Board of Scientific Counselors

The Board of Scientific Counselors provides scientific oversight for the NIMH Intramural Research Program. They conduct regular reviews of NIMH laboratories to evaluate the quality of ongoing and proposed research activities.

Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry,
Vanderbilt University
Biography

Roberta Brinton, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Pharmacology
and Toxicology,
University of Southern California
Biography

Maja Bucan, Ph.D.
Professor of Genetics,
University of Pennsylvania
Biography

Joseph Thomas Coyle, B.A., M.D. 
Eben S. Draper Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
McLean Hospital/Harvard University Medical School
Biography

Beatriz Luna, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
Biography

Peter R. MacLeish, Ph.D. 
Professor and Director, Neuroscience Institute
Morehouse University School of Medicine
Biography

Matthew State, M.D., Ph.D.
Donald J. Cohen Professor in the
Child Study Center
Yale University
Biography

Rebecca Steiner, Ph.D.
Executive Secretary to the BSC
National Institute of Mental Health
Intramural Research Program

Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D. 
McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair
Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
University of Minnesota Medical School
Biography

Matthew A. Wilson, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Brain
and Cognitive Sciences and Biology,
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT
Biography

Charles F. Zorumski, M.D. 
Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Professor of Neurobiology,
Washington University School of Medicine
Biography