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Gianvito Masi, MD Named MGNet Scholar for Myasthenia Gravis Research
Gianvito Masi, MD, a neurologist in the lab of Kevin O’Connor, PhD, has been selected as a MGNet Scholar by the Myasthenia Gravis Rare Disease Network (MGNet), which is part of the National Institutes of Health’s Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network. The grant, “Investigating immune mechanisms underlying checkpoint inhibitor myasthenia gravis,” funds two years of research and will begin in June 2022.
14 Mar 2022
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Naila Makhani, MD, MPH, named Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholar by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Naila Makhani, MD, MPH, has been named a Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholar by the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, starting in July of 2022. The five-year early-career award is highly competitive and prestigious –a limited number of awards are given out by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to highly qualified newly-independent researchers.
1 Feb 2022
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McKee, Bellamy Receive Grant to Continue Development of Peer Mentor Training Program
Sherry McKee, PhD, professor of psychiatry, and Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, MSW, associate professor of psychiatry have received a grant from the Elizabeth Dollard Charitable Trust to support continued development of their peer mentor training program for people in recovery from substance use and with lived experience of incarceration.
19 Jan 2022
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Michael J. Fox Foundation Grant Will Fund First Clinical Trial of Ketamine to Treat Depression in People With Parkinson’s Disease
Two Yale Department of Psychiatry researchers have been awarded a $2 million grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to conduct the first clinical trial of ketamine to treat depression in people with Parkinson’s disease.
16 Nov 2021
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Yale Geneticist With Rare Disease to Build Pediatric Cell Atlas of Skeletal Muscle
A $3 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, awarded to a team of researchers led by Monkol Lek, PhD, assistant professor of genetics at Yale, will support Lek and his team in creating a Pediatric Cell Atlas of Skeletal Muscle — a roadmap of healthy skeletal cells and how they change at four key age group milestones between the ages of zero and 18 years.
31 Aug 2021
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Yale Study Participants Release Songs Created as Part of Hallucination Research
Philip Corlett, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, and his research team working on a study that evaluates the impact of group song-making on hallucinations, recently reached one of the first milestones associated with the project: The first group of participants has released an EP of music created during its sessions.
30 Aug 2021
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Girgenti Awarded Study Grant by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Matthew J. Girgenti, PhD, Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry, has been awarded a $90,000 grant by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for his study, “Understanding Suicide Through Postmortem Targeted Brain Multi-omics.”
11 Jun 2021
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Yale Mood Disorders Research Program Receives American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Grant
The Yale Mood Disorders Research Program (MDRP), directed by Hilary Blumberg, MD, has received a $1.5 million American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) grant.
4 Jun 2021
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$3.59M NIMH Grant Awarded to Serena Spudich, MD
A new, five-year, $3.59M grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) was awarded to Principal Investigator Serena Spudich, MD, Gilbert Glaser Professor of Neurology at Yale, along with co-PI, Joshua Cyktor, PhD, of the University of Pittsburgh.
1 Jun 2021
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Ross, Fineberg Awarded Research Grants by Deeda Blair Research Initiative for Disorders of the Brain
David Ross, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry; and Sarah Fineberg, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, are among the first three researchers awarded grants through the Deeda Blair Research Initiative for Disorders of the Brain, sponsored by the Foundation for the Institutes of Health (FNIH).
10 May 2021
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Dwyer, Wilkinson Awarded NIMH Grants to Study Ketamine, Esketamine
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded grants to two Yale School of Medicine faculty to test the safety, efficacy, and feasibility of ketamine and esketamine or transcranial magnetic stimulation to rapidly reduce suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth and adults. Jennifer Dwyer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Yale Child Study Center and Department of Radiology; and Samuel Wilkinson, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, are among eight scientists nationally awarded grants by NIMH to study rapid-acting interventions for severe suicide risk.
23 Apr 2021
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National Multiple Sclerosis Society Postdoctoral Fellowship Awarded to Dr. Soumya Yandamuri
Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Soumya Yandamuri, MSE, PhD has been awarded the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Postdoctoral Fellowship. The grant, “Isolation and characterization of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein monoclonal antibodies,” funds three years and will begin in July 2021.
18 Mar 2021
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R21 NINDS Grant Awarded to Dr. Lauren Sansing
An R21 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke(NINDS) has been awarded to Principal Investigator Dr. Lauren Sansing, MD, MS, FAHA, FANA. The R21NS108060 grant is entitled “Manipulation of metabolic pathways to enhance human macrophage phenotypes after ICH.”
7 Dec 2020
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Addiction Psychiatry Division Will Participate in Consortium to Develop New Treatment Tools for Addiction
Yale School of Medicine’s Division of Addiction Psychiatry will participate in a consortium funded by a multimillion-dollar federal grant that will attempt to develop new treatment tools for addiction.
3 Nov 2020
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NINDS Grant Awarded to Nils Petersen
We are pleased to announce that Principal Investigator Dr. Nils Petersen has been awarded our newest K23 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke(NINDS).
1 Oct 2020
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Lichenstein Receives Career Development Grant from NIDA
Sarah Lichenstein, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, has received a career development grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
25 Sep 2020
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Federal Grant Will Allow Cortes-Briones to Transcribe Inner Speech from Noninvasive Electrophysiological Signals
A new grant will allow Yale Psychiatry researchers to use deep learning to transcribe inner speech from noninvasive electrophysiological signals.
23 Sep 2020
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NIMH Grant Awarded to Serena Spudich, MD
new R01 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has been awarded to Principal Investigator Dr. Serena Spudich. The R01MH125396 grant, “PET imaging of synaptic density combined with neuroimmunologic measures to reveal mechanism of HIV Neuropathogenesis during ART,” began on 9/15/20 and was awarded for 5 years (to 7/31/25).
21 Sep 2020
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Roos Awarded Career Development Grant From National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Corey Roos, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, has been awarded a K23 career development grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH).
28 Aug 2020
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Yale's Kong Receives Grant for E-Cigarette Study
Grace Kong, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry has received an R01 grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP).
18 Jun 2020