{"id":44,"date":"2026-05-01T22:23:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:23:27","slug":"wasserman-education-fund-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wasserman-education-fund-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasserman Education Fund Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wasserman Education Fund Award<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n

The Wasserman Education Fund of CALACAP (WEFC) was established in 2020 by the California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in honor of the late Saul Wasserman, M.D. Dr Wasserman was a child and adolescent psychiatrist who was active in advocacy in child and adolescent psychiatry for decades.<\/p>\n

This fund encourages trainees to pursue advocacy and policy in the arena of child and adolescent psychiatry.<\/p>\n

The WEFC will allocate $500 annually to a child and adolescent psychiatric fellow from each of the four Regional Organizations (ROCAP) which comprise the CALACAP. We will solicit candidates for this award from the ROCAP\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Eligibility criteria includes:<\/p>\n

Participation in statewide or national advocacy activities in which they have taken part during their training.
\nA one-page statement of an important current policy issue related to children\u2019s mental health and rationale for their selection.
\nComplete Wasserman Award Fund Checklist
\nBrief one-paragraph biography of the candidate.
\nSubmission by October 3, 2025
\nThe suggested list of advocacy activities\/topics may include: contact with legislator or legislative staff, participation in advocacy activities in Sacramento or Washington, D.C., submission of letters to legislator re: mental health policy or bill, use of social media to promote mental health policy issues, participation in statewide or national mental health advocacy activities sponsored by statewide organizations, and\/or white paper on anti- racism and mental health.<\/p>\n

Each ROCAP will develop its own process for the selection of its candidate for the award. The ROCAP will then provide the contact information (name, address, training institute) along with the statement from its candidate to the ROCAP\u2019s delegate to CALACAP.<\/p>\n

The recipients will be invited to attend our Fall Advocacy Day on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at Spice Affairs in Beverly Hills, California.<\/p>\n

For more information, please contact your ROCAP chapter or email CALACAP at info@calacap.org.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2025 Award Recipients:<\/p>\n

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  • NCROCAP \u2013 Allison Chang, MD<\/li>\n
  • SDACAP \u2013 Jacqueline Tasarz , MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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    2024 Award Recipients:<\/p>\n

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    • NCROCAP \u2013 Ashley Wu, MD & Alex Chiyuan, MD<\/li>\n
    • SDACAP \u2013 Jessica Kuo, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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      2023 Award Recipients:<\/p>\n

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      • CCROCAP \u2013 Alexis Rosvall, MD<\/li>\n
      • NCROCAP \u2013 Thara Nagarajan, MD<\/li>\n
      • SCSCAP \u2013 Rubi Luna, MD<\/li>\n
      • SDACAP \u2013 James Collins, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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        2022 Award Recipients:<\/p>\n

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        • CCROCAP \u2013 Apurva Bhatt, MD<\/li>\n
        • NCROCAP \u2013 Jonathan Updike, MD<\/li>\n
        • SCSCAP \u2013 Darshana Sachin Pai, MD<\/li>\n
        • SDACAP \u2013 Yueling Li, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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          2021 Award Recipients:<\/p>\n

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          • CCROCAP \u2013 Melinda Armstead, MD<\/li>\n
          • NCROCAP \u2013 Omar Sahak, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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            2020 Award Recipients:<\/p>\n

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            • CCROCAP \u2013 Ozra Nobari, MD<\/li>\n
            • NCROCAP \u2013 Chase Anderson, MD & Jack Turban, MD<\/li>\n
            • SCSCAP \u2013 Jiwon Helen Wyman, MD<\/li>\n
            • SDACAP \u2013 Michael Chu, MD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48,"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dodson.dev\/calacap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}