NAMHC Minutes of the 242nd Meeting
August 4, 2015
Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health
Introduction
The National Advisory Mental Health Council (NAMHC) convened its 242nd meeting in closed session to review grant applications via teleconference. The meeting began at approximately 2:00 p.m. on August 4, 2014, and adjourned at approximately 3:30 p.m. Thomas Insel, M.D. Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) presided.
Council Members Present at the Grant Review Session
(See Appendix A: Council Roster)
Chairperson
- Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Executive Secretary
- Tracy Waldeck, Ph.D.
Council Members
- Patricia A. Areán, Ph.D.
- Deanna Barch, Ph.D.
- Randall Carpenter, M.D.
- B.J. Casey, Ph.D.
- Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H.
- Lisa Greenman, J.D.
- Hakon Heimer, M.S.
- Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D.
- Richard L. Huganir, Ph.D.
- Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D.
- Maria A. Oquendo, M.D.
- Gene Robinson, Ph.D.
- Mary Jane Rotheram, Ph.D.
- J. David Sweatt, Ph.D.
- Carol Tamminga, M.D.
Ex Officio Members
- John W. Davison, Ph.D., M.B.A., Department of Defense
Adjournment
Dr. Insel thanked all who participated in the meeting. He adjourned the meeting at approximately 3:30 p.m.
Appendix A
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health
National Advisory Mental Health Council
(Terms end 9/30 of designated year)
Chairperson
- Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Director
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD
Executive Secretary
- Jane A. Steinberg, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD
Members
- Patricia A. Areán, Ph.D. (16)
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Langley Porter
Psychiatric Institute
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA - Deanna M. Barch, Ph.D. (16)
Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychology, Psychiatry and Radiology
Washington University
Editor-in-Chief
Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience
Director, Conte Center for the Neuroscience
of Mental Health
St. Louis, MO - David A. Brent, M.D. (17)
Academic Chief
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Endowed Chair in Suicide Studies
Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Epidemiology
Director, Services for Teens at Risk
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA - Randall L. Carpenter, M.D. (15)
Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
Seaside Therapeutics
Cambridge, MA - BJ Casey, Ph.D. (16)
Sackler Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY - Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H. (18)Rosalynn Carter Chair in Mental Health and Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Atlanta, GALisa Greenman, J.D. (15)Staff Attorney
Federal Public Defender Organization
District of Maryland
Washington, DC - Hakon Heimer, M.S. (16)
Founding Editor
Schizophrenia Research Forum
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
Providence, RIRichard L. Huganir, Ph.D. (17)Professor and Director
Department of Neuroscience
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Co-Director, Brain Science Institute
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD - Steven E. Hyman, M.D. (15)
Director, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
Broad Institute
Cambridge, MA - Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D. (17)Professor and Director
Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics
Department of Psychology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA - Maria A. Oquendo, M.D. (17)
Vice Chair for Education
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Columbia University/NYSPI
New Columbia University/NYSPI
New York, NY - Gene E. Robinson, Ph.D. (14)
Director, Institute for Genomic Biology
Swanlund Chair
Center for Advanced Study Professor in Entomology
And Neuroscience
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL - Mary Jane Rotheram, Ph.D. (16)
Bat-Yaacov Professor of Child Psychiatry
And Behavioral Sciences
Director, Global Center for Children and Families
Director, Center for HIV Identification Prevention
And Treatment Services (CHIPTS)
Semel Institute and the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA - J. David Sweatt, Ph.D. (16)
Professor
Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair
Department of Neurobiology
Director, McKnight Brain Institute
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL - Carol A. Tamminga, M.D. (15)
Professor and Chair
Department of Psychiatry
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX - Hyong Un, M.D. (17)
Head of EAP & Chief Psychiatric Officer
AETNA
Blue Bell, PA
Ex Officio Members
Office of the Secretary, DHHS
- Sylvia M. Burwell
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC
National Institutes of Health
- Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Veterans Affairs
- Ira Katz, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of Mental Health Services
Washington DC
Department of Defense
- John W. Davison, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Director, Behavioral Medicine Division
Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO)
TRICARE Management Activity, OASD (HA)
Falls Church, VA
Liaison Representative
- Paolo del Vecchio, M.S.W.
Director
Center for Mental Health Services
Rockville, MD