Myrline Rose Belzince, MD, Adult, Child, and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been awarded the 2023 American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) Charles Dike Scholarship.The Charles Dike Scholarship was created to support forensic psychiatrists within AAPL who belong to underrepresented racial and ethnic groups and to increase and maintain active AAPL membership among forensic psychiatrists of color—particularly those in the early stages of their careers.
AAPL named the scholarship for Dike to honor his longtime membership and service to AAPL. Dike is an associate professor of psychiatry, co-director of the Law and Psychiatry Division of the Yale University Department of Psychiatry, and medical director of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
As an awardee, Dr. Belzince was honored at the 2023 AAPL’s Annual Meeting Opening Ceremony in Chicago this month.