Leslie Bishop Tarver, a fourth-year medical student at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was selected for the Summer Medical Student Fellowship Program, supported by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s (AACAP) Campaign for America’s Kids. Tarver was one of six medical students selected for this honor in 2013.
The fellowship supports Tarver’s research on the integration of mental health care in the Pediatric Health Home under the mentorship of Justine Larson, M.D., assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the medical director of the Arlington County Department of Human Services. Through the fellowship, Tarver has also been involved in national AACAP activities, including the 9th Annual Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill and the annual meeting of the AACAP Committee on Systems of Care. She also had the opportunity to work clinically with a child psychiatrist in Arlington County Mental Health.
Tarver will present the findings of her research in a poster session at the AACAP Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla. this week, where she will be recognized at a Young Leaders Awards Ceremony.
Tarver is a 2005 graduate of Harvard University in social anthropology and is also completing her Master’s in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
More information on the AACAP Summer Medical Student Fellowship is available on their website.
