One Mind has partnered in 2014 with Johnson & Johnson Innovation to offer 2 Rising Star Research Awards, and the winners have just been selected. Each winner will receive a total of $250,000 over three years to pursue their winning research proposal. And the winners are:
Jean-Martin Beaulieu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Laval University, has won the 2014 One Mind / Johnson & Johnson Rising Star Translational Research Award. With his award, he aims to develop safer, targeted mood stabilizing drugs by testing, in cell culture and in mice, small molecules which his past research suggests might replicate the therapeutic effect of lithium with minimal side effect.
Stephanie Dulawa, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the University of Chicago, has won the 2014 One Mind / Johnson & Johnson Rising Star Depression Research Award in Memory of George Largay. She aims to use her grant to discover the mechanisms by which a new class of serotonergic molecule works to rapidly relieve depressive behavior in mice, to reveal targets for the development of fast-onset, safe antidepressant drugs.
We at One Mind send our heartfelt congratulations to these two outstanding scientists. Our thanks go to all those who applied. We also thank the family and college and business school friends of George Largay for their amazing generosity in making Dr. Dulawa’s award possible.
Below is the official press release:
One Mind (One Mind) Announces
2014 One Mind/Johnson & Johnson Rising Star Research Awards
June 23, 2014, Rutherford, CA – One Mind (One Mind) has announced its 2014 One Mind/Johnson & Johnson Rising Star Research Awards, which are sponsored by One Mind and Johnson & Johnson Innovation. One Mind and Johnson & Johnson Innovation identify and fund critical and cutting edge research on the causes of and cures for brain disorders. One Mind serves as an umbrella organization to provide support for mental health research.
The 2014 One Mind/Johnson & Johnson Rising Star Translational Research Award winner is Jean-Martin Beaulieu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Laval University. The 2014 One Mind/Johnson & Johnson Depression Research Award in memory of George Largay is Stephanie Dulawa, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the University of Chicago. Beaulieu is being recognized for his research to develop safer, targeted mood stabilizing drugs by testing, in cell culture and in mice, small molecules which his past research suggests might replicate the therapeutic effect of lithium with minimal side effect. Dulawa is being recognized for her efforts to discover the mechanisms by which a new class of molecule works to rapidly relieve depressive behavior in mice, to reveal targets for the development of fast-onset, safe antidepressant drugs.
Given the challenges of finding therapies for psychiatric disorders, the One Mind/Johnson & Johnson Rising Star awards aim to encourage the community of neuroscience researchers to direct their efforts toward translational science while supporting the research of emerging leaders in the field.
The 2014 One Mind/Johnson & Johnson Rising Star Research Award winners were selected with the assistance and recommendations of the One Mind scientific advisory board, which includes ten of the leading brain scientists in the world, noted for their pioneering research in their respective fields. Each Rising Star recipient will receive $250,000 to fund research for their studies.