NARSAD Appoints Lou Innamorato As Acting President

Main Category: Mental Health
Also Included In: Schizophrenia;  Depression
Article Date: 02 Jul 2008 - 15:00 PDT

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NARSAD's Board of Directors announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer Geoff Birkett has resigned to pursue other opportunities. During Mr. Birkett's tenure, he ran the organization with a new energy and focus.

The Chief Financial Officer, Lou Innamorato, will serve as Acting President as the Board begins the search for a new President and Chief Executive Officer.

NARSAD is the world's leading charity dedicated to mental health research. Its mission is to alleviate suffering from mental illness by raising funds for scientific research on the causes, treatment and prevention of serious mental disorders -- all with the goal of finding cures.

Since 1987, NARSAD has distributed more than $233 million through 3,474 research grants to scientists in 428 institutions in the U.S. and 27 other countries. NARSAD-supported research focuses primarily on schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and childhood mental illness. Guiding NARSAD's grants programs is its Scientific Council, a volunteer group comprised of 103 leaders in the field psychiatric and neuroscience research, which reviews and recommends research proposals for funding.

Formerly known as the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, NARSAD is registered as a 501 (c)(3) public charity supported by donations from individuals, foundations and corporations for the purpose of funding scientific research.

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