AACAP Pilot Research Awards for Attention Disorders and/or Learning Disabilities, Supported by The Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund
The following AACAP Pilot Research Awards, supported by The Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund, encourage junior faculty and child and adolescent psychiatry residents to pursue research careers by providing grants of $15,000 to support pilot research. The awards specifically focus on research in attention disorders and/or learning disabilities and are in memory of Elaine Schlosser Lewis.
The 2010 recipients and their projects:
Tushita Mayanil, MBBS, M.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago
fMRI Study of Attentional and Affective Neural Systems in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder with Psychosis
Mani Pavuluri, M.D., Ph.D.
Paul El-Fishawy, J.D., M.D.
Yale Child Study Center
A Pilot Study of Whole-Exome Sequencing Combined with Homozygosity Mapping in the Identification of Genes that Contribute to Autism
Mentor: Matthew State, M.D., Ph.D.
The 2009 recipients and their projects:
Anna M. Georgiopoulos, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mood and Attention in Cystic Fibrosis: Prevalence and Impact on Health Outcomes
Mentors: Janet Wozniak, M.D. and Jerrold Rosenbaum, M.D.
Leslie A. Hulvershorn, M.D., MSc.
New York University School of Medicine
An Examination of Corticolimbic Functional Connectivity in Children with ADHD with and without Severe Mood Dysregulation
Mentors: F. Xavier Castellanos, M.D. and Rachel Klein, Ph.D.
AACAP Quest for the Test Bipolar Disorder Pilot Research Award, Supported by The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation
The AACAP Quest for the Test Bipolar Disorder Pilot Research Award, supported by The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation, encourages a junior faculty or child and adolescent psychiatry resident to pursue a research career by providing a grant of $15,000 to support pilot research concerning the pathology or diagnosis of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder.
The 2009 recipient and his project:
Rasim S. Diler, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Bipolar Institute, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Functional Neuroimaging to Differentiate Bipolar Disorder from Major Depressive Disorder in Depressed Youth
Mentors: Boris Birmaher, M.D. and Mary Phillips, M.D., Ph.D.
AACAP Pilot Research Awards for and Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents, Supported by Lilly USA, LLC
The following AACAP Pilot Research Awards, supported by Lilly USA, LLC, encourage junior faculty and child and adolescent psychiatry residents to pursue research careers by providing grants of $15,000 to support pilot research on child and adolescent mental health.
The 2010 recipients and their projects:
Yael Dvir, M.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Mood Disorders and Trauma - What are the Associations?
Mentor: Jean Frazier, M.D.
Daniel Fallon, M.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of the Effects of Oxytocin in Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
Mentors: Jean Frazier, M.D. and Jean King, Ph.D.
Lauren Franz, MBChB, M.P.H.
Duke University Medical School
Snug in the Scanner: a Pilot Study of Psychophysiological Parameters of Mock Scanner Desensitization as an Experimental Paradigm for Anxiety in Young Children
Mentors: Helen Egger, M.D. and Doug Granger, Ph.D.
Ryan Herringa, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Functional Brain Changes in Young Adult Combat Veterans with PTSD: Impacts of Childhood Maltreatment and Current Sleep Patterns
Mentors: Mary Phillips, M.D. and Anne Germain, Ph.D.
A. Lee Lewis, M.D.
Medical University of the South
Surveying the Characteristics of Medication Abuse, Misuse, and Diversion among Adolescents
Mentor: Kevin Gray, M.D.
Maria L. Oliveira, M.D.
University at Buffalo School of Medicine
Autonomic Dysregulation in Children with Somatization: A Pilot Study
Mentors: Beatrice Wood, Ph.D. and Bruce Miller, M.D.
The 2009 recipients and their projects:
David T. Chen, M.D.
National Institute of Mental Health/Genetic Basis of Mood and Anxiety Disorder Program
Deep Resequencing of a Pediatric-Onset Bipolar Disorder Risk Locus on Chromosome 5q25
Mentor: Francis McMahon, M.D.
Rhoda J. Gottfried, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University
The Relationship of Iron Status to Symptom Severity, Sleep Related Limb Movements, and Cognitive Deficits in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Mentors: Mark Riddle, M.D. and Mark Mahone, Ph.D.
Michael D.H. Rollin, M.D.
University of Colorado Denver
Comparison of Reward Processing in Adolescents Versus Adults with Anorexia Nervosa: A Functional MRI Study
Mentor: Guido Frank, M.D.
Jeffrey R. Strawn, M.D.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Neurophysiology of Fear, Attention and Disinhibition in Adolescents with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Mentor: Melissa P. DelBello, M.D., M.S.
Natalie D. Weder, M.D.
New York University Child Study Center
Child and Parent Predictors of Intervention Response Among Preschoolers at Risk for Conduct Disorder
Mentors: Laurie Brotman, Ph.D. and F. Xavier Castellanos, M.D.
For additional information about the AACAP Pilot Research Awards, please contact Shannon Miller, AACAP Research Coordinator at smiller@aacap.org or at 202.966.7300, ext. 157.
