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.
2023 PRITE and CHILD PRITE Fellows
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CHILD PRITE Fellow: Kate Cowhey, M.D. George Washington University  |
Dr. Kate Cowhey is a first-year child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at Tulane University. She completed her general psychiatry residency at George Washington University, where she served as chief resident and earned a masters of public health in health policy. She completed undergraduate training at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, a masters in neuroscience at Tulane University, and medical school at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. In medical school, Kate co-founded the Latino Health Scholars Program, taught reproductive health to high school students, volunteered in a Spanish-speaking community free clinic, and completed a volunteer project in India providing health screenings for Tibetan refugees. Clinical interests include perinatal and infant/early childhood psychiatry, school-based mental health programs, and exploring task sharing and stepped care models for improving mental health care. |
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Captain Rachel H. Han, M.D., is a third-year psychiatry resident at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. She was born in California and raised in New Jersey. She went to the Boston area to attend Wellesley College, where she studied Neuroscience and Women's and Gender Studies, and received her Army commission via Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She then moved to the DC area to attend medical school at the Uniformed Services University and graduated in 2020. Her career interests include child and adolescent psychiatry, minority mental health and health disparities, and technological addictions. Some of her hobbies are day hiking, trying new restaurants, and cold calling old friends. |
CHILD PRITE Fellow: Dr. Rachel Han, M.D. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center  |
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PRITE Fellow: Alyssa Ehrlich, M.D. Brigham and Women's Hospital  |
Dr. Alyssa Ehrlich is a third-year psychiatry resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. A New York native, she graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University with majors in Neuroscience and Philosophy. As an undergraduate, she discovered a passion for near-peer teaching and worked as a teaching assistant and tutor throughout college. While attending Harvard Medical School, Dr. Ehrlich founded an online education company that helps medical students prepare for the USMLE. Her interests within psychiatry include medical education, psychotherapy, and the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults. Outside of residency, she enjoys speed chess, stand-up comedy, vinyasa yoga, downhill skiing, and spending time with her corgi. |
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Dr. Gerald Richardson is a third-year psychiatry resident in pursuit of a career in child and adolescent psychiatry and medical education. He was born and raised in central Florida and obtained his B.S. in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Central Florida and M.D. at the University of Florida. During his medical studies, he developed an affinity for teaching and was motivated to earn a Master of Education from Harvard University while in medical school. He has taught thousands of students as an instructor for test prep companies and with online courses. He actively engages in medical education research, serves as a member of his residency program’s curriculum committee, and is a lecturer for medical students rotating on the psychiatry clerkship. Outside of medicine and teaching, he enjoys spending time with his family and two cats, watersports, traveling, and playing the ukulele. |
PRITE Fellow: Gerald Richardson, M.D. University of Florida - Gainesville  |
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2022 PRITE and CHILD PRITE Fellows |
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CHILD PRITE Fellow:
Yonatan Kaplan, MD Rutgers New Jersey Medical School  |
Yonatan Kaplan, MD is a PGY-III at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Department of Psychiatry. He was born and raised in New Jersey. He attended Tulane University and graduated Cum Laude with a degree in biomedical engineering. He returned to the Northeast and worked for the non-profit StandWithUs in college outreach for two years before matriculating at New Jersey Medical School for his doctoral studies. Dr. Kaplan’s research interests include expanding the evidence base around nature therapy and promoting its clinical use. He currently serves as a resident member of the University Hospital Quality Improvement Steering Committee, co-chair of the Psychiatry Program’s Communications Committee, and Course Lead for the Medical School Preclinical Psychiatric Curriculum. Dr. Kaplan is a frequent presenter in community psychoeducation programs through Rutgers Project Echo, Minimed, and the SMART program. He is honored to be a Child-PRITE Fellow for 2022-23. |
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Jooyoung studied medicine at Seoul National University in South Korea where he was born and raised. At its teaching hospital, he completed his first residency training in psychiatry. Upon graduation, he joined the Korean armed forces as a psychiatry officer. There he realized that he enjoyed listening to and working with young individuals, more specifically, whose early-life trauma was interfering with their capability to cope with more recent stressors. This experience led him to seek further training in psychodynamic psychiatry, trauma-related disorders, and child-adolescent psychiatry.
In pursuit of these goals, Jooyoung relocated to the United States and joined the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Psychiatry Residency Program. There he enjoyed not only the clinical training in a wide variety of scenes but also how it was delivered by his enthusiastic teachers. Jooyoung was one of two co-leaders of Movie Night event at his residency program.
Jooyoung is currently training at Cambridge Health Alliance child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship program. He feels grateful to be a part of its mission to care for the underserved and to learn more about psychodynamic psychiatry. Academically, he is also interested in social media and mental health, infoveillance, and suicide prevention.
During his time, Jooyoung enjoys hiking with his family, reading, playing good boardgames, and open water diving. |
CHILD PRITE Fellow:Jooyoung Lee, M.D.Cambridge Health Alliance |
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PRITE Fellow: Mackenzie Lind, M.D., Ph.D. University of Washington  |
Dr. Mackenzie Lind is a third-year psychiatry resident at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. Prior to medical school, she researched mouse sleep on a Fulbright grant in Helsinki, Finland. She then graduated with a combined MD/PhD (in psychiatric, behavioral and statistical genetics) from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. During the course of her PhD, she studied genetic and environmental contributions to and relationships between trauma, sleep, and psychopathology. Now at the University of Washington, she enjoys treating patients with comorbid insomnia and internalizing psychiatric disorders. She is particularly interested in better understanding and treating trauma-related sleep disturbances in the outpatient setting, utilizing both psychopharmacology and psychotherapy. Having moved cross-country from Pennsylvania for residency, she likes exploring the city of Seattle and surrounding areas. Outside of work, she can be found running, spending time outdoors (hiking, skiing), baking, traveling, and reading crime fiction. |
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Dr. Malcolm Vaught is currently a second-year psychiatry resident at Cape Fear Valley Health in Fayetteville, NC. He grew up in Harrisonburg, VA and attended the local college of James Madison University, obtaining a B.S. in Biology. He later transitioned to Richmond, VA to attend Virginia Commonwealth University for medical education. Dr. Vaught loves to teach – his passion for it is apparent throughout his entire academic career. He had the privilege of teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels before and throughout his journey in medicine. Today, this passion remains, and he plans to continue towards a career in academic medicine. His interests include medical education, child and adolescent psychiatry, family psychoeducation/therapy, and personality disorders. When he isn’t wearing his white coat (and bowties), he enjoys spending time with family, home renovation projects, and watching “B-Rate” movies. He relishes his roles as a husband, father, and physician. |
PRITE Fellow: Malcolm Vaught, M.D. Cape Fear Valley Health  |
