Friday, October 25, 2024
6:30PM EDT - Cocktails
7:30PM EDT - Dinner
The Pierre
2 East 61st Street, New York City, 10065
The evening includes a presentation of the Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health and the Outstanding Achievement Prizewinners.
Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health
This international Prize recognizes a physician, scientist, public citizen or organization whose extraordinary contribution has made a profound impact on advancing the understanding of mental health and providing hope and healing for people who are living with mental illness. Established in 2014 and awarded annually, the Pardes Humanitarian Prize is named in honor of Dr. Herbert Pardes, the first recipient of the award.
This year’s Awards ceremony will honor Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong with the 2024 Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health.
The ceremony will also include a special tribute to honorary Pardes Prize winner the Graham Boeckh Foundation.
Outstanding Achievement Prizes
The Outstanding Achievement Prizes are awarded annually to celebrate the transformative power of neuroscience and psychiatric research to improve the lives of those living with mental illness and include the Lieber Prize for Schizophrenia Research, Maltz Prize for Innovative & Promising Schizophrenia Research, Colvin Prize for Mood Disorders Research, Ruane Prize for Childhood & Adolescent Psychiatric Research, and the Goldman-Rakic Prize for Cognitive Neuroscience.
Selected by BBRF's Scientific Council, the Foundation’s Outstanding Achievement Prizes honor scientists for their achievements in brain and behavior research.
LIEBER PRIZE: Outstanding Achievement in Schizophrenia Research
- Deanna M. Barch, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
MALTZ PRIZE: Innovative & Promising Schizophrenia Research
- Nicole Karcher, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
COLVIN PRIZE: Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research
- Nolan R. Williams, M.D., Stanford University
RUANE PRIZE: Outstanding Achievement in Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Research
- John N. Constantino, M.D., Pediatric Institute, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University
- Christopher J. McDougle, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
GOLDMAN-RAKIC PRIZE: Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience Research
- Cameron S. Carter M.D., University of California, Irvine
