Join us for the ACAMH Awards 2024.

It is completely free to attend and open to Members and Non-members alike. Simply register direct on Zoom. As the session is being hosted as a webinar, you will automatically be muted and your cameras will be turned off.

Congratulations to all nominees for making it on the short list. To be nominated for an ACAMH Award is a prestigious recognition of those who are at the forefront of the advancement of child and adolescent mental health research and practice.

Awards to be presented

David Cottrell ‘Education of CAMH Professionals’; Someone who has had a significant impact upon the education or training of child and adolescent mental health professionals. This is open to all disciplines, but education or training must relate to children’s mental health.

• Dr. Seonaid Anderson, Neuro-diverse.org
• Dr. Niki Cooper, Place2Be
• Dr. Georgia Pavlopoulou, Anna Freud Centre and University College London
• Dr. Jodie Rawlings and Dr. Vanessa Puetz, Anna Freud Centre and University College London
• Dr. Meinou Simmons, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Research on Digital Impact; A researcher who has published the best paper on an information/data/IT/digital topic relating to child and adolescent mental health, which can include online assessment innovations.

• Professor Amit Baumel, University of Haifa
• Dr. Stephane de Brito, University of Birmingham
• Dr. Yasser Saeed Khan, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
• Dr. Richard Lamb, University of Georgia
• Dr. Felipe Siston, University of Brasília

Digital Intervention; A clinician who has put evidence base into practice within the information/data/IT/digital fields of child and adolescent mental health. This could be the use of information or technologies in the delivery of care or service design etc.

• Dr. Nicholas Fabiano, University of Ottawa, Department of Psychiatry
• Dr. Deanna Francis, Black Dog Institute
• Dr. Thomas Gargot, University Hospital of Tours
• Dr. Debbie Plant, SLaM
• Dr. Hannah Wilson, Kooth Digital Health

Eric Taylor ‘Translational Research Into Practice’; An individual with a sustained contribution to translating research into practice over a number of years, whose work involves both research, and either clinical or educational involvement in practice. And/or a researcher or clinician who has published translational science (evidence base into practice) with evidence of impact on clinical service provision. This could involve the establishment of new interventions, or improvement of existing ones, with evidence of impact on clinical service provision.

• Professor Boris Birmaher, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
• Dr. Shelley Gilbert, GRIEF DOCTOR
• Professor Dr. Julian Koenig, University of Cologne
• Dr. Trilby Langton, NHS and Private Practice
• Professor Dennis Ougrin, Queen Mary’s University London
• Professor Dr. Christina Stadler, University Psychiatric Clinics Basel

Kathy Sylva ‘Rising Star’ Award; Open to any person who has made a significant scientific contribution to child and adolescent mental health literature, within 10 years of their first peer reviewed journal publication.

• Dr. Alessio Bellato, University of Southampton, UK
• Dr. Isabell Brikell, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
• Dr. Josefien Breedvelt, King’s College London
• Dr. Alex Kwong, University of Edinburgh
• Dr. Giorgia Michelini, Queen Mary, University of London
• Dr. Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London

Postgraduate Research Trainee of the Year; Trainee or student who is less than two years post PhD who has shown initiative or made a significant contribution to child and adolescent mental health.

• Dr. Jules Dugré, University of Birmingham
• Dr. Lucinda Grummitt, The University of Sydney
• Dr. Tyler McFayden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Ms Scarlett Smout, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney
• Dr. Alice Wickersham, CAMHS Digital Lab, King’s College London

Research Trainee of the Year; Open to any individual undertaking postgraduate training as a practitioner working with children in relation to mental health from any background (e.g. clinical psychology, educational psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry). This could include candidates currently in a clinical training working towards a professional qualification, or teaching, for example, an individual undertaking an MEd who is able to demonstrate a clear commitment to evidence-based clinical practice.

• Dr. Victor Pereira-Sanchez, Columbia University
• Dr. Asilay Seker, King’s College London and South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
• Mrs Delshad Shroff, Virginia Tech
• Mrs Jenna Sung, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital
• Dr. Eibhlin Walsh, National Suicide Research Foundation

Clinical Trainee of the Year; Open to an individual undertaking their first qualification as a practitioner working with children in relation to mental health from any background (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy, physio) and working towards a clinical qualification and who demonstrates a clear commitment to evidence based clinical practice.

• Miss Emelia Pasternak-Albert, King’s College London GKT School of Medical Education/University of Cambridge
• Miss Denisse Zepeda, U-TTEC Lab at the University of Utah

Lionel Hersov Memorial Award; A practice team that has demonstrated the use of evidence base (research, audit or service evaluation) into clinical practice. Or a team that has evaluated the outcome or measures either the clinical impact or demonstrated quality improvement (can be efficiencies of time, money or reduced ‘waste’). The nominations will be accepted from researchers, investigators, clinicians, and educationalists.

• Children and Young People’s Primary Care Mental Health Service, South Tyneside and Sunderland Foundation Trust
• Hampshire CAMHS Eating Disorder Team (SHFT), Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
• Next Step Cards Team, Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• St. Mary’s Ukrainian School Trauma Recovery Team, St Mary’s Ukrainian School
• The Lucena Clinic Hub team, Lucena Clinic CAMHS Hub

Innovative Research, Training or Practice in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs); Team based in a country classified by the World Bank as LMICs* in the preceding year, and whose work involve research, clinical or educational activities in that country. The work shows innovation in research, training, or practice/service delivery in child and adolescent mental health.

• Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
• The Adolescent Mental Health Unit (AMHU), National Mental Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal
• The Asido Foundation, Asido Foundation, Nigeria
• Mr Yadeta Alemayehu Workneh, Mattu University

Special Contribution Award

• Luis Rocha

Other awards to be announced at the virtual ceremony

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Journal Best Paper
• Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Journal Best Paper
• JCPP Advances Best Paper
• Sir Michael Rutter Lifetime Achievement Award

It is completely free to attend and open to Members and Non-members alike. Simply register direct on Zoom. As the session is being hosted as a webinar, you will automatically be muted and your cameras will be turned off.