The Mind Research Network expects to create 50 new positions after winning $35.8 million in awards this year to advance the MRN mission of improving the lives of individuals and families facing mental illness, brain disease and brain injury.
“The awards underscore that MRN is uniquely qualified to deliver important discoveries about brain disease and injury,” said MRN President and CEO John Rasure, PhD. “The grants also bring job growth to our region and secure MRN’s world-class status in the international bioscience industry.’
MRN employment and payroll already support 170 jobs and almost 16 million dollars in salary income in our region. The awards will create new positions for post-doctoral research associates and technicians. Job announcements will be posted on the MRN website in upcoming months.
The National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are among the agencies that awarded the research dollars to MRN. The grants fuel MRN researchers’ dedication to develop tools to more accurately classify and identify brain disorders. The MRN goal is to give clinicians better ways to treat and ultimately cure mental illness, autism, addiction, epilepsy and brain injury.
MRN is a nonprofit organization founded in Albuquerque 11 years ago as a result of the vision of U.S. Senator Pete Domenici (Ret., N.M.). Since 1998, MRN has expanded into a multi-million dollar facility housing state-of-the-art neuroimaging systems and a neurogenetics lab.
For more information visit: Mind Research Network. You can also contact MRN Director of Development Lisa Breeden at, lbreeden@mrn.org or (505)-681-7110.
Posted by scarr at September 21, 2009 04:18 PM