Annie Kathuria, PhD, research fellow in the Center for Genomic Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry, received a NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. The award recognizes promising investigators to help facilitate innovative research opportunities. Kathuria will use the award to study the cellular-molecular underpinnings of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder using chemical-genetic approaches in human neurons and brain organoids generated from patient-derived stem cells.
Christopher McDougle, MD Receives the Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Research
The award recognizes Dr. McDougle, an internationally-recognized expert in the neurobiology and neuropsychopharmacology of childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorders including autism.
