Eight Yale neuroscientists have been awarded research grants through the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation’s NARSAD Young Investigator Grant Program.
The grants for 2018 address exceptional research questions across diagnostic categories, from schizophrenia and depression to anxiety, PTSD, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, addiction and bipolar disorder, among others.
The foundation has awarded more than $394 million in grants since 1987, funding more than 5,700 research projects.
"The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is pleased to support young scientists pursuing the most innovative research into mental illness," said Foundation President and CEO Jeffrey Borenstein, MD. "The research conducted by these Yale grantees provides tremendous hope for continued advancements in our understanding of the brain."
Receiving grants from Yale in 2018 are:
Hengyi Cao, PhD
Project Title: Functional Connectome Fingerprinting as a Novel Biomarker for Psychosis Prediction and Development: A Feasibility Study
Program Area: Schizophrenia/Psychotic Disorders
Amount of Grant: $35,000
Suhas Ganesh, MD
Project Title: The Effects of Cannabis Exposure on the Adolescent Human Epigenome – A Longitudinal Study
Program Area: Addiction/Substance-Related Disorders
Amount of Grant: $69,824
Junjie Guo, PhD
Project Title: Role of FMRP in Synaptic Localization of Neuronal RNAs
Program Area: Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Amount of Grant: $70,000
Brendan Deegan Hare, PhD
Project Title: Establishing Medial Prefrontal Cortex Rapid Antidepressant Circuits
Program Area: Mood Disorders
The research conducted by these Yale grantees provides tremendous hope for continued advancements in our understanding of the brain.
Jeffrey Borenstein, MD, President and CEO, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Amount of Grant: $70,000
Alfred P. Kaye, MD, PhD
Project Title: Circuit Mechanisms of a Pupillary Biomarker for Stress-induced Hyperarousal
Program Area: Anxiety Disorders
Amount of Grant: $70,000
David A. Matuskey, MD
Project Title: PET Imaging of Synaptic Density in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Program Area: Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Amount of Grant: $70,000
Sarah Winsland Yip, PhD, MSc
Project Title: Neuromarkers of Opioid Relapse in Patients With and Without Chronic Pain
Program Area: Addiction/Substance-Related Disorders
Amount of Grant: $69,212
Hang Zhou, PhD
Project Title: Identifying Genetic Risks for Comorbid Major Depression and Substance Use Disorders by Large-scale Whole Exome Sequencing
Program Area: Mood Disorders
Amount of Grant: $70,000