Lori L. Altshuler

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Honors Six Mental Health Researchers

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Monday, August 3, 2020

New York, Aug. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the six winners of its 2020 Klerman and Freedman Prizes, recognizing exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness.

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  • New York, Aug. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the six winners of its 2020 Klerman and Freedman Prizes, recognizing exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness.
  • This years awardees are conducting research impacting schizophrenia, depression, addiction, child & adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry and other aspects of brain and behavior.
  • They are selected by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council, which includes 181 prominent mental health researchers.
  • The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation awards research grants to develop improved treatments, cures, and methods of prevention for mental illness.

Mental Health Researchers Honored by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation for Advancing the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Psychiatric Illness

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Thursday, August 1, 2019

New York, Aug. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation has announced the winners of its 2019 Klerman and Freedman Prizes recognizing exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness.

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  • New York, Aug. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation has announced the winners of its 2019 Klerman and Freedman Prizes recognizing exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness.
  • The grants program provides funding for research that impacts all brain and behavior disorders.
  • The awards were presented at a ceremony in New York City on July 26, the evening before the annual meeting of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council.
  • The group of 180 leading experts across disciplines in psychiatric research meets to discuss grant applications and recommend the most promising ideas to fund.