RDoC Unit and Workgroup Members

RDoC Unit

The NIMH RDoC Unit is dedicated to furthering the goals of the RDoC initiative and to overseeing various RDoC activities including the RDoC Database and RDoC Twitter account . Please feel free to contact the NIMH RDoC Unit for additional information.

Bruce Cuthbert, Ph.D., Head, RDoC Unit
Office of the NIMH Director

Sarah Morris, Ph.D., Associate Head, RDoC Unit
NIMH Division of Translational Research

Rebecca Berman, Ph.D., Scientific Program Manager
Office of the NIMH Director

Jenni Pacheco, Ph.D., Scientific Program Manager
Office of the NIMH Director

Syed Rizvi, M.P.H., Management Analyst
Office of the NIMH Director

RDoC Workgroup

The NIMH RDoC Workgroup was established in 2009 to implement a structure and process for achieving the goals of the RDoC initiative. This Workgroup consists of scientists with expertise from varying backgrounds and research areas, who meet on a regular basis to provide feedback and oversight on all aspects of the RDoC initiative.

Patricia Areán, Ph.D., Director
NIMH Division of Services and Intervention Research

Brian Barnett, Ph.D., Health Science Policy Analyst
Science Policy and Evaluation Branch
NIMH Office of Science Policy, Planning, and Communications

Andrew Breeden, Ph.D., Program Chief
NIMH Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science

William Carpenter, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry
Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Michele Ferrante, Ph.D., Program Officer
NIMH Division of Translational Research

Rebecca Garcia, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer
NIMH Division of Extramural Activities

Robert Heinssen, Ph.D., Health Scientist Administrator (Senior Advisor)
Office of the NIMH Director

Andrew Hooper, Ph.D., Health Science Policy Analyst
Science Policy and Evaluation Branch
NIMH Office of Science Policy, Planning, and Communications

Silvia Lopez-Guzman, M.D., Ph.D., Chief
Unit on Computational Decision Neuroscience
NIMH Intramural Research Program

Dawn Morales, Ph.D., Program Chief for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Rural Mental Health
Office of Rural Mental Health Research

Mauricio Rangel-Gomez, Ph.D., Program Chief
NIMH Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science

Matthew Rudorfer, M.D., Program Chief
NIMH Division of Services and Intervention Research

Charles Sanislow, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Wesleyan University