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Henry Rousset Prize

dedicated to research on shizophrenia and related disorders

The Fondation FondaMental launchs the Henry Rousset Prize in memory of Henry Rousset, testator who made Fondation FondaMental one of his legatees.

This call for projects aims to support research on schizophrenia and related disorders, respecting the will of Mr Henry Rousset to focus his legacy on a research project dedicated to theses disorders in 2011.

Launched in 2012, this call for projects aims to encourage research on schizophrenia or related disorders to respect Henry Rousset's willing, that is to say focus his legacy to a project of research dedicated specifically to these disorders. The Foundation brought research committee to study applications and select the project.

Winning project : Genetic of schizophrenia : identification of a rare gene variants in a cohort evaluated in FondaMental's Expert Centres.

Principal Investigator : Pr Franck Schürhoff

Laboratory : IMRB - Institut Mondor de recherche biomédicale (Unité Inserm U955), Equipe 15 : Psychiatrie Génétique (Dir : Pr. Marion Leboyer)

The main objective of this study is to seek in patients with schizophrenia rare variations. Identification and study of this mutations are especially important because it will permit a better comprehension of the etiology of the sick and lead appropriate medical care for patients based on personalised medecine.

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Tribute to Henry Rousset

Henry Rousset suffered from schizophrenia. He wanted his legacy to support research on this disorder, which caused him immense pain and suffering, to contribute to a better understanding and to improve the diagnosis and care for patients. We would like to recognize his initiative. After his death, his brother, Patrice Rousset, gave us his autobiography. This invaluable testimony offers a precious view of this disease as seen "form the inside". "I would like my suffering, which were terrible, to be useful", wrote Henry Rousset. For his brother, so "humanely, Henry's life wa only a bitter failure. By looking higher, we see something else. When we tal about a "saint", we generally think of a person who is faultless in thought as well in their acts. A saint is, most simply, a man or a woman who we can cite as an example because his life was heroic. To me, Henry was that: a hero or more likely, a saint". We wish to pay tribute to his generosity.

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