Veenstra-VanderWeele’s research lauded by child psychiatry group
Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, M.D., assistant professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center investigator, has been selected for the International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions Donald J. Cohen Fellowship Award.
Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, M.D.
The purpose of the award is to foster the professional development of emerging leaders in child and adolescent mental health throughout the world.
The award is given every three years and historically has included between three and four child psychiatrists from the United States among the 40 fellows selected from around the world.
The award will support Veenstra-VanderWeele in attending and presenting his research at their annual meeting in Beijing this June.
Veenstra-VanderWeele's current research involves development of mouse models of autism by introducing knock-in mutations in the serotonin transporter gene.
His efforts also focus on the creation and analysis of novel transgenic strains of mice allowing him to examine the impact of SERT variants on brain development, neurochemisty and behavior.