Current PRITE Fellows
The PRITE® Fellowship Selection Committee chooses PRITE® Fellows to serve at least one year on the PRITE® Editorial Board. Applications for fellowships are received from PGY II and III general psychiatry residents and first year child fellows in residency programs throughout the United States and Canada.
PRITE® Fellows participate in the question writing process by developing an assigned number of questions and then editing and referencing exam items. Appointments to the PRITE® Editorial Board may be renewed for one year upon the approval of the PRITE® Editor-in-Chief.
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PRITE® FELLOW McGill University Dr. Bhat is a second year psychiatry resident at McGill University in Quebec, Canada. He received his medical degree from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in India and then entered a Master's degree program in Psychiatry at McGill University through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and McGill University Faculty fellowships. Dr. Bhat is fascinated by interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the problems of the mind, as it entails a synthesis of different perspectives from the sciences, arts and humanities. He has continued with interdisciplinary research projects in residency, and among his many awards and honors are the 2010 and 2011 McGill Psychiatry research awards. Dr. Bhat is currently a fellow in the Social Aetiology of Mental Illness (SAMI) Training program, where he is involved in the coordination and analysis of DSM-5 field trials. Dr. Bhat's keen interest in pursuing a career in academic psychiatry has been fueled by the prospects for a deeper insight into the human experience in the new era of genomics, neuroscience and systems biology and its potential impact on mental health. |
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PRITE® FELLOW
Jennifer R. Gatchel, M.D., Ph.D. Harvard University Dr. Gatchel is a second year resident in the MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Program. She received her B.S. and B.A. degrees from The University of Texas-Austin, where she majored in Biology and Plan II, an interdisciplinary liberal arts honors program. She graduated summa cum laude and gave the College of Natural Sciences Commencement Address. As an undergraduate, Dr. Gatchel completed an honors thesis project studying viral mechanisms of protein synthesis. This, together with her work volunteering with the elderly and in hospital settings, stimulated her interest in combining a career in medicine and research. Dr. Gatchel received her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, where she was inducted into AOA and received the Department of Psychiatry Hilde Bruch Award. During her Ph.D. dissertation work in the Department of Neuroscience, Dr. Gatchel published several papers describing molecular mechanisms involved in neurodegenerative disease. Through her clinical work she quickly developed a passion for the field of psychiatry and became increasingly excited about employing the tools of neuroscience to dissect mechanisms of pathogenesis in psychiatric disease. Dr. Gatchel’s goal is to develop a career in academic psychiatry that integrates clinical work, research and teaching. As a first year resident she was selected as a Geriatric Mental Health Foundation Scholar. She is involved in the Research Concentration Option of the MGH/McLean Psychiatry Residency Program and specifically interested in clinical work and research in the areas of geriatric psychiatry and psychotic disorders. |
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CHILD PRITE® FELLOW Dr. Shapiro is a first-year Child Psychiatry fellow at the University of Florida. He graduated in 2008 from the University of Florida medical school where he completed the Junior Honors Medical Program – a combined 7-year B.S./M.D. program. As an undergraduate, Dr. Shapiro was involved in research centered on cultural sensitivity in the medical profession. In medical school, he performed original research through the Movement Disorders Center in the Department of Neurology, studying the onset of pathological gambling in patients with Parkinson’s disease, where his interest in the biological influence of behavior began. Dr. Shapiro was inducted into the Chapman Society, a branch of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, and received the Lasdon Foundation Travel Grant in 2007. During residency, Dr. Shapiro’s interests became more focused on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, as well as on somatoform disorders. He has published three papers on the study of adolescents in the areas of functional abdominal pain, Munchausen’s by proxy, and non-epileptic seizures, and one on the use of risperidone in treating agitation in elderly patients in the hospital. Dr. Shapiro received the John E. Adams Memorial Academic Achievement Award each year during his adult psychiatry training, and in his third year, received the John Kuldau Memorial Research Award. His interests have become geared towards the inpatient Adolescent Psychiatry unit during his fellowship, focusing on individual and structural family therapy. |
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CHILD PRITE® FELLOW University of California Los Angeles Dr. Sidhu is currently a first year Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at the University of California Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute, having completed three years of General Psychiatry training at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He is thankful for a broad range of experiences in his training to date, from volunteering at an Indian AIDS orphanage to working in a neuroimaging laboratory and being involved in the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. Dr. Sidhu credits wonderful mentorship and guidance throughout his life, inspiring him to pursue a career in teaching. Through mentorship, he has had the opportunity to engage in multiple teaching endeavors and has received the Association for Academic Psychiatry's Fellowship Award, as well as the AACAP Outstanding General Psychiatry Resident Award and four Northwestern Excellence in Teaching Awards. He is enrolled in the Association for Academic Psychiatry Master Educator Series, and has completed the Neuroscience Education Institute’s Master Psychopharmacology Program. Dr. Sidhu is currently working on a number of peer-reviewed publications in medical student education and research training in residency, one of which has been accepted in Academic Psychiatry. Dr. Sidhu is looking forward to a career as a clinician educator in which he can stay young at heart by serving as a teacher and mentor for trainees. |
