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253rd Meeting of the National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Policy Session Agenda

Thursday, May 17, 2018
9:00 a.m. - 1:10 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

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

9:00-10:00 a.m.

NIMH Director's Report

Presenter:

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

Discussion

10:00 -10:15 a.m

Break

10:15-10:45 a.m.

NIMHD Updates

Presenter:

Eliseo Pérez-Stable, M.D.
Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Discussion

10:45-11:15 a.m.

Triennial Report of the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in NIMH Research

Presenter:

Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D.
Acting Director, Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health

Discussion

11:15-11:45 a.m

RDoC CMAT (Changes to Matrix) Workgroup Update

Presenter:

Bruce Cuthbert, Ph.D.
Director, RDoC Unit

Discussion

11:45a.m.-12:25p.m.

Concept Clearances

Presenters:

Lois Winsky, Ph.D.
Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science
Building in vivo Preclinical Measures of Circuit Engagement for Therapeutic Development

Michele Ferrante, Ph.D.
Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science and Division of Translational Research
Applying Computationally-Defined Behaviors for Back-Translation in Psychiatry

Dianne Rausch, Ph.D.
Divisions of AIDS Research
Novel Imaging Approaches for Detection of Persistent HIV in the CNS and Associated Inflammation/Pathology

Dianne Rausch, Ph.D.
Division of AIDS Research
Addressing the Role of Violence in HIV Care and Viral Suppression

Dianne Rausch, Ph.D.
Division of AIDS Research
Promoting Reductions in Intersectional Stigmas (PRISM) to Improve the HIV Prevention Continuum

Discussion

12:25 p.m.

Public Comment

12:30 p.m.

Adjourn Open Session