Tyrone Cannon, came to us and said, ‘I have an idea not only to study the causes of schizophrenia, but why don't we get ahead of it?” Shari said. A few years after Brandon was diagnosed, the family endowed UCLA’s first chair to study schizophrenia. “We did local charities that we cared about, but not much was going on in the mental health area locally until we came on the scene.”Īfter their son’s diagnosis, in 1990, the Staglins shifted most of their philanthropic focus to brain health causes.
“We were very active at UCLA, where we both met, and Garen was active in his graduate school, Stanford,” said Shari. By then, they were already philanthropists. Shari, who formerly worked in government, and Garen, a venture capitalist, purchased their Napa Valley-based vineyard in 1985. Over the years, the family has moved $562 million - including leveraged grants from the National Institute of Mental Health - to support brain health research and innovative solutions for individuals living with and impacted by brain disorders. Now the president of One Mind, a nonprofit organization and grantmaker that supports brain health, he attributes his recovery to “the loving support of my family, getting care early and staying involved in community activities that brought me a sense of meaning and purpose.”īrandon also recognizes that the considerable resources and connections of his parents Shari and Garen Staglin - philanthropists and owners of Staglin Family Vineyards - were key factors in his ability to beat the odds. In many cases, the prognosis is extremely bleak. His symptoms led to his first psychiatric hospitalization and a devastating diagnosis - schizophrenia.Īn incurable brain disorder that affects 1 in 100 people, schizophrenia causes hallucinations, delusions, disordered thinking, flat affect and depression. Later, Brandon began hearing voices and developed the terrifying sense that parts of his brain were missing.
First, there was stress over a recent break-up, then anxiety, sleeplessness and confusion. The symptoms began when Brandon Staglin was 18 years old and home from his freshman year at Dartmouth.
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