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Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation:
Apply to be a KTGF - JGH Fellow
Apply to be a KTGF - JGH Fellow
Applications for the 2025-2026 Fellowship are closed
*The goal of the personal statement is to convey your interests and level of involvement desired to best pair you with CAP faculty mentor(s) (if you'd like). You may include mentor request(s) (honored if able).
KTGF Program Opportunities
KTGF Program Opportunities
Structured mentoring that links medical students with Child & Adolescent Psych faculty
Meaningful exposure to the field through clinical shadowing and research activities
Apply for funding for summer KTGF experience
Each experience is individualized by student & mentor - Can be clinical and/or research based
“Meal and conversation” group meetings with a featured CAP faculty member.
Attend the annual KTGF National Medical Student Conference and present research projects
All medical students (MS1 through MS4) are invited to participate on a continuing basis.
Free AACAP & ICCAP Membership
Questions?
Questions?
Email klingenstein.uic@gmail.com or one of our faculty leaders directly
The KTGF Jay G. Hirsch Medical (KTGF-JGH)
The KTGF Jay G. Hirsch Medical (KTGF-JGH)
Student Fellowship Program @ UICOM
Student Fellowship Program @ UICOM
Our Chapter
Our Chapter
Our chapter is dedicated to the memory of Jay G. Hirsch MD, Professor of Psychiatry at UICOM (pictured on right with Dr. Geraldine Fox) and board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist, who believed in treating children within the context of their families, schools, and communities. He was the beloved mentor for hundreds of medical students, residents, and fellows.
Purpose: A structured mentoring program that links medical students with child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) faculty to provide meaningful medical student exposure to the field, as well as to encourage interest in CAP as a potential career path.
Fellowship Details
Fellowship Details
The Core fellowship experience runs from January of the M1 year through December of the M2 year. Individualized experiences are designed by each student and their mentor based on interest and preference.
Fellows are assigned a long-term faculty mentor with whom they meet on a regular basis. Mentorship opportunities include: shadowing, discussing career opportunities, and joining a mentor’s research activity or starting your own
All medical students (MS1 through MS4) are invited to participate on a continued basis.
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry on a National Level
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry on a National Level
KTGF Founders
KTGF Founders
Established in 1993 through a capital grant from the Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, the mission of KTGF is to encourage a meaningful, long-term contribution to the field of child and adolescent mental health, partly through the Klingenstein Medical Student Programs.
Take a look at the national website for more detailed information: The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation (KTGF)!
Medical Student National Conference
Medical Student National Conference
The annual KTGF Medical Student National Conference attracts students and mentors from across the country. Once a year, KTGF students from the 16 participating schools get together for a weekend to present their work to one another and the faculty mentors.
The conference includes:
Medical student poster and oral presentations
Resident panels
Networking sessions
Team-building games
Brown University
Harvard Medical School
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mayo Clinic
Oregon Health Sciences University
Stanford University School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
University of California, Davis School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
University of Vermont, College of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Yale University School of Medicine
Beyond the UIC campus
Beyond the UIC campus
Student Funding Opportunities
Student Funding Opportunities
AACAP Medical Student Award Opportunities
AACAP Mentorship Grants for Medical Students
Award to attend AACAP's annual meeting
Application Deadline: June 2, 2026
Stay tuned for future awards as they become available
AACAP Membership and Events
AACAP Membership and Events
KTGF-JGH fellows sign up for free membership to the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP).
Fellows are encouraged to attend the AACAP annual meeting in October and to apply for summer student research AACAP fellowships.
Travel grants are available! See above
Membership to the Illinois Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ICCAP)
Free attendance to networking events and dinner meetings
Acronym Glossary
Acronym Glossary
CAP: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
KTGF (Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation): National organization that supports child & adolescent psychiatry medical student programs
KTGF-JGH (KTGF Jay G Hirsch Medical Student Fellowship Program): KTGF program implemented at UICOM, in memory of CAP faculty member Dr. Jay G. Hirsch
ICCAP (Illinois Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry): Council of practicing Illinois psychiatrists, with quarterly dinner meetings.
AACAP (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry): National association with many objectives; of relevance to medical students- annual national meeting & support medical student summer research awards.
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