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NARSAD: The Mental Health Research Association announced its grants for 2007, including 23 Distinguished Investigators and 222 Young Investigators. The awards represent more than $15 million in grants, and many of them are relevant to Emotional and Behavioral Disorders among children and youths.

The research funded this year covers important themes of contemporary medical research in major disease areas, and makes use of the most powerful research tools including genetics and advanced imaging technologies. It addresses serious mental illnesses over the entire life cycle, from childhood onward.

Among the many worthy recipients of the distinguished career awards are these people who have interests in children and youth:

• E. Jane Costello of Duke University, who studies child psychopathology and access to mental health services, among other things and whose grant will go to her to study of low birthweight, puberty, and female adolescent depression
• Nathan A. Fox, who is a professor at the University of Maryland College Park, will study behavioral inhibition and anxiety disorders.
• James F. Gusella, who is a professor at the Harvard Medical School and directs a center at Massachusetts General Hospital, will study the neurexin 1 gene (NRXNI) and susceptibility to autism.

Here are links for the NARSAD press release about the awards, the recipients of the distinguished investigator awards, and the young investigator awards. Those who are interested may also examine a list of previous recipients of the awards.