Watch the BBRF Outstanding Achievement Prizewinners and the Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health recipient present updates on leading research discoveries across brain and behavior disorders. Click on each presentation in any order that you prefer.
PRESENTATIONS:
Welcome
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Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D.
President & CEO, BBRF
Introduction and Moderator
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Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D.
Founding BBRF Scientific Council Member
From Obscurity to Hot Topic: The Kynurenic Acid Story
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Robert Schwarcz, Ph.D.
University of Maryland School of Medicine
BBRF LIEBER PRIZEWINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
New Evidence for Translationally Relevant Roles of Kynurenic Acid in Schizophrenia
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Sophie Erhardt, Ph.D.
Karolinska Institutet
BBRF MALTZ PRIZEWINNER FOR INNOVATIVE AND PROMISING SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
Unlocking the Mysteries of Mood Disorders by Science Instead of Guesswork
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J. John Mann, M.D.
Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute
BBRF COLVIN PRIZEWINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOOD DISORDERS RESEARCH
Who is at Risk to Develop Bipolar Disorder?
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Boris Birmaher, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center & Western Psychiatric Institute
BBRF RUANE PRIZEWINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
Solutions to the Brain-Body Problem: Neural Substrates for Psycho-somatic Disease
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Peter L. Strick, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
BBRF GOLDMAN-RAKIC PRIZEWINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Recommendations for Addressing Mental Health Disparities Through Research
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Altha J. Stewart, M.D.
PRIZEWINNER, BBRF PARDES HUMANITARIAN PRIZE IN MENTAL HEALTH
Providing Psychological Support to Victims of State Repression and War
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Robert van Voren, FRCPsych (HON.)
PRIZEWINNER, BBRF PARDES HUMANITARIAN PRIZE IN MENTAL HEALTH
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