Narsad Forum



NARSAD FORUM: Breakthroughs in Psychiatric Research

Sunday, September 14, 2008

NARSAD works to alleviate suffering from mental illness by raising funds for innovative research on the causes,
treatment and prevention of such conditions as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders,
and childhood mental disorders - all with the goal of finding cures. Learn more at www.narsad.org.

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Kandel Eric A New Perspective on Schizophrenia

icon_videoEric Kandel, MD
University Professor
Fred Kavli Professor and Director, Kavli Institute for Brain Science
Senior Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University
Nobel Laureate

Anissa Abi-Dargham, M.D. A Decade of Imaging Dopamine in Schizophrenia: What We Have Learned

icon_videoAnissa Abi-Dargham, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (in Radiology)
Director of the Division of Translational Imaging
Director of Clinical & Imaging Research, Lieber Center for Schizophrenia Research
Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute

Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD Treatments for Brain Disorders: Prospects for Preventing and Recovering from Mental Illness

icon_videoJeffrey Lieberman, MD
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Director, NY State Psychiatric Institute
Director, Lieber Center for Schizophrenia Research
Psychiatrist-in-Chief, NY Presbyterian Hospital & Columbia Medical Center

Pardes Herbert Closing Comments

icon_videoHerbert Pardes, MD
President and CEO of New York Presbyterian Hospital