Established in 1993, this prize was formerly known under the successive titles of the Selo Prize, Falcone Prize and Bipolar Mood Disorder Prize. The prize was renamed in 2012 in honor of the late Oliver D. Colvin, Jr., a great benefactor of the Foundation who left the largest single contribution in the Foundation’s history. This prize carries an award of $50,000 and the winner(s) is honored at the annual International Awards Dinner in New York City in October.
SELECTION COMMITTEE
- Robert M. Post, M.D. (Chair)
- Wade Berrettini, M.D., Ph.D.
- William E. Bunney, Jr., M.D.
- Frederick K. Goodwin, M.D.
- Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D.
- Husseini K. Manji, M.D.
2017 Prizewinners
Hilary P. Blumberg, M.D.
John and Hope Furth Endowed Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience
Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Faculty Child Study Center Director, Mood Disorders Research Program
Tadafumi Kato, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Team Leader, Laboratory for Molecular Dynamics of Mental Disorders
Deputy Director
Mary L. Phillips M.D., M.D. (Cantab)
Pittsburgh Foundation-Emmerling Endowed Chair in Psychotic Disorders
Professor in Psychiatry and Clinical Translational Science
Director of the Mood and Brain Laboratory, The Clinical and Translational Affective Neuroscience Program Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pa