National Advisory Mental Health Council Roster
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
Tracy Waldeck, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Members
Edwin G. Abel, III, Ph.D. (24)
Director, Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Olusola Ajilore, M.D., Ph.D. (25)
Professor
Director, Mood, and Anxiety Disorders Program
Department of Psychiatry
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Pamela Y. Collins, MPH, M.D. (24)
Professor and Chair
Department of Mental Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Daniel H. Gillison, Jr. (25)
Director
Chief Executive Officer
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Arlington, VA
David Goldstein, Ph.D. (23)
Director
Institute for Genetic Medicine
Columbia University
Hammer Building
New York, NY
Kamilah Jackson, M.D. (23)
Consultant
Talawa International Consultants
Philadelphia, PA
Marguerita A. Lightfoot, Ph.D. (24)
Professor
Associate Dean for Research
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
Portland, OR
Velma McBride Murry, Ph.D. (25)
Lois Autrey Betts Endowed Chair
Associate Provost, Office of Research and Innovation
University Distinguished Professor
Departments of Health Policy & Human and Organizational Development
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Joel T. Nigg, Ph.D. (24)
Professor and Vice Chair for Psychology
Director, Center for ADHD Research
Department of Psychiatry
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
Matthew K. Nock, Ph.D. (24)
Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology
Harvard College Professor
Chair, Department of Psychology
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Patricia R. Recupero, M.D., J.D. (24)
Senior Vice President of Education and Training
Care New England Butler Hospital
Providence, RI
Bryan L. Roth, M.D., Ph.D. (24)
Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor
Department of Pharmacology School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Laura Scott, M.P.H., Ph.D. (25)
Research Professor
Department of Biostatistics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Joseph Telfair, DrPH, MPH (23)
Professor and Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and Research
Karl E. Peace Distinguished Chair of Public Health
Fellow, Royal Society of Public Health
Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA
Hongkui Zeng, Ph.D. (23)
Executive Vice President and Director
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Seattle, WA
Ex Officio Members
Office of the Secretary, DHHS
Xavier Becerra
Office of the Secretary, DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC
National Institutes of Health
Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Acting Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Liaison Representative
Anita Everett, M.D. DFAPA
Director
Center for Mental Health Services
HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Rockville, MD
Department of Veterans Affairs
Amy Kilbourne, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Professor of Learning Health Sciences
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI