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2007 Independent Investigators

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Cristina Alberini, Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Preclinical Investigation for the Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Disruption of Traumatic Memories after their Reactivation

Amit Anand, M.D.
Indiana University
fMRI and Genotype Markers of Antidepressant Side Effects and Response in Young Adults

Susan S. Bassett, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Effects of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Status on Brain Structure and Function in Patients with Bipolar Disorder

Serge Beaulieu, M.D., Ph.D.
McGill University
Light-Therapy in the Treatment of the Acute Phase of the Bipolar Type II Depression: Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Establish the Efficacy and Safety

Yuly Bersudsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Ben Gurion University
Oxygen Therapy in Schizophrenia

Miki Bloch, M.D.
Sourasky Tel Aviv Medical Center
Tel Aviv University
Treatment of Postpartum Depression with Psychotherapy and Add-on Sertraline: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study

Catalin V. Buhusi, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
CHL1 Deficits and Schizophrenia: Pharmacology and Behavior

William A. Carlezon, Jr., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Harvard University
Role of Sprouty in the Development and Relief of Depression

K.N. Roy Chengappa, M.D., FRCP
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
University of Pittsburgh
Sensoril : An Extract of a Medicinal Plant - Withania Somnifera for Cognitive Enhancement in Persons with Bipolar Disorder: A Parallel Group, Double Blind, Randomized, and Placebo Controlled Study

David Cotter, M.D., MRCPsych, Ph.D.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Proteomic Analysis of Hippocampus in Schizophrenia and Bipolar

Lynette C. Daws, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Stress-Related Affective Disorders: A Novel Role for Organic Cation Transporters

Esteban C. Dell'Angelica, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Biological Plausibility of DTNBP1 (dysbindin) as a Schizophrenia Susceptibility Gene

Marisa E. Domino, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
The Role of Medicare Part D in the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness

Vicki L. Ellingrod, Ph.D.
The Regents of the University of Michigan on behalf of the Medical Center
Folate Pharmacogenomics and Metabolic Complications from Atypical Antipsychtoic Use in Bipolar Disorder

Yue Feng, Ph.D.
Emory University
The Role of the RNA-binding Protein QKI in Schizophrenia

Sergueï O. Fetissov, M.D., Ph.D.
INSERM Universite Paris VI
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: Role of Autoantibodies Directed against Neuropeptides in Brain Mechanisms of Appetite and Emotion

Bonnie L. Firestein, Ph.D.
Rutgers University
The Role of CAPON, A Gene Linked to Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, in Neuronal Development

Beng-Choon Ho, M.D.
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Adult Neurogenesis in Young, Nonpsychotic Relatives of Schizophrenia Probands - Hippocampal Dysfunction and Proneural bHLH Transcription Factor Genes

Daniel P. Holschneider, M.D.
University of Southern California
Mapping Functional Brain Activation in Mice Lacking the Serotonin Transporter: Effects of Stress Sensitization in the Development of Mood Disorders

Flavio P. Kapczinski, M.D., Ph.D.
Federal University
Serum Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor as a Biomarker of Treatment Response in Bipolar Depression and Mania: A 16-week Follow-up Study

Michal Lavidor, Ph.D.
Bar-Ilan University
Impaired Emotion Cue Decoding in Patients with Schizophrenia: TMS Studies of its Neuroanatomy, Lateralisation, and Remediation

Deborah L. Levy, Ph.D.
McLean Hospital
Harvard University
Identifying Endophenotypes for Bipolar Disorder

Colleen K. Loo, M.D., MB.BS., FRANZCP
University of New South Wales
A Double-blind, Randomised, Placebo Controlled Trial of Adjunctive Ketamine as a Neuroprotective Agent in Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Sonia J. Lupien, Ph.D.
Douglas Hospital Research Centre
McGill University
Stress-Induced Vulnerability to Depression during Adolescence : Evaluating the Efficacy of the DeStress for Success Program

Andrew Makoff, Ph.D.
Institute of Psychiatry/King's College London
University of London
Investigation into Variants in the CHRNA7 Region of 15q13-q14 that Predispose to the P50 Sensory Gating Deficit: An Endophenotype of the Major Psychoses

Kelsey C. Martin, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
A Cell Culture Model of Memory Reconsolidation

Daniel H. Mathalon, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale School of Medicine
Yale University
Intermittent D1 Agonist Treatment of Cognitive Deficits and Underlying Prefrontal Cortical Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: Tracking Treatment Effects with fMRI

Alexandre Maucuer, Ph.D.
INSERM
Universite Paris VI
Functional Characterization of the Protein Kinase KIS, Product of the Schizophrenia Susceptibility Gene UHMK1

Kathleen B. McDermott, Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
Washington University
Neural Substrates of Remembering and Episodic Future Thought in Schizophrenia

Roger S. McIntyre, M.D., FRCPC
University of Toronto
A Randomized, Double-Blind Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effect of Intranasal Insulin on Neurocognitive Function in Euthymic Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

Tanya K. Murphy, M.D.
University of Florida
Double-blind Placebo Controlled Trial of Antibiotic Treatment for New Onset Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Pradeep J. Nathan, Ph.D.
Monash University
Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Amygdala Response to Fear in Social Anxiety Disorder

Alexander Neumeister, M.D.
Yale University
Contribution of Early Life Trauma on Serotonin 1b Receptor Expression in Depression

Stéphane H. R. Oliet, Ph.D.
INSERM
University Victor Segalen Bordeaux II
Contribution of Glia-derived D-serine to NMDA Receptor Function

Neil M. Richtand, M.D., Ph.D.
Psychiatric Professional Services, Inc.
University of Cincinnati
Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Trial of Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency Replacement in Early Schizophrenia

Uwe Rudolph, M.D.
McLean Hospital
Harvard University
Role of GABAA Receptor Subtypes in Depression

Bernardo L. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Harvard University
Long-term Synaptic Conseqeunces of Perturbations of NMDA-type Glutamate Receptors

Tammy J. Sajdyk, Ph.D.
Indiana University
Neuropeptide Y-induced Stress Resilience in Adolescent Rats

Gerard Sanacora, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University
The Effects of Stress and Antidepressants on Amino Acid Neurotransmission and Glial Cell Function

Jeremy K. Seamans, Ph.D.
University of British Columbia
COMT Modulation of PFC Networks in a Rat Model of Schizophrenia

Eric P. Slade, Ph.D.
University of Maryland
Do Medicaid Prescription Drug Copayments Impede Use of Psychotropic Medications Among Persons With Serious Mental Illness?

Iris E.C. Sommer, M.D., Ph.D.
University Hospital Utrecht
Utrecht University
Genetic Study of Schizophrenia using Cerebral Lateralization as Endophenotype. (Genetic Linkage Study of Left-handedness and Language Lateralization in Extended Pedigrees from a Dutch Population Isolate)

Qun-Yong Zhou, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
Signaling Role of Prokineticin 2 in Behavioral Responses Under Stress

Yimin Zou, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
The Function and Mechanism of DISC1 in Mediating Axon Growth and Guidance


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