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 Press Release 
For immediate release Major prizes for outstanding achievement in psychiatric research also to be presented The event, which raises funds to accelerate progress in research on severe mental illnesses, will be attended by leaders from the fields of psychiatry and neuroscience and by New York-area philanthropists. Highlighting this year’s gala will be a vocal performance by Sing for Hope, a group of professional opera singers who are volunteering their time and talent to support NARSAD and its mission to increase research on psychiatric disorders. The featured musicians will be soprano Monica Yunus, mezzo-soprano Kathleen Flynn, tenor Brandon McReynolds, baritone Matthew Worth and pianist Djordje Nesic, who will perform songs by Handel and Ives. NARSAD’s gala takes place Friday, October 27th, at the Pierre Hotel, Fifth Avenue and 61st Street, in Manhattan, with cocktails beginning at 6:30 p.m., followed by an awards ceremony, dinner and dancing. Tickets are available by calling NARSAD at 516-829-0091 or 800-829-8289. NARSAD supports innovative scientific research to find the causes and better treatments for severe psychiatric illnesses, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, autism and other adult and childhood disorders. Since 1987, through the generosity and commitment of thousands of donors around the country, NARSAD has distributed nearly $200 million in research grants to 2,284 scientists in the United States and 25 other countries. At this year’s New York gala, NARSAD pays tribute to its Scientific Council, a volunteer body of leading researchers in the fields of psychiatry and neuroscience. The Scientific Council, which has grown to 94 members, including two Nobel laureates, has guided NARSAD’s growth over the past 20 years by identifying new frontiers for research, setting grant-making policy and rigorously reviewing and recommending hundreds of grant proposals each year. (Read more about the Scientific Council here.) Many of the members will be present at the October 27th gala celebration, including Herbert Pardes, M.D., president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, who has served as president of NARSAD’s Scientific Council since its inception. (A list of other NARSAD Scientific Council members planning to attend is available on request.) “The accomplishments and remarkable promise of NARSAD and the research it supports are based on the extraordinary contribution of talent and time by our Scientific Council,” said Constance E. Lieber, president of NARSAD and chair of the gala. “Their efforts have transformed the field of neuropsychiatric research, bringing new horizons of improved treatment and hope for the millions afflicted with serious mental illnesses.” NARSAD’s New York gala also is the occasion for the organization’s annual presentation of the mental health research field’s major prizes for outstanding achievement. This year’s awards, and their recipients, include:
For more details on NARSAD’s 2006 research prize winners, click here. In conjunction with its New York gala, NARSAD is also hosting a free public symposium on some of the latest developments in mental health research. The symposium takes place on Friday and Saturday, October 27th and 28th, at Mount Sinai Medical Center’s Stern Auditorium. There will be presentations by a select group of 15 young investigators funded by NARSAD, who will discuss important findings in three half-day sessions on basic science, mood disorders and schizophrenia research. Each presentation will include commentary by senior scientists from NARSAD’s Scientific Council. (For more details on the symposium, click here.) The gala awards dinner is a major fundraising activity for NARSAD, annually generating more than $1 million for research grants. The entire cost of the gala is underwritten by the contributions of two family foundations, which together provide all overhead support for NARSAD year-round. Their contributions ensure that every dollar contributed to NARSAD goes directly and entirely to research. “Our organization continues to make major efforts to expand mental health research while promoting the understanding that mental illnesses are biological disorders which will be overcome by the results of basic research,” said Ms. Lieber. |
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