Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D., of Stanford University used his NARSAD Young Investigator Grant to help invent optogenetics. On September 7th, he and three other scientists will be awarded the K. J. Zülch Prize 2012, for...
25 Years of Breakthroughs
Dr. Karl Deisseroth
September 06, 2012
Herbert Pardes, M.D.
June 05, 2012
Herbert Pardes, M.D., President of the Scientific Council and Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, shares his insight on mental illness.
Dr. Pardes reflects on...
Aaron T. Beck, M.D.
March 23, 2012
NARSAD distinguished Investigator Grantee, Aaron T. Beck, the 'Father of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)’ proved that it can be used to help treat the 'negative' symptoms of schizophrenia. CBT was invented by Beck in...
Rene Hen, Ph.D.
March 21, 2012
In 2010, Scientific Council Member Rene Hen, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Columbia University, and a researcher at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, led a...
Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D.
March 20, 2012
A groundbreaking twenty-five year study shows that there is a correlation between the thinning of the cortex and the development of depression. The cortex is the part of the brain responsible for higher thinking and...
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