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Pathways to the Future OFFICERS Francine M MAGAZINE Brain&BehaviorNOVEMBER 2017 PathwaysSPECIAL to the EDITION Future SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL CONTENTS 177 Members (7 Emeritus) 13 Members of the National Academy of Sciences 2 Nobel Prize Winners 26 Chairs of Psychiatry & Neuroscience 2 Former Directors of the National Institute of Departments at Leading Medical Institutions Mental Health as well as the current Director 52 Members of the National Academy of Medicine 4 Recipients of the National Medal of Science 04 Letter from the PRESIDENT Stan B. Floresco, Ph.D. Robert C. Malenka, M.D., Ph.D. J. David Sweatt, Ph.D. Herbert Pardes, M.D. Judith M. Ford, Ph.D. Anil K. Malhotra, M.D. John A. Talbott, M.D. President Alan Frazer, Ph.D. Husseini K. Manji, M.D., F.R.C.P.C. Carol A. Tamminga, M.D. VICE PRESIDENT EMERITUS Robert R. Freedman, M.D. J. John Mann, M.D. Laurence H. Tecott, M.D.,Ph.D. Floyd E. Bloom, M.D. Fred H. Gage, Ph.D. John S. March, M.D., M.P.H. Ming T. Tsuang, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. Aurelio Galli, Ph.D. Stephen Maren, Ph.D. Kay M. Tye, Ph.D. Ted Abel, Ph.D. Mark S. George, M.D. Daniel Mathalon, Ph.D., M.D. Leslie G. Ungerleider, Ph.D. Anissa Abi-Dargham, M.D. Elliot S. Gershon, M.D. Helen S. Mayberg, M.D. Flora Vaccarino, M.D., Ph.D. Schahram Akbarian, M.D.,Ph.D. Mark A. Geyer, Ph.D. Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D. Rita J. Valentino, Ph.D. Huda Akil, Ph.D. Jay N. Giedd, M.D. Ronald McKay, Ph.D. Jim van Os, M.D., Ph.D., MRCPsych 06 Our Global Susan G. Amara, Ph.D. Jay A. Gingrich, M.D., Ph.D. James H. Meador-Woodruff, M.D. Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, M.D. Footprint Stewart A. Anderson, M.D. David Goldman, M.D. Herbert Y. Meltzer, M.D. Susan Voglmaier, M.D., Ph.D. Nancy C. Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D. Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D. Kathleen Merikangas, Ph.D. Nora D. Volkow, M.D. Amy F.T. Arnsten, Ph.D. Elizabeth Gould, Ph.D. Richard J. Miller, Ph.D. Mark von Zastrow, M.D., Ph.D. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gary S. Aston-Jones, Ph.D. Anthony A. Grace, Ph.D. Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D. Karen Dineen Wagner, M.D., Ph.D. President & CEO Jay M. Baraban, M.D., Ph.D. Paul Greengard, Ph.D. Bita Moghaddam, Ph.D. Daniel R. Weinberger, M.D. Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D. Deanna Barch, Ph.D. Raquel Gur, M.D., Ph.D. Dennis L. Murphy, M.D. Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D. President, Scientific Council Jack D. Barchas, M.D. Suzanne N. Haber, Ph.D. Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D. Marina Wolf, Ph.D. Herbert Pardes, M.D. Samuel H. Barondes, M.D. Philip D. Harvey, Ph.D. Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D. Jared W. Young, Ph.D. Carrie Bearden, Ph.D. Stephan Heckers, M.D. Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D. L. Trevor Young, M.D., Ph.D. 10 Pathways to the Future OFFICERS Francine M. Benes, M.D., Ph.D. René Hen, Ph.D. Patricio O’Donnell, M.D., Ph.D. Jon-Kar Zubieta, M.D., Ph.D. Insights from Five Foundation Karen F. Berman, M.D. Fritz A. Henn, M.D., Ph.D. Dost Ongur, M.D., Ph.D. Scientific Council Members Chairman Wade H. Berrettini, M.D., Ph.D. Takao Hensch, Ph.D. Steven M. Paul, M.D. MEMBERS EMERITUS and Luminaries in the Field Stephen A. Lieber Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D. Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D. Godfrey D. Pearlson, M.A., M.B.B.S. George K. Aghajanian, M.D. of Psychiatry Vice President Pierre Blier, M.D., Ph.D. L. Elliot Hong, M.D. Mary L. Phillips, M.D. (CANTAB) Dennis S. Charney, M.D. Anne E. Abramson Hilary Blumberg, M.D. Steven E. Hyman, M.D. Marina Picciotto, Ph.D. Jan A. Fawcett, M.D. Secretary Antonello Bonci, M.D. Robert B. Innis, M.D., Ph.D. Daniel S. Pine, M.D. Frederick K. Goodwin, M.D. John B. Hollister Robert W. Buchanan, M.D. Jonathan A. Javitch, M.D.,Ph.D. Robert M. Post, M.D. Lewis L. Judd, M.D. Treasurer Peter F. Buckley, M.D. Daniel C. Javitt, M.D., Ph.D. James B. Potash, M.D., M.P.H. Kenneth K. Kidd, Ph.D. 20 The Past, the Present, Arthur Radin, CPA Ed Bullmore, Ph.D. Dilip Jeste, M.D. Steven G. Potkin, M.D. William E. Bunney, Jr., M.D. Ned Kalin, M.D. Pasko Rakic, M.D., Ph.D. and the Future DIRECTORS Joseph D. Buxbaum, Ph.D. Peter W. Kalivas, Ph.D. Judith L. Rapoport, M.D. Visionary Statements Carol Atkinson William Byerley, M.D. Eric R. Kandel, M.D. Perry F. Renshaw, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A. on Brain Research by Eric F. Bam Ty Cannon, Ph.D. Richard S.E. Keefe, Ph.D. Kerry J. Ressler, M.D., Ph.D. Foundation Outstanding Donald M. Boardman William Carlezon, Ph.D. Samuel J. Keith, M.D. Victoria Risbrough, Ph.D. Achievement Prizewinners J. Anthony Boeckh Marc G. Caron, Ph.D. Martin B. Keller, M.D. Carolyn B. Robinowitz, M.D. Susan Lasker Brody, MPH William T. Carpenter, Jr., M.D. John R. Kelsoe, M.D. Bryan L. Roth, M.D., Ph.D. Suzanne Golden Cameron S. Carter, M.D. Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D. Laura Rowland, Ph.D. Bonnie D. Hammerschlag BJ Casey, Ph.D. James L. Kennedy, M.D. John L.R. Rubenstein, M.D., Ph.D. John Kennedy Harrison II Bruce M. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. Robert M. Kessler, M.D. Bernardo Sabatini, M.D.,Ph.D. 52 Foundation Grantees Carole H. Mallement Milton Maltz Jonathan D. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. Mary-Claire King, Ph.D. Gerard Sanacora, M.D., Ph.D. Since 1987 Marc R. Rappaport Peter Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D. Rachel G. Klein, Ph.D. Akira Sawa, M.D., Ph.D. Virginia M. Silver Edwin Cook, M.D. John H. Krystal, M.D. Alan F. Schatzberg, M.D. Kenneth H. Sonnenfeld, Richard Coppola, D.Sc. Amanda J. Law, Ph.D. Nina R. Schooler, Ph.D. Ph.D., J.D. Rui Costa, Ph.D., HHMI James F. Leckman, M.D. Robert Schwarcz, Ph.D. Barbara K. Streicker Joseph T. Coyle, M.D. Francis S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D. Philip Seeman, M.D., Ph.D. Barbara Toll Jacqueline N. Crawley, Ph.D. Ellen Leibenluft, M.D. Yvette I. Sheline, M.D. Robert Weisman, Esq. John G. Csernansky, M.D. Robert H. Lenox, M.D. Pamela Sklar, M.D., Ph.D. Z. Jeff Daskalakis, M.D., Ph.D. Pat Levitt, Ph.D. Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., 74 Foundation PUBLICATION CREDITS Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D. David A. Lewis, M.D. D.Sc., D.Phil. (Hon. Causa) Grantee Institutions Writers & Editors J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr., M.D. Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D. Vikaas Sohal, M.D., Ph.D. Lauren Duran Ariel Y. Deutch, Ph.D. Kelvin Lim, M.D. Matthew State, M.D. Peter Tarr, Ph.D. Wayne C. Drevets, M.D. Irwin Lucki, Ph.D. Murray Stein, M.D., M.P.H. Designer Ronald S. Duman, Ph.D. Gary Lynch, Ph.D. John S. Strauss, M.D. Jenny Reed 2 Brain & Behavior Magazine | November 2017 bbrfoundation.org 3 Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D. President & CEO Brain & Behavior Research Foundation his special edition of the Brain & Behavior Magazine celebrates 30 years of funding cut- “The Brain & Behavior Research ting edge science. Since 1987, more than 60,000 people have joined us in our mission to T fund neuropsychiatric research in order to improve the lives of people living with mental Foundation has had a profound impact illness. We have provided $380 million in research grants to more than 4,500 scientists globally. We are the largest non-governmental funder of mental illness research grants in the world. Our initial “seed on the scientific content and work in money” results in subsequent federal and private funding for our Grantees with a return of anywhere between 10 and 19 times the original amount invested by the Foundation. By conservative estimates, the field. In other words, one can say this multiplier effect has resulted in more than $3.8 billion of additional support for those scientists. that in the generation of the positive While there is universal acknowledgement of how far brain and behavior research has come since the Foundation’s inception and how much progress has been made, we still have so much to learn about advances, new ideas, tools, concepts, the brain’s workings. We are excited about recent technological advances that have made possible experiments that would have seemed like science fiction 30 years ago. the Foundation has been a substantial As we celebrate our anniversary, we are excited to share the thoughts and insights of 81 of our complement to NIMH and other NIH Outstanding Achievement Prizewinners over the past 30 years. Their comments provide a rare glimpse into the future-visionary statements of men and women who are leaders in their respective specialties. institutions fostering new thinking and We are also sharing the comments from five of our Scietific Council Members, who are luminaries in the field, from our July Klerman & Freedman Awards dinner. Their assessments of where we are and where research on psychiatric disorders. This we are headed are comprehensive in scope. At the end of this issue, you will see a listing of grantees from 1987 through today. is happening not just throughout this The Foundation is proud of the accomplishments of the scientists we fund and we are excited to focus nation.
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