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BBRF presents the 2025 Leading Research Achievements by BBRF Grantees, Prize Winners & Scientific Council Members in this blog post. Sergiu Pasca, the Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Bonnie Uytengsu and Family Director of the Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program, Robert Malenka, the Nancy Friend Pritzker Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Neir Eshel, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, are featured.

Researchers studying the human brain shared a lot of fascinating research this year, like how to keep brains young and how to reduce inflammation in joints. Sergiu Pasca, the Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Bonnie Uytengsu and Family Director of the Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program, is quoted in this edition of Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR.

There’s no breathalyzer test for driving under the influence of cannabis. But there are other options. Keith Humphreys, the Esther Ting Memorial Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Health Policy, co-authors this opinion piece.