Due to inclement weather in the DC area, the National Advisory Mental Health Council Session will be abbreviated. We will hold a closed grant review session on Friday, February 12th 10am-1pm EST and our Open Policy Session is cancelled.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Building 31C, 6th Floor
Conference Room 6
National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:30-8:35 a.m. | Call to Order Thomas R. Insel, M.D. Director, NIMH |
| 8:35-9:00 a.m. | NIMH Director’s Report Presenter: Thomas R. Insel, M.D. Director, NIMH Discussion |
| 9:00-9:45 a.m | NIH Director’s Report Presenter: Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Director, NIH Discussion |
| 9:45-10:15 a.m. | Optogenetics: Development and Application Presenter: Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Psychiatry Stanford University Discussion |
| 10:15-10:30 p.m. | Break |
| 10:30-11:00 a.m. | NIMH Council Workgroup on Interventions Development: Update on Activities Presenters: David Lewis, M.D. Co-Chair Director, Translational Neuroscience Program University of Pittsburgh John March, M.D., M.P.H. Co-Chair Director, Division of Neurosciences Medicine Duke Clinical Research Institute Discussion |
| 11:00-11:30 a.m. | NIMH’s Role In Global Mental Health Presenter: Pamela Collins, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Director for Special Populations Director, Office for Special Populations & Global Mental Health Director, Office of Rural Mental Health Research Discussion |
| 11:30-12:00 p.m. | Update on NIMH HIV/AIDS Research Presenters: Phil Wang, M.D., Dr.P.H. Deputy Director, NIMH Acting Director, Division of AIDS Research (DAR) Dianne Rausch, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS Discussion |
| 12:00-12:15 p.m. | Concept Clearance Presenters: Andrew D. Forsyth, Ph.D. Division of AIDS Research Addressing the HIV Epidemic among Men who have Sex with Men Andrew D. Forsyth, Ph.D. Division of AIDS Research Behavioral and Social Science Aspects of Biomedical Strategies to Avert Incident HIV Infections Christopher Gordon, Ph.D. Division of AIDS Research Universal Voluntary Testing and Treatment for Prevention of HIV Discussion |
| 12:15-12:30 p.m. | Public Comment |
| 12:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
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- May 30, 2013
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