Steven Hyman awarded 2016 Sarnat Prize
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has awarded the 2016 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health to Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT Steven Hyman ’80. Hyman is also a core faculty member of the Broad Institute and Distinguished Service Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. He shares the honor with Robin Murray, a professor at King’s College London. “Through their pioneering, innovative work, Dr. Hyman and Dr. Murray have each greatly advanced our understanding of mental health disorders and helped develop effective treatments that have changed patients’ lives for the better,” said NAM President Victor J. Dzau. A leader in the world of mental illness research and treatment for more than three decades, Hyman was awarded the prize for his leadership in furthering the understanding and treatment of...