Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Awards

Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Awards Deadline: 22 September 2014 In an ongoing effort to recognize the outstanding work of future leaders in the field, the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD), will again offer the Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Awards to up to four young investigators for their original research publication submissions.  The Award is named in honor of Dr. Samuel Gershon, an early pioneer of lithium research who brought lithium from Australia to the United States. He was a founding member of the ISBD, the first elected president of the organization, and is Co-Editor of Bipolar Disorders: An International Journal of Psychiatry and Neurosciences. Since its inception, he has maintained an active role in the awards process and currently serves on the ISBD Awards Committee.  This year’s awards will be presented in conjunction with the 17th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders in Toronto, Canada from 3-6 June 2015.  Eligibility: These awards are open to psychiatric trainees, postgraduate students, and junior faculty up to and including the Assistant Professor rank from around the world, independent of age, nationality, sex, or race. Previous Gershon Award winners are not eligible to apply. The Awards: In order to promote research interest in bipolar disorder in developing countries, two of the awards will be reserved for those from low and middle-income countries, as defined...
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