David Baxter PhD
Late Founder
Healthy Minds Across America
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008
48 Public Forums on the Progress, Challenges and Promise of Mental Health Research
To RSVP, click here.
For nearly 20 years, NARSAD has organized public forums in communities around the country, at which experts on mental health disorders share some of the latest developments in research. For people coping with mental illness, their loved ones and mental health professionals, these events provide up-to-the-moment information on what we know about the symptoms and course of mental disorders and about available and potential treatments.
Now, in a major new initiative to reach more people who are concerned about the toll that mental illness is taking on our families and communities, NARSAD has organized a day of 48 free public forums across the United States and in Canada on Sunday, Sept. 14.
This day of events, which we?re calling Healthy Minds Across America, will provide an unprecedented opportunity for people in large cities and small -- from Boston to San Francisco, Montreal to Nashville and Ann Arbor to Houston -- to hear from leading mental health experts about the state of mental health research today.
The Healthy Minds Across America forums will take place at many of the universities and medical centers where NARSAD has supported cutting-edge research over the past 20 years. Leading mental health experts at these institutions will discuss the rapid progress of mental health research over the past few decades and take stock of what we know so far about the brain and its disorders, and what we still need to learn about the causes and progression of major mental illnesses. The experts will also discuss the growing array of treatment options and what the future may hold in new treatments and cures.
This day of transcontinental discussions will kick off a major new fundraising campaign ?also called Healthy Minds Across America ? for NARSAD, which will significantly expand the organization?s capacity to support research on mental illnesses. ?We plan to raise $200 million in the next five years to increase the funds available for critically needed research,? said Constance E. Lieber, NARSAD?s president emerita, who will chair the campaign.
?Despite current economic challenges, there is no better time to launch such a campaign,? commented Dr. Herbert Pardes, president of NARSAD?s Scientific Council, who is also president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian and a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health. ?Funding has remained flat for our federal research agency, the National Institutes of Health, and probably won?t get better any time soon. But we can?t wait for the federal government. Too many lives are at stake, and we must not lose momentum in the pace of discovery we?ve achieved over the past two decades.?
The Healthy Minds Across America forums will be held at the locations listed below. Please click the location links for details on starting time, location and speakers. Be sure to reserve your seat(s) by sending an e-mail to healthyminds@narsad.org or by calling us at 1-800-829-8289. And be sure to return to our website regularly for updated information on these events and our $200 million campaign to accelerate the progress of mental health research.
Participating Institutions
Northeast/Mid-Atlantic
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Harvard University
Boston, MA
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Robert Wood Johnson/UMDNJ
Piscataway, NJ
Zucker Hillside Hospital/The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
New Hyde Park, NY
New York University
New York, NY
Columbia University
New York, NY
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Southeast
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Medical University of Georgia
Augusta, GA
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Duke University
Durham, NC
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Midwest
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Southwest
University of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
University of Texas at Galveston
Houston, TX
University of Texas at Houston
Houston, TX
University of Texas SW, Dallas
Dallas, TX
University of Texas HSC at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Western
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, CA
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Canada
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008
48 Public Forums on the Progress, Challenges and Promise of Mental Health Research
To RSVP, click here.
For nearly 20 years, NARSAD has organized public forums in communities around the country, at which experts on mental health disorders share some of the latest developments in research. For people coping with mental illness, their loved ones and mental health professionals, these events provide up-to-the-moment information on what we know about the symptoms and course of mental disorders and about available and potential treatments.
Now, in a major new initiative to reach more people who are concerned about the toll that mental illness is taking on our families and communities, NARSAD has organized a day of 48 free public forums across the United States and in Canada on Sunday, Sept. 14.
This day of events, which we?re calling Healthy Minds Across America, will provide an unprecedented opportunity for people in large cities and small -- from Boston to San Francisco, Montreal to Nashville and Ann Arbor to Houston -- to hear from leading mental health experts about the state of mental health research today.
The Healthy Minds Across America forums will take place at many of the universities and medical centers where NARSAD has supported cutting-edge research over the past 20 years. Leading mental health experts at these institutions will discuss the rapid progress of mental health research over the past few decades and take stock of what we know so far about the brain and its disorders, and what we still need to learn about the causes and progression of major mental illnesses. The experts will also discuss the growing array of treatment options and what the future may hold in new treatments and cures.
This day of transcontinental discussions will kick off a major new fundraising campaign ?also called Healthy Minds Across America ? for NARSAD, which will significantly expand the organization?s capacity to support research on mental illnesses. ?We plan to raise $200 million in the next five years to increase the funds available for critically needed research,? said Constance E. Lieber, NARSAD?s president emerita, who will chair the campaign.
?Despite current economic challenges, there is no better time to launch such a campaign,? commented Dr. Herbert Pardes, president of NARSAD?s Scientific Council, who is also president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian and a former director of the National Institute of Mental Health. ?Funding has remained flat for our federal research agency, the National Institutes of Health, and probably won?t get better any time soon. But we can?t wait for the federal government. Too many lives are at stake, and we must not lose momentum in the pace of discovery we?ve achieved over the past two decades.?
The Healthy Minds Across America forums will be held at the locations listed below. Please click the location links for details on starting time, location and speakers. Be sure to reserve your seat(s) by sending an e-mail to healthyminds@narsad.org or by calling us at 1-800-829-8289. And be sure to return to our website regularly for updated information on these events and our $200 million campaign to accelerate the progress of mental health research.
Participating Institutions
Northeast/Mid-Atlantic
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Harvard University
Boston, MA
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Robert Wood Johnson/UMDNJ
Piscataway, NJ
Zucker Hillside Hospital/The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
New Hyde Park, NY
New York University
New York, NY
Columbia University
New York, NY
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Southeast
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Medical University of Georgia
Augusta, GA
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Duke University
Durham, NC
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Midwest
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
Southwest
University of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
University of Texas at Galveston
Houston, TX
University of Texas at Houston
Houston, TX
University of Texas SW, Dallas
Dallas, TX
University of Texas HSC at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Western
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, CA
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Canada
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
