 3615 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016.

Award: PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR AWARD. This award, sponsored by Mead Johnson, recognizes special competence among child and adolescent psychiatry residents in research, public policy, and innovative service systems. It allows each selected scholar to work for 1 week with a Senior Academy leader. Each winner will receive a certificate to be presented during the Annual Meeting of the AACAP in San Francisco in October 1991. The award will pay expenses up to $2,500 for travel and lodging for 1 week’s tutoridexchange in the specified area of study as well as participation in the Academy’s Annual Meeting. Nominations must be made by program and training directors and must include a statement in support of the nomination, the curriculum vitae of the nominee, and a statement by the nominee about a specific area of interest, plans for the tutorial/ exchange, and other information of relevance to the award, Nominations should be submitted by June 1, 1991, to John Schowalter, M.D., President, AACAP, 3615 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016.

Award: THIRD ANNUAL LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR RESIDENTS. This award, made possible by the Charter Medical Corporation, is for 10 outstanding residents in general psychiatry and includes all expenses for participation in the Academy’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco in October 1991, a Resident’s Symposium at the meeting, and many special events to honor the awardees. The program is under the direction of the Past-President, Jeny M. Wiener, M.D., who presides at the Symposium and meets with the winners each day of the Annual Meeting. The awards are intended for promising future leaders in general psychiatry who will exert a positive influence in their training programs and beyond. In the first 2 years of the program, 18 departments have been successful in their nominations. Selections will be made by a committee composed of the President, Past-President, and Secretary of the Academy. Selections will be announced by July 15, 1991,

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to all nominees and their program directors. Nominations are as follows: Each general residency training program may nominate one PGY-2 resident. Those selected will receive the award in October of the thiid year of residency training. The Program Training Director or Chairman should submit the nominee’s curriculum vitae and a letter of nomination of no more than two pages that supports the nominee’s achievements and leadership qualities. The nominee should submit a one-page statement describing how the Charter Fellowship experience will be shared with the home program. Four copies of all materials must be sent in one package and must be received by June 15, 1991. Address all submissions and inquiries to Jennifer Robertson, Special Projects Coordinator, AACAP, 3615 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016, telephone: (202) 966- 7300.

Call for papers: THE 38TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY will be held at the San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, CA, October 16- 20, 1991. Review abstracts and publication abstracts are prerequisites for acceptance of any papers, workshops symposia, institutes, or posters and must be received by July 1, 1991, for new research. Review abstracts and publication abstracts for new research due on July 1, 1991, should be mailed to Edwin Cook, M.D., University of Chicago, Dept. of Psychiatry, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. For more infor- mation and to obtain the appropriate forms contact: AACAP, 3615 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016, telephone: (202) 966-7300.

Conference: An international conference organized by The Psychiatry of Mental Handicap, Guy’s Hospital, in collaboration with the Mental Retardation Section of the World Psychiatric Association, will be held in England from September 25 to 27, 1991. The topic will be “Mental Handicap and Mental Health: The Way Ahead.” For additional details, contact Conference Secretariat, Psychiatry of Mental Handicap, Guy’s Hospital, London, SE1 9RT, U.K.

Symposium: The Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and The Jefferson Medical College announce the 22nd Annual Margaret S. Mahier Symposium to be held at the Hershey Philadelphia Hotel on Saturday, May 18, 1991. The subject will be “Tears that Lie Too Deep for Words: Nonverbal Manifestations of Unresolved Separation-Individuation in Adult Analyses. The speakers will be Salman Akhtar, M.D., Alvin Frank, M.D., and James McLaughlin, M.D. For more information, contact Gloria Schwartz, 1201 Chestnut Street, 14th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

Award: THE RIEGER AWARD FOR SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT: $5,000. Child and adolescent psy- chiatrists who are sole or f is t authors of papers published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry between July 1, 1990 and June 30, 1991 are eligible for the 1990-1991 Rieger Award. For details, see J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 27(1):7.

All notices must be received no later than 3 months before the first day of the month of desired publication. The Journal is published bimonthly beginning in January of each year. Requests, typed double-spaced, as one concise paragraph, should be sent directly to John F . McDennott, Jr., M.D., Editor, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Hawaii School of Medicine at Kapiolani Medical Center, 1319 Punahou Street, Honolulu, HI 96826-1032. The Editor reserves the right to edit announcements selected for publication.

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