278th Meeting of the National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Session Agenda

March 6, 2026
10:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Time	Event
10:00 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.	CALL TO ORDER AND OPENING REMARKS Elizabeth Church, Ph.D. Acting Director, Division of Extramural Activities Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D. Acting Director, NIMH
10:25 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	NIMH DIRECTOR’S REPORT Elizabeth Church, Ph.D. Acting Director, Division of Extramural Activities Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D. Acting Director, NIMH DISCUSSION
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	BREAK
12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m.	CONCEPT CLEARANCES Vasudev Rao, MBBS., M.S. Division of AIDS Research Immunotherapies for HIV Eradication in the CNS Compartment Joel Sherrill, Ph.D. Division of Services and Intervention Research Centers for Practice-Based Effectiveness and Services Research with Near-Term Impact (reissue) Ruben Alvarez, Ed.D. Division of Data Science and Technology BRAIN Initiative: Data Archives for the BRAIN Initiative (reissue) Yong Yao, Ph.D. Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science Brain Cell Atlas: From Data to Knowledge Base (reissue)
12:45 p.m.	ADJOURN