Friday, October 30, 2026
9:30AM EDT - 12:30PM EDT
Kaufman Music Center
129 West 67th Street, New York City, 10023
Join us for presentations on leading research discoveries across brain and behavior disorders by the Foundation’s 2026 Outstanding Achievement Prizewinners
PRESENTATIONS:
Welcome
Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D.
President & CEO, BBRF
Introduction and Moderator
Carol A. Tamminga, M.D.
BBRF Scientific Council Member
Precision Psychiatry: Encouraging Progress and the Challenges Ahead
Steven A. Kushner, M.D., Ph.D.
Columbia University / New York State Psychiatric Institute / Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for Precision Psychiatry & Mental Health
BBRF MALTZ PRIZEWINNER FOR INNOVATIVE AND PROMISING SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
Advancing an Inflammatory Subtype of Depression
Andrew H. Miller, M.D.
Emory University School of Medicine
BBRF COLVIN PRIZEWINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOOD DISORDERS RESEARCH
Nurturing the Developing Brain: How Early Experience Shapes the Brain and Children’s Mental Health
Cynthia Rogers, M.D.
Washington University School of Medicine, Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
BBRF RUANE PRIZEWINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
Memory and Engrams
Sheena Josselyn, Ph.D., FRSC
Hospital for Sick Children / University of Toronto
BBRF GOLDMAN-RAKIC PRIZEWINNER FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
The Suicide Prevention Movement: Translating Science Into Action
Christine Yu Moutier, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
PRIZEWINNER, BBRF PARDES HUMANITARIAN PRIZE IN MENTAL HEALTH
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