NAMHC Minutes of the 250th Meeting

August 2, 2017

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 250th meeting in closed session to review grant applications via teleconference.  The meeting began at approximately 2:00 p.m. on August 2, 2017, and adjourned at approximately 3:30 p.m.  Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) presided.

(See Appendix A: Council Roster)

Chairperson

• Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.

Executive Secretary

• Jean G. Noronha, Ph.D.

Council Members Present:

David A. Brent, M.D. 
Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H. 
Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D.
John H. Krystal, M.D.
Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D.
Maria A. Oquendo, M.D.
Rhonda Robinson Beale, M.D.
Christopher A. Walsh, M.D.

Council Members Not Present:

Richard L. Huganir, Ph.D.
Hyong Un, M.D.

Ex Officio Member Not Present:

Amy Kilbourne, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Ad Hoc Members Present:

Tami D. Benton, M.D. (Pending)
Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D. (Pending)
Ian H. Gotlib, Ph.D. (Pending)
Alan E. Greenberg, M.D., M.P.H. (Pending)
David C. Henderson, M.D. (Pending)
Lisa H. Jaycox, Ph.D. (Pending)
Gregory A. Miller, Ph.D. (Pending)
Elyn R. Saks, J.D., Ph.D. (Pending)

Adjournment

Dr. Gordon 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

• Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
  Director
  National Institute of Mental Health
  Bethesda, MD

Executive Secretary

• Jean Noronha, Ph.D.
  Director
  Division of Extramural Activities
  National Institute of Mental Health
  Bethesda, MD

Members

• Tami D. Benton, M.D. Ad Hoc (Pending)
  Psychiatrist-in-Chief
  Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  And Behavioral Sciences
  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  Philadelphia, PA

• Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D. Ad Hoc (Pending)
  Professor
  Department of Biomedical Sciences
  Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
  Florida Atlantic University
  Jupiter, FL

• 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

• 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, GA

• Ian H. Gotlib, Ph.D. Ad Hoc (Pending)
  David Starr Jordan Professor and Chair
  Department of Psychology
  Stanford University
  Stanford, CA

• Alan E. Greenberg, M.D., M.P.H. Ad Hoc (Pending)
  Professor and Chair
  Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  School of Public Health
  George Washington University
  Washington, DC

• David C. Henderson, M.D. Ad Hoc (Pending)
  Chair
  Department of Psychiatry
  Boston University School of Medicine
  Boston, MA

• Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D. (18)
  Consultant and Advisor
  Hogan Health Solutions LLC
  Delmar, NY

• Richard 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

• Lisa H. Jaycox, Ph.D. Ad Hoc (Pending)
  Senior Behavioral Scientist
  Health Program
  Rand Corporation
  Arlington, VA

• John H. Krystal, M.D. (19)
  Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research
  Chair, Professor of Neurobiology
  Chief of Psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital
  Department of Psychiatry
  Yale University School of Medicine
  New Haven, CT

• Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D. (17)
  Professor and Director
  Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics
  Department of Psychology
  University of Washington
  Seattle, WA

• Gregory A. Miller, Ph.D. Ad Hoc (Pending)
  Professor and Chair
  Department of Psychology
  University of California, Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, CA

• Maria A. Oquendo, M.D. (17)
  Vice Chair for Education
  Professor of Psychiatry
  Department of Psychiatry
  Columbia University
  New York State Psychiatric Institute
  New York, NY

• Rhonda Robinson Beale, M.D. (19)
  Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
  Blue Cross of Idaho
  Meridian, ID

• Elyn R. Saks, J.D., Ph.D. Ad Hoc (Pending)
  Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law
  Gould School of Law
  University of Southern California
  Los Angeles, CA

• Hyong Un, M.D. (17)
  Head of EAP & Chief Psychiatric Officer
  AETNA
  Blue Bell, PA

• Christopher A. Walsh, M.D. (19)
  Chief, Division of Genetics and Genomics
  Boston Children’s Hospital
  Bullard Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
  Harvard Medical School
  Boston, MA

Ex Officio Members

Office of the Secretary, DHHS

• Thomas E. Price, M.D.
  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

Department of Veterans Affairs

• Amy M. Kilbourne, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Director
  Quality Enhancement Research Initiative
  Health Services Research & Development
  Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor
  Ann Arbor, MI

Department of Defense

• Vacant

Liaison Representative

• Paolo del Vecchio, M.S.W.
  Director
  Center for Mental Health Services
  Rockville, MD