MAGGIE NORRIS AND JAY MCINERNEY HOST

KICK-OFF FOR 2009 HOPE FOR DEPRESSION

SEMINAR AND LUNCHEON

WHAT: / Maggie Norris and Jay McInerney host a celebration in anticipation of the 2009 Hope For Depression Seminar and Luncheon. Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF), funds cutting-edge, international scientific research into the origins, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of depression and its related mood and other emotional disorders.
WHO: / HDRF Founder and Chairman, Audrey Gruss, Co-Chairs Anne Eisenhower, Jackie Drake, Lis Waterman and Coralie Charriol Paul, Arts Committee Co-Chairs Jim Aman and Kim Heirston, along with Muffie Aston, Barbara Bancroft, Ann Dexter Jones, Denise Rich, Geoffrey Bradfield, Iké Udé, Richard Turley, Douglas Hannant & Frederick Anderson, Mario Buatta, Beth deWoody, Michael Gross, Somers Farkas, Felicia Taylor, Lisa Dennison, Vanessa Noel, Regina and Rainer Greevan, Mai Hallingby-Harrison, Pat Patterson, Jenna Bullock, Anh Duong, Anne Hearst, Peggy Siegel, Alex McCord, Debbie Bancroft, Kim Heirston and Lady Liliana Cavendish
WHEN: / Thursday, October 8
6:30 until 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: / The Gates
290 Eighth Avenue, at 25th Street
New York
ABOUT HDRF: / The mission of the Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF) is to fund innovative, international scientific research into the origins, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of depression and its related mood and other emotional disorders – major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, dysthymia and complicated grief, postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress syndrome, panic disorder, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder and suicide – with the ultimate goal of finding a cure.
HDRF sets itself apart by funding a pioneering approach. It has the key significantly-funded research program, public or private, based on AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE, which integrates the fields of neuroscience (the biology of the brain) and affective science (the study of the mind and emotions). Every dollar raised goes directly to research.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Avery Travis / Hope for Depression Research Foundation / / 212 446 4295

Jeff Trosch / LaForce + Stevens / / O: 212 242 9353 x 150 / C: 410 458 2949