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Transforming the understanding
and treatment of mental illnesses.

269th Meeting of the National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Session Agenda

Tuesday, February 7, 2023
12:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48916 

Time Event
12:30 p.m. Call to Order

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

12:40 – 1:45 p.m. NIMH Director's Report

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

Discussion

1:45 - 2:30 p.m. SAMHSA-CMHS AND NIMH STATUS AND OPPORTUNITY:
SCIENCE TO SERVICE AND SERVICE TO SCIENCE

Presenter:
Anita Everett, M.D.
Director, Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) -
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Discussion

2:30 – 2:40 p.m. Break
2:40 - 3:25 p.m. GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH AT THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH: SCIENCE TO IMPROVE HEALTH
OUTCOMES

Presenter:

Leonardo Cubillos, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, NIMH Center for Global Mental Health Research

Discussion

3:25 - 3:45 p.m. CONCEPT CLEARANCES

Presenters:

Jeymohan Joseph, Ph.D.
Division of AIDS Research
Mechanisms of Reciprocal Interactions between HIV Associated Neuroinflammation and Central Nervous System (CNS) Persistence: Implications in HIV Neuropathogenesis and Cure

Jovier Evans, Ph.D.
Division of Translational Research
Novel Mechanism Research on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer's Dementia

DISCUSSION

3:45 - 4:10 p.m. COMMENTS FROM RETIRING MEMBERS

Laura A. Almasy, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Genetics
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Marjorie L. Baldwin, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Economics
W.P. Carey School of Business
Arizona State University

Sophia Vinogradov, M.D.
Professor and Department Head
Donald W. Hastings Endowed Chair
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Minnesota Medical School

4:10 - 4:15 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENT
4:15 p.m. ADJOURN OPEN SESSION