Dr. John Ngai Named Director of NIH BRAIN Initiative

• By: The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• April 1st, 2020
• brain, brain disorders, NIH
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National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced today the selection of John J. Ngai, Ph.D., as director of the NIH’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. Dr. Ngai is expected to join NIH in March. “The BRAIN...

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation: A Personal Perspective

• By: Ira H. Minot, LMSW Behavioral Health News
• July 1st, 2018
• brain disorders, depression treatment, Mental illness research, neuroscience, recovery, schizophrenia research, stigma, treatment resistant depression
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The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) is unraveling the many mysteries of mental illness, autism spectrum disorders, and many other diseases and disorders of the brain. I would like to thank Dr. Jeffery Borenstein and his team at BBRF for their help in bringing our salute to their...

Spotlight on Research: An Interview with Jeffrey Borenstein, MD President and CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

• By: Ira H. Minot, LMSW Behavioral Health News
• July 1st, 2018
• brain disorders, early intervention, mental health research funding, neuroscience, psychiatric disorders, public education, research grants, treatment development
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What does the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation do? The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is the largest non-governmental funder of mental health research grants in the world. The Foundation funds the most innovative ideas in psychiatry and neuroscience to better understand the...