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- Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies Announces New Members
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October 22, 2007
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Director's Update
On October 8, 2007, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) added 65 individuals to its membership of nearly 1,700. The organization also elected four individuals as foreign associates.
- NIH Director’s Pioneer Awards and New Innovator Awards: Funded Work Includes Research that May Increase Knowledge about Mental Health and Brain Disease
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October 18, 2007
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Director's Update
On September 17, 2007, NIH Director Elias Zerhouni announced the 2007 recipients of the Pioneer Awards and New Innovator Awards.
- New Director for Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development Joins NIMH
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August 10, 2007
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Director's Update
Following a competitive, nationwide search, Wayne K. Goodman, M.D., joined NIMH in July 2007 as Director, Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development (DATR).
- NIMH Names Director for Division of Pediatric Translational Research and Treatment Development
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May 2, 2007
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Director's Update
Molly Oliveri, Ph.D., was recently selected to be Director of the Division of Pediatric Translational Research and Treatment Development (DPTR),
after a competitive, nationwide search.
- NIMH Grantee Among First Recipients of K99/R00 Award
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December 6, 2006
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Director's Update
Funding mechanism adds new tool to foster career success for young scientists.
- NIMH Perspective on Antipsychotic Reimbursement: Using Results from the CATIE Cost Effectiveness Study
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December 1, 2006
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Director's Update
The recent publication (December 1, 2006, American Journal of Psychiatry) of the cost-effectiveness results from the National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded Clinical
Antipsychotic Trials in Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) has raised questions among advocates, families, and clinicians about reimbursement policies for antipsychotic medications.
- Prestigious Lieber Prize for Research Awarded to Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D.
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October 12, 2006
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Director's Update
NIMH-funded researcher Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D., of Columbia University
was awarded the Lieber Prize for Schizophrenia Research by the National Alliance
for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) at the group's annual
gala dinner in October 2006.
- NIMH Perspective on Treating Alzheimer’s Patients with Antipsychotic Medications
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October 12, 2006
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Director's Update
The recent publication of phase 1 results from the NIMH-funded Clinical Antipsychotic Trials in Intervention Effectiveness for Alzheimer's disease (CATIE-AD) in the New England Journal of Medicine provides new information about the use of several “atypical” antipsychotic medications for the treatment of psychotic symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
- New Division Directors Come on Board at NIMH
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October 6, 2006
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Director's Update
Following comprehensive, national searches for candidates, NIMH recently welcomed three new leaders to head various research divisions.
- Aaron Beck, Founder of Cognitive Therapy, Receives Coveted Lasker Award
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September 18, 2006
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Director's Update
Aaron T. Beck, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, the founder of cognitive therapy, and a long-time NIMH grantee, was named the recipient of the prestigious Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research on September 17, 2006.
