The Schizophrenia International Research Society has named Raquel Gur and Ruben Gur, both in Penn’s Perelman’s School of Medicine, as its 2019 Outstanding Translational Research Awardees. The two received the award at the 2019 International Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society in Orlando, Florida, in April.

Raquel Gur is the Karl and Linda Rickels Professor of Psychiatry, vice chair of research development, co-director of the Penn Translational Neuroscience Center and director of the Lifespan Brain Institute in PSOM and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She also holds secondary professorial appointments in the departments of neurology and radiology.

Ruben Gur is a professor in the departments of psychiatry, radiology, and neurology and director of the Brain Behavior Laboratory. Together, they have revolutionized the approach to complex problems of emotion and social cognition in health and disease.