Congratulations to the following 10 Harvard neuroscientists on being awarded 2018 NARSAD Young Investigator Grants by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation:

Amanda Waters Baker, Ph.D
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University
Project Title: Identifying Psychophysiological Biomarkers of Panic Disorder Utilizing a Network Science Approach

Nikolaos P. Daskalakis, M.D., Ph.D
McLean Hospital, Harvard University
Project Title: Role and Regulation of SNRNP35 in PTSD

Adam John Granger, Ph.D
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University
Project Title: Regulation and Distribution of GABA Co-release from Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Neurons in Cortex

Xin Jin, Ph.D
Society of Fellows, Harvard University
Project Title: In Vivo Perturb-Seq: Finding Common Ground for Heterogeneous Variants in Autism spectrum Disorder

Shinichiro Kira, M.D., Ph.D
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University
Project Title: Causal Tests of Neural Computations for Memory-dependent Flexible Decision-making

Galen Missig, Ph.D
McLean Hospital, Harvard University
Project Title: Microglia in the Neurophysiological Signatures of Perinatal Immune Activation

Michael Murphy, M.D., Ph.D
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University
Project Title: Thought Disorder and Posteromedial Cortex Dysfunction in First-episode Psychosis

Benjamin Okaty, Ph.D
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University
Project Title: Towards Precision Therapeutics: Molecular Genetic Dissection of Serotonergic Circuits Regulating Behavioral Depression.

Danhong Wang, M.D., Ph.D
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University
Project Title: Discovering Individual-specific Functional Connectivity Biomarkers for Dimensional and Categorical Features of Psychotic Illness

Christian Anthony Webb, Ph.D
McLean Hospital, Harvard University
Project Title: Development of a Machine Learning Algorithm-Guided Approach to Treatment Selection for Depression

From the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation: “Young Investigator Grants provide each scientist with up to $35,000 per year for two years totaling $70,000 to enable promising investigators to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent research faculty. The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation awarded the first NARSAD Young Investigator Grant in 1987. The goal of the YI program is to help researchers launch careers in neuroscience and psychiatry and gather pilot data to apply for larger federal and university grants. Since 1987, we have awarded more than $243 million in Young Investigator Grants around the world.” 

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