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Gray Matters at Columbia Spring Luncheon |
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Donna Hanover, Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, Paula Zahn.
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More than 300 guests attended the annual Gray Matters at Columbia Spring Benefit Luncheon at The Plaza Hotel on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. The event, which is underwritten by Charlotte Ford, Patricia Rosenwald, and Patricia Cayne, with corporate support provided by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, raises funds for brain research to help solve the mystery mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and autism.
Gray Matters at Columbia is a research fellowship launched in 2007 that was inspired by a mother who lost her son to suicide after a long and difficult struggle with schizophrenia.
The guest speaker was Paula Zahn and the Mistress of Ceremonies was Donna Hanover. Keynote speaker Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, Chairman of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center, said “the Gray Matters at Columbia fellows represent our hopes for the future of psychiatric medicine. We are fortunate and proud to have them on our team."
Each year the Gray Matters at Columbia Fellowship is awarded to young scientists exhibiting outstanding performance in the genetics of brain disorders. The chosen fellows benefit from the multidisciplinary expertise of a peerless team of clinicians and scientists that includes two Nobel laureates. Over fifteen postdoctoral fellows were in attendance at the event to speak with guests about their research.
In her remarks, special guest speaker Ms. Zahn highlighted the needless stigma that still challenges individuals and families that live with mental illness, noting that education is the most important tool in changing public perception. Ms. Zahn spoke about the critical work being done at Columbia Psychiatry by its large and impressive team of physicians, scientists and researchers, and the hope it gives her for the future of mental health care.
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Gray Matters co-founder Shirin Moinian, Paula Zahn, Vaje Soleymani, Vanda Tuberga, Gray Matters co-founder Farah Moinian.
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Anne Ford, Rosemarie Lieberman, Charlotte Ford, Farah Moinian.
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Farah Moinian, Lea Cohen, Victoria Sakhai.
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Patricia Cayne, Jeffrey Lieberman, Diane Finnerty.
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Steven Roose, Arlyn Gardner.
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| Photos: Eve Vagg of Columbia Psychiatry/NYS Psychiatric Institute |
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