Lily Balasuriya, MD, MMS, a third-year resident in the Yale Department of Psychiatry, and Andrea Diaz Stransky, MD, clinical fellow in the Child Study Center, have been awarded Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Program grants through the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
This highly competitive and innovative fellowship strives to reduce health disparities and enhance the behavioral healthcare outcomes for underserved and minority populations. The program also seeks to train and better prepare behavioral health providers to more effectively treat and serve people of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
Award recipients benefit from an extensive network of mentorship and continue to grow as future leaders in the field by serving on APA Councils. Additionally, recipients receive grant funding to continue to alleviate health care disparities in their chosen areas of interest.