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The wide range of excellent research happening at NKI was showcased at our annual Science Day on April 30th in the Miki Kohn Conference Room. The event began with a Lifetime Achievement Talk on Perceptual and Cognitive Deficits in Severe Mental Illness by Pamela Butler, PhD. This was followed by shorter talks given by Maggie … NKI Science Day 2024

This year, three NKI investigators have been recognized for their high-impact research. Ralph Nixon, MD, PhD, F. Xavier Castellanos, MD, and Michael P. Milham, MD, PhD, appear on the 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers compiled by Clarivate. Dr. Nixon joins Drs. Castellanos and Milham, both of whom have appeared on the list every year since 2014. The Highly Cited Researchers list recognizes the … NKI’s Most Highly Cited Researchers

Dr. Mark Klinger was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Metro New York Branch – American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (MNYBAALAS). This award is presented to an MNYBAALAS member of 25 or more consecutive years, who has, for at least five of those years served as an officer/council or committee member.

Dr. Charles Schroeder, Director of the Translational Neuroscience Laboratories, and Michael Milham, Director of the Center for Biomedical Imaging & Neuromodulation, received a five-year renewal of their Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic Neuroscience or Translational Mental Health Research P50 grant titled “Neurobiology and Cognitive Role of Slow Brain Network Fluctuations“. This Conte Center investigates … C-BIN Secures Conte Center Grant Renewal

Dr. Helen Scharfman is the recipient of a 2022 Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). The Javits Award is a conditional, seven-year research grant given to scientists for their superior competence and outstanding productivity. Javits Awards provide long-term support to investigators with a history of exceptional talent, … Dr. Helen Scharfman Receives Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award

At the NAMI New York State Education Conference held on November 11-12 in Albany, two NKI researchers were presented with awards. Matthew Hoptman, PhD, received the 2022 Excellence in Research Award, recognizing his decades of work studying impulsivity and aggression and his recent work on suicidality in schizophrenia employing a variety of neuroimaging modalities. Dr. … NAMI-NYS Awards Recognize Two NKI Investigators

Ayana Jordan, MD, PhD, has been selected by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) to be the first recipient of ASAM’s Award for the Promotion of Inclusion, Diversity, Equality and Justice in Addiction Medicine. This award recognizes and honors an individual whose work in the area of injustice related to addiction care has improved … Dr. Ayana Jordan Receives the First ASAM DEI Award

A new paper published in Nature Protocols by Pasquale D’Acunzo, Yohan Kim, Jonathan M. Ungania, Rocío Pérez-González, Chris N. Goulbourne, and Efrat Levy, all current or former members of the Center for Dementia Research (CDR), describes in great detail a method to isolate, fractionate, and analyze subpopulations of extracellular vesicles from the extracellular space of the … The Levy Laboratory Describes a Method to Isolate a Novel Type of Extracellular Vesicle from the Brain

Ralph A. Nixon, Ph.D., M.D., Director of NKI’s Center for Dementia Research, has spent the last three decades working to uncover the fundamental cellular basis of Alzheimer’s disease. This work by Dr. Nixon and his laboratory has been recognized with the awarding of the Oskar Fischer Prize, an international competition to expand society’s understanding of … Dr. Ralph Nixon Receives Oskar Fischer Gold Prize