NARSAD announces 2008 Prizes for Outstanding Achievement in Research on Mental Health...(ons of behavioral phenotypes and genetic...)

Date:10/15/2008

ons of behavioral phenotypes and genetic predispositions acting with environmental factors over the course of development," commented William E. Bunney, Jr., M.D., Distinguished Professor and Della Martin Chair of Psychiatry at University of California, Irvine, who chairs NARSAD's Lieber Prize Selection Committee. "His concept of endophenotypes constitutes a critical scientific contribution and has been enthusiastically incorporated into a large number of research studies. One of his most internationally recognized investigations involves his twin studies in schizophrenia."

NARSAD's 2008 Falcone Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research is being awarded to two scientists for their individual contributions:

Charles L. Bowden, M.D., Nancy U. Karren Clinical Professor and professor of pharmacology and radiology at University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, has focused his research mainly on the symptomatic and biological characterization of bipolar disorders, as well as the effectiveness and biochemical and physiological effects of mood-stabilizing drugs. He has been the principal investigator for 80 studies. Dr. Bowden also holds a keen interest in underserved populations, and directs the Center for Bipolar Illness Interventions in Hispanic Communities, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, among other such activities. In one current effort, his laboratory is working to develop a comprehensive scale for all of the symptoms that make up bipolar disorders.

About Dr. Bowden's work, Robert M. Post, M.D., professor of psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine and head of the Bipolar Collaborative Network, who chairs NARSAD's Falcone Prize Selection Committee, wrote: "Charles Bowden has made outstanding contributions throughout his career to the improved understanding and, especially, treatment of bipolar disorders. Many of the newest treatments have been studied by him in tightly designed, random
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Contact: Kristen Simone ksimone@narsad.org 516-829-0091 NARSAD, The Mental Health Research Association Source:Eurekalert

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