Award salutes work on schizophrenia

Ming T. Tsuang, MD, PhD, DSc

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Behavioral Genomics Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at UCSD School of Medicine, and director of its Center for Behavioral Genomics, has been awarded the

Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Schizophrenia Research by NARSAD.

The Lieber Prize is given annually to recognize and award extraordinary leadership in schizophrenia research. The award recognizes Tsuang’s many accomplishments in brain and behavior research, including identifying underlying causes of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia.