The HDRF Depression Task Force:
In 2010, HDRF launched its Depression Task Force (DTF) – an outstanding collaboration of ten leading scientists, at the frontiers of brain science, from different research institutions across the U.S. and Canada.
These scientists have developed an unprecedented research road map that integrates the most advanced knowledge in genetics, epigenetics, molecular biology, electrophysiology, and brain imaging.
Each is executing a piece of the research plan in their own lab. To accelerate breakthrough research, they share ongoing results, in real time, at a centralized data bank, the HDRF Data Center.
Huda Akil, Ph.D.
University of Michigan, DTF Chair
Elisabeth Binder, M.D., Ph.D.
Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Kafui Dzirasa, Ph.D.
Duke University
René Hen, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Jonathan Javitch, M.D, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Conor Liston, M.D, Ph.D.
Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute
Helen S. Mayberg, M.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Michael Meaney, Ph.D
Douglas Institute & McGill University
Eric Nestler, M.D., Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine