Guest Bloggers

  • Louisa Benton

    Executive Director

  • Steven P. Roose, M.D

    Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

  • Huda Akil, Ph.D

    DTF Chair

HDRF Hosts Inaugural Next Generation Symposium: “Teenagers and Depression: Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis”,
October 15, 2022

In the midst of the unprecedented mental health crisis among today’s teenagers and youth, HDRF held its inaugural Next Generation symposium on October 6 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Centered around the topic “Teenagers and Depression: Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis,” the symposium featured leading experts in psychiatry, brain research and social work. The panel also included two brain scientists from the HDRF Depression Task Force.

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Seventh Annual Southampton Race of Hope Raises $325,000 for Depression Research,
August 22, 2022

The Hope for Depression Research Foundation’s (HDRF) Seventh Annual 5K Race of Hope brought together more than 400 men, women, and children on Sunday, August 7th in Southampton Village in support of mental health awareness and research. 

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HDRF Hosts Panel Discussion on Mental Health to Kick-Off the Seventh Annual 5K Race of Hope,
July 21, 2022

On Friday, July 15th, Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF) hosted a panel discussion on mental health at the Southampton Arts Center in Southampton Village, New York.

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June 2022 Depression Task Force Scientific Summit,
June 30, 2022

In June more than 40 neuroscientists from the Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF) Depression Task Force met in person at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for a three day annual retreat and summit.  They shared exciting research updates and bonded as colleagues.

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Southampton Race of HOPE Breaks All Records,
August 8, 2019

Thank you to the hundreds of participants who came out for the Race of Hope to Defeat Depression! This year’s event was a huge success! More than 700 men, women, and children gathered on a sunny Sunday morning in Southampton to take part in the fourth annual Race on August 4.

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