HDRF on NBC Morning News with Savannah Sellers,
August 16, 2025

Although many of us slow down over the summer, our investigators remain hard at work on advanced depression research.

We are pleased to share a recent NBC News segment with our Executive Director Louisa Benton and Depression Task Force scientist Dr. Conor Liston, discussing the latest progress from our laboratories.

HDRF Featured on CBS News’s Breaking the Stigma: Loneliness,
March 7, 2024

We are pleased to announce that Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF) and our signature Teen Race of Hope was featured on a special CBS segment last night: Breaking the Stigma: Loneliness.

You can watch the segment here.

Depression Task Force Chair Dr. Eric Nestler Honored for Outstanding Research Achievements,
October 30, 2023

We are proud to announce that HDRF Depression Task Force Chair Dr. Eric Nestler, MD, PhD, will be honored for his Outstanding Career and Research Achievements by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) at its annual meeting this month.

HDRF Scientists in the News!,
October 24, 2019

We’re excited to announce that two members of our Depression Task Force recently received prestigious awards from the Society for Neuroscience, the largest society of professional neuroscientists in the world. Its annual meeting draws over 44,000 participants.

HDRF Depression Task Force in the News,
October 8, 2019

We’re pleased to share the recent New York Times coverage of major results from the lab of Depression Task Force member Helen Mayberg, a professor of neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, and neuroscience at Mount Sinai.

Brain Stimulation Shows Promise in Treating Severe Depression reports on Dr. Mayberg’s pioneering work in Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) — a novel treatment for severe depression that involves implanting electrodes in the middle of the brain.