Audrey Gruss Hope for Depression Research Foundation Audrey Gruss, as Founder and Chair of the Hope for Depression Research Foundation, had the courage and vision to form the Depression Task Force, an advanced collaboration of neuroscientists to find new and better treatments for depression and its related mood disorders. “Depression is the number one reason for disability worldwide. At HDRF, we are working tirelessly every day to address one of humanity’s greatest challenges.” She and her husband Martin are founders of the New York Hospital Weill Greenberg Center and donated the Audrey and Martin Gruss Heart & Stroke Center at Southampton Hospital. APRIL 2016 93