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INDUSTRY Panagiotis Korakas

BENEVOLENCE

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES
CENTER FOR PRECISION PSYCHIATRY
& MENTAL HEALTH WITH $75 MILLION
GRANT FROM SNF
On the 25th of April, Columbia University
announced the establishment of the Stavros
Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Center for Preci-
sion Psychiatry & Mental Health at Columbia
University. The center will catalyze the scientific
innovation and clinical implementation of pre-
cision medicine to advance mental illness pre-
vention, diagnosis, and treatment. The center is
being established through a $75 million grant
from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), an
international philanthropic organization, as part
of SNF’s Global Health Initiative (GHI).
The SNF Center is a joint effort of the Depart-
ment of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vage-
los College of Physicians and Surgeons and
Columbia’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior
Institute. It will be embedded within Columbia
University’s unique ecosystem of research and
clinical services and will draw upon expertise
from the Columbia-affiliated New York Genome
Center and the New York State Office of Mental
Health.
The increasing sophistication of precision med-
icine allows scientists and healthcare providers
to integrate each person’s unique genomic, phys-
iologic, and health profiles to create optimized
prevention and treatment strategies. Columbia

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