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Student receives national minority fellowship award College of Medicine student Ivorie Drayton is one of two students to receive the 2007 National NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Jeanne Spurlock Minority Medical Student Fellowship Program award. The award was presented by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). The second student, Brian Slater, is a medical student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.   The  fellowship is supported by NIDA and offers an opportunity for minority medical students to explore a research career in substance abuse, gain work experience, and meet leaders in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. The fellowship opportunity provides up to $3,500 for 12 weeks of research training under a child and adolescent psychiatrist researcher and mentor.   The fellowship encourages minority medical students to pursue careers in drug abuse and addiction research. The awardees were selected by the AACAP’s diversity and culture committee after a competitive process. This program has increased the number of practicing child and adolescent psychiatrists, pedia-tricians, neurologists and general psychiatrists with an understanding of substance use disorders.   Drayton is mentored by Himanshu Upadhyaya, M.D., and was chosen for her project, "Combined Pharmaco/Behavioral Treatment for Adolescent Smokers."     Friday, Aug. 10, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.