BBRF’s annual Klerman & Freedman Prizes recognize exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness conducted by BBRF Young Investigator grantees. The Young Investigator Grant program is the hallmark program of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, enabling aspiring young scientists with innovative ideas to garner pilot data and generate “proof of concept” for their work. These two prizes recognize innovative thinking and remarkable talent across the field of neuropsychiatry. The prizewinners are selected by committees of the Foundation’s distinguished Scientific Council.
Klerman Prize for Exceptional Clinical Research
The Klerman Prize, established in 1994 by Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D., in memory of her late husband, Gerald L. Klerman, M.D., honors exceptional clinical research by a Young Investigator Grantee.
2024 Klerman Prizewinner:
Juliet B. Edgcomb, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Selection Committee
Chair:
- Karen Dineen Wagner, M.D., Ph.D. - University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Members:
- Anissa Abi-Dargham, M.D. - Stony Brook University School of Medicine
- Zafiris J. Daskalakis, M.D., Ph.D. - University of California, San Diego
- Martin B. Keller, M.D. - Brown University
- Cecile D. Ladouceur, Ph.D. - University of Pittsburgh
- Dost Ongur, M.D., Ph.D. - Harvard Medical School
- Nina R. Schooler, Ph.D. - State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Freedman Prize for Exceptional Basic Research
The Freedman Prize honors the late Daniel X. Freedman, M.D., a pioneer in biological psychiatry and psychopharmacology and a founding member of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council. It is awarded to a Young Investigator Grantee for exceptional basic studies.
2024 Freedman Prizewinner:
Christina K. Kim, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis
Honorable Mentions:
- Erin Gibson, Ph.D. - Stanford University
- Hugo A. Tejada, Ph.D. - National Institute of Mental Health
Selection Committee
Chair:
- Ariel Y. Deutch, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University
Members:
- Ted Abel, Ph.D. - Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa
- Cecilia Flores, Ph.D. - McGill University
- Peter W. Kalivas, Ph.D. - Medical University of South Carolina
- Keri Martinowich, Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Marina Picciotto, Ph.D. - Yale University
- Vikaas Singh Sohal, M.D., Ph.D. - University of California, San Francisco
