Press Release
October 31, 2003
NIMH Leaders, Grantees Honored
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D., was among 65 newly elected members of the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine (IOM), announced this week. Also, NIMH Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science director Stephen L. Foote was among 348 elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), announced today.
IOM members are elected in recognition of major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health. Election is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of medicine and health. Fellowship in the AAAS is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.
A number of NIMH grantees were also among those honored by the two prestigious science organizations. For example, NIMH grantees newly elected to the IOM are:
- Arthur Reingold, M.D., University of California, Berkeley
- Alan F. Schatzberg, M.D., Stanford University
- Shelley E. Taylor, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
- Helena C. Kraemer, Ph.D., Stanford University
IOM also awarded the 2003 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize to NIMH grantee Aaron T. Beck, M.D., University of Pennsylvania, in recognition of the international scope and significance of his contributions to psychiatry and mental health, particularly his development of cognitive therapy.
Also announced this week, NIMH grantee Michael D. Ehlers, M.D., Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center, will receive the Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for 2003. This annual international honor, awarded by the AAAS journal Science and Eppendorf AG, a German molecular biology development and manufacturing firm, provides $25,000 for outstanding neurobiological research performed during the past three years. The award will be made at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in November. Also, Science will publish Ehlers' essay describing his work in an upcoming issue.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) mission is to reduce the burden of mental and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. More information is available at the NIMH website.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — The Nation’s Medical Research Agency — includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit the NIH website.
