The Board of Directors of MINT: Mental Health Initiative announces that the foundation will be dissolving in 2009. We have enjoyed our mission to fund mental health research and are very proud of both our fundraising events and the research we have funded. We would like to thank the fantastic volunteers on all of the committees and all of our wonderful donors for making the 5K Family Fun Days and the Research Award Cocktail Parties such incredible events. Thank you for supporting MINT and please continue to support mental health research!
There will not be a Run/Walk in 2009
MINT RFP ANNOUNCEMENT
MINT RFP February 1, 2009
March 2009, MINT: Mental Health Initiative, A Foundation for Mental Health, is proud to present* our final research award as follows:
The Friends of MINT Research Award
$99,943.00 to
Thomas E. Smith, M.D.
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
For his research proposal
“Preventing Relapse in Young Adults with Serious Mental Illness by Enhancing Engagement in Care"
*Actual check was not presented at this time. Checks are presented upon receipt of all necessary paperwork.
In November 2008, MINT: Mental Health Initiative, A Foundation for Mental Health, was proud to present* research awards as follows:
The Countess Moira Foundation Research Award
$30,000 to
Stephanie Zerwas, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
Eating Disorders Program
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
For her research proposal
“Fathers and Daughters: Preventing Disordered Eating in Young Adolescent Girls”
The Friends of MINT Award
$4,950 to
Alec L. Miller, Psy.D.
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
For his research proposal
“The Development and Evaluation of the Comprehensive Assessment of Adolescent Suicide and Self-Injury (CAASSI)”
*Actual checks were not presented at this time.
Checks are presented upon receipt of all necessary paperwork.