Seeking to improve lives by advancing neuroscience research, children’s health, early literacy, and the environment

Seeking to improve the understanding and treatment of child and adolescent ADHD and depression, and to improve access to mental health care for children and their families.

Committed to investing in breakthrough neuroscience research, helping communities mitigate climate change, improving early childhood mental health and well-being, and ensuring that all children can read

Dedicated to the advancement of children’s health in Maine, primarily by improving their oral health.

Back to All News

Four Klingenstein-Simons Fellows Receive NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

October 4, 2022

Lucas Cheadle, Yvette Fisher, Hidehiko Inagaki and Summer Thyme have been named 2022 recipients of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award. Established in 2007, the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award supports early career researchers working on innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral, or social sciences. It is part of the NIH’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. Read more about their funded research here and here.

Back to All News