Klerman & Freedman Prizes
The Annual Klerman and Freedman Prizes recognize exceptional clinical and basic research conducted by NARSAD Young Investigator Grantees. The NARSAD Young Investigator Grant program is the hallmark program of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, enabling aspiring young scientists with innovative ideas to garner pilot data and generate “proof of concept” for their work. These two prizes are awarded in New York City every July.
Klerman Prize for Exceptional Clinical Research
The Klerman Prize, established in 1994 by Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D., in memory of her late husband, Gerald L. Klerman, M.D., honors exceptional clinical research by a Young Investigator Grantee.
2019 Klerman Prizewinner:
Nolan R. Williams, M.D.
Stanford University | Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute | Stanford Bio-X
Honorable Mentions:
- Bo Cao, Ph.D. - University of Alberta, Canada
- Sarah A. O. Gray, Ph.D. - Tulane University
Selection Committee
Chair:
- Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D. - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Members:
- Martin B. Keller, M.D. - Brown University
- Rachel G. Klein, Ph.D. - New York University
- Nina R. Schooler, Ph.D. - State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
- Karen Dineen Wagner, M.D., Ph.D. - University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Freedman Prize for Exceptional Basic Research
The Freedman Prize honors the late Daniel X. Freedman, M.D., a pioneer in biological psychiatry and psychopharmacology and a founding member of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council. It is awarded to a Young Investigator Grantee for exceptional basic studies.
2019 Freedman Prizewinner:
Anna Victoria Molofsky, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco | Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Honorable Mentions:
- Erin S. Calipari, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Dorothy Schafer, Ph.D. - University of Massachusetts Medical School
Selection Committee
Chair:
- Ariel Y. Deutch, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University
Members:
- Joseph T. Coyle, M.D. - McLean Hospital, Harvard University
- Ronald S. Duman, Ph.D. - Yale University
- Fritz A. Henn, M.D., Ph.D.
- Peter W. Kalivas, Ph.D. - Medical University of South Carolina
- Husseini K. Manji, M.D., F.R.C.P.C. - Johnson & Johnson PRD, Visiting Professor, Duke University
- Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D. - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Bryan L. Roth, M.D., Ph.D. - University of North Carolina School of Medicine