International Mental Health Research Symposium

Friday, October 25, 2024, 9:00 am EDT
International Mental Health Research Symposium

Join us for presentations on leading research discoveries across brain and behavior disorders by the Foundation’s 2024 Outstanding Achievement Prizewinners and the Pardes Humanitarian Prizewinner.

Friday, October 25, 2024
9:00am-12:30pm EDT

Kaufman Music Center
129 W 67th St, New York, NY, 10023

PRESENTATIONS:

Welcome
Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D.
President & CEO, BBRF

Introduction and Moderator
Carol A. Tamminga, M.D.
BBRF Scientific Council Member

Identifying Risk for Developing Psychosis So We Can Promote Prevention
Deanna M. Barch, Ph.D.
Washington University in St. Louis
BBRF LIEBER PRIZEWINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH

Identifying Risk Factors for Early Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms
Nicole Karcher, Ph.D.
Washington University in St. Louis
BBRF MALTZ PRIZEWINNER FOR INNOVATIVE AND PROMISING SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH

Breakthrough Rapid-Acting Therapeutics: Exploring Efficacy and Mechanisms in Treatment-Resistant Mood Disorders
Nolan R. Williams, M.D.
Stanford University
BBRF COLVIN PRIZEWINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOOD DISORDERS RESEARCH

New Horizons for Child Psychiatry from Research on Individual Differences in Early Social Development
John N. Constantino, M.D.
Pediatric Institute, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Emory University
BBRF RUANE PRIZEWINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH

The Psychopharmacology of Childhood-Onset Neuropsychiatric Disorders Across the Lifespan
Christopher J. McDougle, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
BBRF RUANE PRIZEWINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH

A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Understanding Circuits and Symptoms in Psychosis
Cameron S. Carter, M.D.
University of California, Irvine
BBRF GOLDMAN-RAKIC PRIZEWINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Navigating My ADHD through Self Art Therapy
Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong
PRIZEWINNER, BBRF PARDES HUMANITARIAN PRIZE IN MENTAL HEALTH

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