Participant List
Participant List for Sept 2017 Meeting of the Alliance for Research Progress
Attendees
- Academy for Eating Disorders
- Elissa Myers
Executive Director
elissa@elissamyers.org - Active Minds
- Laura Horne
Director, Programs
laura@activeminds.org - American Association of Suicidology
- Collen Creighton
Executive Director
ccreighton@suicidology.org - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- John Madigan
Vice President and Chief Public Policy Officer
jmadigan@afsp.org - Anxiety and Depression Association of America
- Helen Heymann
Senior Education Program Manager
hheymann@adaa.org - Autism Science Foundation
- Erin Lopes
Event Chairperson
elopes@scoringgoalsforautism.org - Autism Speaks
- Stuart Spielman
Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel
sspielman@autismspeaks.org - Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
- Leslie Kain
Executive Director, NRC
leslie_kain@chadd.org - Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Eric Scharf
Advocacy Advisor
escharf@dbsalliance.org - Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy & Action
- Chase Bannister
Board Vice President
chase@bannisterconsultancy.com - Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders
- Laura Collins Lyster- Mensh
Outreach Director
Laura@feast-ed.org - Hope Restored Prevention Suicide Prevention Project, LLC
- Yasmin Brown
President
ymbmph@gmail.com - Mental Health America
- Nathaniel Counts
Senior Policy Director
ncounts@mentalhealthamerica.net - National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Andrew Sperling
Director, Legislative Advocacy
andrew@nami.org - National Council of Urban Indian Health
- Ryan Young
Coordinator, Technical Assistance and Research Center
ryoung@ncuih.org - National Eating Disorders Association
- Claire Mysko
Chief Executive Officer
nlafleur@nationaleatingdisorders.org - NHMH - No Health Without Mental Health
- Florence Fee
Executive Director
florencefee@nhmh.org - Postpartum Support International
- Christena Raines
Vice President
christena_raines@med.unc.edu - Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America
- Linda Stalters
Chief Executive Officer
linda.stalters@sardaa.org - Society for Neuroscience
- Allen Segal
Senior Director, Policy and Member Programs
asegal@sfn.org - Stanley Medical Research Institute
- Fuller Torrey
Associate Director for Research
torreyf@stanleyresearch.org - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Steve Daviss
Senior Medical Advisor
steven.daviss@samhsa.hhs.gov - The TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors
- Tara Peris
Director, BFRB Precision Medicine Initiative
TPeris@mednet.ucla.edu - Tourette Association of America
- Diana Felner
Vice President, Public Policy
diana.felner@tourette.org - Treatment Advocacy Center
- Doris Fuller
Chief, Research and Public Affairs
fullerd@treatmentadvocacycenter.org - Elizabeth Sinclair
- Research Associate
sinclaire@treatmentadvocacycenter.org - Treatment And Research Advancements for Borderline Personality Disorder (TARA4BPD)
- Regina Piscitelli
taranewjersey@gmail.com - Valerie Porr
- TARA Founder
tara4bpd@gmail.com - Lisa Rosenberg
- TARA Method Psychoeducation Trainer
lisarose111@aol.com - Unidos US
- Patricia Foxen
Deputy Director, Research
patriciafoxen@gmail.com - Walden Center for Education and Research
- Kevin McNaught
Executive Director
kmcnaught@waldencenter.org
Speakers
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Nora Volkow
Director, National Institute of Drug Abuse
nvolkow@nida.nih.gov - National Institute of Mental Health
- Joshua Gordon
Director, National Institute of Mental Health
joshua.gordon@nih.gov - National Institute of Mental Health
- Argyris Stringaris
Chief, Mood Brain and Development Unit
stringarisa@mail.nih.gov - Stanford University
- Carolyn Rodriguez
Assistant Professor
cr2163@stanford.edu - University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Gloria Reeves
Associate Professor
greeves@som.umaryland.edu - Tammy Clough
- Family Navigator
tclough@som.umaryland.edu
Staff
Rajni Agarwal
Phyllis Ampofo
Shelli Avenevoli
Susan Azrin
Julie Frost Bellgowan
Linda Brady
Sandra Buckingham
Joanne Collins
Bruce Cuthbert
Meredith Fox
Alissa Gallagher
Meg Grabb
Robert Heinssen
Samantha Helfert
Amber Hewitt
Meena Hiremath
Ann Huston
Megan Kinnane
Sarah Lisanby
Collene Lawhorn
Nicole Martino
Julie Mason
Diana Morales
Jean Noronha
Melba Rojas
Rachel Scheinert