Pietro De Camilli, M.D., FW

Pietro De Camilli, M.D., FW ’79, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology, has received a $100,000 Distinguished Investigator Award from NARSAD, the leading charity advancing treatment of mental health disorders. The one-year grant will help support his research into the role metabolism plays in the regulation of brain function and its impact on autism, bipolar disorders, and schizophrenia. De Camilli is one of 16 scientists honored by NARSAD this year.