Neuropsychopharmacology

🏆 AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT – Society for Neuroscience Awards 2026 Next Generation Award to Uma R. Chatterjee, MS 🧠 The Society for Neuroscience (SfN), the world's largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to understanding the brain and nervous system, with 30,000+ members across 95+ countries, has announced the recipients of its 2026 Science Education and Outreach Awards, to be honored at its annual meeting. “The Society is honored to highlight these dedicated neuroscientists who are committed to sharing science with the public and underserved communities in particular,” said @SfNTweets President Nicholas C. Spitzer, PhD. “The efforts of these Science Education and Outreach Award recipients have a lasting impact.” 2026 Next Generation Award – @UmaRChatterjee, MS, a doctoral student at @UWMadison, has made sustained, innovative, and highly impactful contributions to neuroscience communication, outreach, education, and public engagement. As a neuroscientist driven by her own lived experience, Chatterjee is committed to helping the people most affected by neuroscience research access accurate, understandable, and trustworthy explanations of that research. She has delivered more than 175 presentations worldwide, hosts the mental health science communication podcast 'A Chat with Uma,' reaching listeners in more than 125 countries, and helped create the award-winning 'OCD and the Brain,' a knowledge hub for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), families, clinicians, researchers, and the public. Her work has reached broad audiences through platforms including Ologies, @NIH / NIMH, ABC, @NAMICommunicate, and @APA's Speaking of Psychology. Across these efforts, Chatterjee has helped individuals and families better understand symptoms and treatment options while encouraging scientists to think more deeply about public engagement, trust, accessibility, and lived-experience expertise. She is helping build a culture in which neuroscience communication and lived-experience engagement are viewed as necessary parts of rigorous, relevant, and impactful scientific practice. 🏆 JOIN US for the award presentation during the Presidential Special Lecture at #SfN26! ⬇️ 📅 Tues. Nov. 17, 2026 🕠 5:30 PM 📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center | Hall D 🎥 Video and announcement: Society for Neuroscience #SfN26 #Neuroscience #SciComm #ScienceCommunication #MentalHealth #LivedExperience #RealOCD #MentalHealthAdvocacy #Psychiatry