Media Advisory

ALBANY, NY (06/02/2008)(readMedia)-- The New York State Office of Mental Health’s (OMH) ongoing research into the diseases and conditions which affect the brain continues to increase the knowledge base around, and helps to identify promising practices for, the treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of severe and persistent mental illnesses. At a celebration of advances in children’s mental health research to be held June 3rd, OMH Commissioner Michael F. Hogan, PhD, will present Assemblyman Peter Rivera and Senator Thomas Morahan with the Heinz E. Lehmann, M.D. Award for Distinguished Service to Research. Dr. Lloyd Sederer, OMH Chief Medical Officer, will give a brief explanation of OMH’s Research Program, and scientists from OMH’s two research institutes will briefly review their work in children’s mental health research.

What: Celebration of advances in children’s mental health research, including:

Presentation of awards to Assemblyman Peter Rivera and Senator Thomas Morahan; and

Brief overview of OMH research program, and work in children’s mental health research.

Who: Michael F. Hogan, PhD, Commissioner, NYS Office of Mental Health

Lloyd Sederer, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, NYS Office of Mental Health

Peter Rivera, Member of the NYS Assembly

Thomas Morahan, Member of the NYS Senate

Harold Koplewicz, M.D., Director, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research

Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D., Director, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Francisco X. Castellanos, M.D., Research Psychiatrist, Nathan S. Kline Institute

Brad Peterson, M.D., Director of Pediatric Neuropsychiatry, NYS Psychiatric Institute

When: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 10:00am -11:30 am

Where: 3rd Floor Terrace, Legislative Office Building

Event Open to Press

-30-