An HMS instructor in psychiatry at McLean Hospital, John Halpern has received a Career Development Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Larry Strasburger, an HMS assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital, was elected president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, an organization for forensic psychiatry. The HMS Department of Continuing Education has forged a pilot project with the Association of American Medical Colleges to jointly sponsor programs that address faculty development and administrative issues. Programs may address the concerns of medical school deans and issues facing residents and academic societies. The Moseley Traveling Fellowship funds postdoctoral study for HMS graduates.
Fellowships are for periods of no less than one year for research in the basic or clinical sciences.
The deadline for both awards is Feb. 9.