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248th Meeting of the National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Policy Session Agenda

Thursday, February 9, 2017
9:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

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

Time Event
9:00a.m.

Call to Order

Joshua Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, NIMH

9:00-10:00a.m.

NIMH Director’s Report

Presenter:

Joshua Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, NIMH

Discussion

10:00-10:40a.m

Computational Psychiatry

Presenter:

A. David Redish Ph.D.
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Department of Neuroscience
University of Minnesota   

Discussion

10:40-10:55a.m.

Break

10:55-11:35a.m.

Neural Circuit Technologies

Presenter:

Bryan Roth, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology,
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Discussion

11:35a.m.-12:15p.m.

Opportunities to Reduce Suicide

Presenter:

Cheryl King, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan

Discussion

12:15-12:30p.m.

Concept Clearances

Presenter:

Dianne Rausch, Ph.D.
Director, Division of AIDS Research
HIV Healthcare Systems Approaches to Improve Viral Suppression (HH-SAIVS)
Mobile and connected health interventions to improve care continuum and health outcomes among youth living with HIV 
Altered neural pathways, receptors and networks in HIV-induced CNS dysfunction 

Discussion

12:30p.m.

Public Comment

12:45p.m.

Adjourn Open Session