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Dinner and Private Viewing of Christie’s
Spring Sales Celebrates
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
NEW YORK CITY (April
30, 2014)--Stephen S. Lash,
Chairman Emeritus, and Marc B. Porter, Chairman, of
Christie’s, and Susan Lasker Brody, Board of
Directors, of the
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, hosted a dinner
and private viewing of Christie’s Spring Sales celebrating
the Foundation’s work .
The event honored Dr. Francis Collins, Director of
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Thomas R.
Insel, Director of the
National Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH),
and singer Judy Collins, a longtime advocate
for mental health and suicide prevention.
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is committed to
alleviating the suffering caused by psychiatric disorders
that affect one in four adults in the United States by
funding cutting-edge research for the understanding, early
detection, treatment, prevention and cure of mental illness.
Among the many studies supported by the Foundation’s NARSAD
Grants, recent breakthroughs include rapid acting
antidepressants; deep brain stimulation; psychiatric
genomics consortia; the humane connectome project; and early
prediction and prevention of psychosis.
Since 1987, the Foundation has awarded over $300 million in
NARSAD Research Grants to more than 3,700 scientists around
the world. Research projects are selected
by the Foundation’s Scientific Council, comprised of 146
leading experts across disciplines in brain and behavior
research, including two Nobel Prize winners. Funded through
private contributions, the Foundation invests 100% of donor
contributions for research directly into its grants.
About the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation raises funds to
invest in cutting-edge research projects to understand,
treat, and ultimately prevent and cure mental illness. Since
1987, the Foundation has
awarded over $300 million in
NARSAD Research Grants to more than 3,700 scientists around
the world. Funded through private contributions; the
Foundation invests 100% of donor contributions for research
directly into its
NARSAD Grants.
For more information, visit
bbrfoundation.org.
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