Hurley recognized for TBI/PTSD research SALISBURY, N.C. – Salisbury VA Medical Center’s Dr. Robin Hurley, Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Education, was recently recognized as the winner of the Psychiatric Foundation of North Carolina’s 2014 Eugene A. Hargrove, M.D., Mental Health Research Award. The selection committee chose Hurley as the winner for her contributions to the field of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) research, particularly her research related to the effects of military deployment-related TBI on brain function, behavior and psychopathology. Hurley, who also serves as the Associate Director of Education for the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 6 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), said she was honored to receive the award. “I’m so grateful to the Psychiatric Foundation of North Carolina for giving me the award, and it is an honor to the Veterans, that they appreciated the work that we do with Veterans,” she said. “This is a big deal, that our research was recognized. There are a lot of talented researchers in the state committed to understanding mental illnesses and their effects on people, and it’s a great honor that that our work with Veterans was singled out.” Hurley said she feels everyone on the MIRECC team also deserves to be recognized because they worked together on the research. “None of this would have been possible without my team,” she said. “Nothing in research is ever done alone in isolation. The days of one person doing research or doing anything in medicine ended decades ago. It’s only with one team, with the same focus and mission, that you can accomplish anything. This award shows the work of the whole group, not just me.” She added, she feels Dr. Katherine Taber, Assistant Director for Education VISN 6 MIRECC and a Research Health Scientist in the Salisbury VAMC Research and Education Service, was instrumental in the research. “I’m thankful for all her work here in building the program and her mentorship over the years. She’s a neurobiologist, and I’m a clinician, and she and I have been a team doing this for 20 years, and none of this would have been possible if she weren’t there with me,” said Hurley. The Hargrove award is named after Dr. Eugene Hargrove, who was Director of the North Carolina State Department of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services from 1958 until 1973. This annual award is in commemoration of Hargrove’s contributions to mental health care in North Carolina and his recognition of and support for research in the public mental health system. The Psychiatric Foundation of North Carolina presents this award to individuals who have been recognized by colleagues for exceptional contributions in the field of Mental Health Research.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:16:11 +0000
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