We are proud of the commitment and talents of our researchers and clinicians. The work has many inherent rewards. In addition, however, our faculty members are often recognized both professionally in their field and in the public eye. We are pleased to share a few such recent accolades with you, as well as praise for www.aboutourkids.org.

Faculty Honors
Website Accolades

Recent Honors

National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse
F. Xavier Castellanos, M.D., has been appointed to the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse. This Council serves a crucial role in advising the National Institute on Drug Abuse in identifying, reviewing, and supporting scientific research. (July 2008)

CSC Receives Research Grant from National Tourette Syndrome Association
F. Xavier Castellanos, M.D., and Barbara Coffey, M.D., M.S., are each the recipients of distinguished research grant awards from the National Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA). (April 29, 2008)

Mental Health News
Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D., and Lynda Geller, Ph.D., were recently appointed to the advisory board of Autism Spectrum News. (March 25, 2008)

Behavioral Science Early Career Achievement Award
Jean-Marie Bruzzese, Ph.D., was voted the recipient of the American Thoracic Society Assembly on Behavioral Science Early Career Achievement Award. This award is given to the individual who has made the most outstanding scientific contributions relevant to behavioral and social science regarding lung diseases, critical illness, or sleep disorders early in his or her career. With more than 18,000 members, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) is the leading international, professional and scientific society for respiratory, critical care and sleep medicine. The award was be presented to Dr. Bruzzese at the ATS international meeting in May. (March 25, 2008)

Laughlin Fellow for the American College of Psychiatrists
The American College of Psychiatrists has announced the selection of Karen Ron-Li Liaw, M.D., NYU Child Study Center Resident, as a Laughlin Fellow. Named after College founder, Henry P. Laughlin, M.D., the Fellowship program was launched in 1976 to recognize outstanding accomplishments by psychiatry residents in the United States and Canada. Each year, The College selects ten residents deemed most likely to make a significant future contribution to the field of psychiatry. (January 2008)

Applied Developmental Science
Jean-Marie Bruzzese, Ph.D., has been appointed to the editorial board for Applied Developmental Science. The focus of this journal is the synthesis of research and application to promote positive development across the lifespan. (January 2008)

Founder and Director of NYU Child Study Center Honored at Annual AACAP Ceremonies
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) has awarded Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D., the Irving Philips Award for Prevention, its highest honor, for his dedication and outstanding achievements in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. This award recognizes a child and adolescent psychiatrist and Academy member who has made significant contributions in a lifetime career or single seminal work to the prevention of mental illness in children and adolescents.

Dr. Koplewicz founded the NYU Child Study Center in 1997 with a mission, based on his own vision, to improve child mental health by expanding scientific knowledge of child and adolescent disorders, delivering evidence-based clinical care, and translating and disseminating new scientifically sound information to mental health professionals, pediatricians, educators, parents and policy makers. Under the leadership of Dr. Koplewicz, the NYU Child Study Center is now recognized as a world-renowned center for child and adolescent psychiatric care.

As Senior Vice President and Vice Dean for External Affairs of the NYU Medical Center, Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Director of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Bellevue Hospitals Center, Dr. Koplewicz spearheads multiple aspects of prevention, research and treatment. In addition, his leadership as Director of the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI), has resulted in a $10 million allocation for capital improvements to NKI in Governor Spitzer's budget as well as funds for 15 new research scientists in child and adolescent mental health. (October 2007)

Dean's Honors Day
Rachel Klein, Ph.D., became the first Fascitelli Family Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Dean's Honors Day. The Fascitelli Family Professorship is the 7th endowed professorship in our Department. (October 2, 2007)