OCF Gives Six Research Awards
In 2005, the Foundation gave out six awards amounting to $257,531.12. The awards ranged from $35,000 and almost $50,000. The OCF is one of the few funding sources available for supporting pilot OCD studies. In 2005, the six awards were given for the following studies
- Alexander Bystritsky, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the Neuropsychiatric Institute, David Gesson Medical School at the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Treatment Response in OCD to Sertraline and Aripiprazole as Compared to Sertraline and Placebo
- Marco A. Grados, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Cytokine Levels and Genes in Childhood OCD: a Longitudinal Study
- Eric A. Storch, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, D-Cycloserine Augmentation of Exposure and Response Prevention Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- James A. Knowles, MD, Ph.D., New York State Psychiatric Institute Division, Columbia University, New York, NY, Genome-wide Association of OCD in an Isolated Population;
- Randi E. McCabe, Ph.D., Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Improving Treatment Outcome in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Does a Motivational Enhancement Intervention Boost Efficacy?
- Jeanne M. Fama, Ph.D., Clinical Fellow in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Critical sessions and sudden gains with Cognitive Therapy for OCD: Identifying Mechanisms of Change