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247th Meeting of the National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Policy Session Agenda

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Conference Room C/D/E
Neuroscience Center
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, Maryland 20852

Time	Event
9:00 a.m.	Call to Order Bruce Cuthbert, Ph.D. Acting Director, NIMH
9:00-9:45 a.m.	NIMH Director’s Report Presenter: Bruce Cuthbert, Ph.D. Acting Director, NIMH Presenter: Joshua Gordon, M.D., Ph.D. Director, NIMH Discussion
9:45-9:55 a.m.	Break
9:55-10:35 a.m.	Update on Council Workgroup on Tasks and Measures for RDoC Presenter: Deanna Barch, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences and Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry Washington University Discussant: David Brent, Ph.D. Academic Chief, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Endowed Chair in Suicide Studies Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Epidemiology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Discussion
10:35-11:10 a.m.	Update on Council Workgroup on Opportunities and Challenges of Developing Information Technologies on Behavioral and Social Science Clinical Research Presenters: Patricia Areán, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director of Targeted Treatment Development University of Washington Discussant: Alan Leshner, Ph.D. CEO Emeritus American Association for the Advancement of Science Discussion
11:10-11:20 a.m.	Break
11:20-11:45 a.m.	Future Directions in Genomics Research Presenter: Thomas Lehner, M.D. Director, Office for Genomics Research Coordination; Senior Genomics Advisor, Office of the Scientific Director, NIMH Division of Intramural Research Programs Discussion
11:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m.	Update on BD2K Multi-Council Workgroup Presenters: Gene Robinson, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Genomic Biology Swanlund Chair, Center for Advanced Study Professor in Entomology and Neuroscience University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Discussion
12:05-12:45 p.m.	Comments from Retiring Members Presenter: Patricia Arean, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director of Targeted Treatment Development University of Washington Presenter: Deanna Barch, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Gregory B Couch Professor of Psychiatry Washington University Presenter: BJ Casey, Ph.D. Director, Fundamentals of the Adolescent Brain (FAB) Lab Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology Yale University Presenter: Hakon Heimer, M.S. Founding Editor, Schizophrenia Research Forum Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Presenter: Gene Robinson, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Genomic Biology Swanlund Chair, Center for Advanced Study Professor in Entomology and Neuroscience University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presenter: Mary Jane Rotheram, Ph.D. 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, Semel Institute and the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles Presenter: J. David Sweatt, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Allan D. Bass Chair in Pharmacology Department of Pharmacology Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Discussion
12:45 p.m.	Public Comment
1:00 p.m.	Adjourn Open Session