Hartford Hospital/Institute Of Living’s Burlingame Award presented To Daniel R. Weinberger, MD

The annual Hartford Hospital/Institute of Living (IOL) Burlingame Award was presented to Daniel R. Weinberger, MD, Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Lieber Institute for Brain Development. Dr. Weinberger is regarded worldwide as perhaps the preeminent scientist in schizophrenia research, having been at the forefront of scientific investigation of this illness and related disorders for a generation.

He was instrumental in focusing research on the role of abnormal brain development as a risk factor for schizophrenia, and his lab was responsible for identifying the first specific genetic mechanism of risk for schizophrenia as well as the first . . .