Principal Investigators

NIMH scientists conduct research ranging from studies into mechanisms of normal brain function, conducted at the behavioral, systems, cellular, and molecular levels, to clinical investigations into the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illness. 

The principal investigators at NIMH include:

Averbeck, Bruno  
Baker, Chris
Bandettini, Peter  
Berman, Karen  
Blair, James  
Cameron, Heather  
Chuang, De-Maw  
Eiden, Lee  
Eiden, Maribeth V.  
Gerfen, Charles  
Giedd, Jay  
Grillon, Christian  
Herkenham, Miles  
Innis, Robert  
Kaplan, Barry  
Leibenluft, Ellen  
Leopold, David
Li, Zheng  
Markey, Sanford P.  
Martin, Alex  
McMahon, Francis  
Merikangas, Kathleen  
Mishkin, Mortimer  
Murphy, Dennis  
Murray, Elisabeth  
Nakazawa, Kazutoshi  
Pike, Victor  
Pine, Daniel  
Plenz, Dietmar  
Rapoport, Judy  
Richmond, Barry  
Saavedra, Juan  
Schmidt, Peter  
Shen, Jun  
Smith, Carolyn Beebe  
Swedo, Susan  
Ungerleider, Leslie  
Usdin, Ted  
Wang, Kuan Hong  
White, Benjamin  
Yao, Yin  
Young, Scott