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National Foundation Honors Dilip V. Jeste 
For Schizophrenia Research In Elderly   

The National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders (NARSAD) has awarded Dilip V. Jeste, M.D., University of California, San Diego (UCSD) professor of psychiatry and neurosciences, one of its annual Distinguished Investigator Awards for his research, which focuses on schizophrenia in late life and its treatment.

A specialist in geriatric psychiatry, Jeste is chief of the UCSD Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and holds the UCSD Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in Aging. 

UCSD’s Division of Geriatric Psychiatry includes the Senior Behavioral Health Program, which offers inpatient and outpatient services for older patients with mental health needs, which are often accompanied by physical health needs, as well. 

Jeste is director, UCSD’s National Institute of Mental Health-funded Specialized Mental Health Intervention Research Center on Late-Life Psychosis, and he is on the staff of the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System.           

The NARSAD is the largest donor-supported organization in the world devoted exclusively to supporting scientific research on brain and behavior disorders.   Jeste will use his award of $100,000 to pursue his studies of the effects of work rehabilitation in older individuals with schizophrenia.