240th Meeting of the National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Policy Session Agenda

Friday, February 6, 2015
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Conference Room C/D/E
Neuroscience Center
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, Maryland 20852

Time	Event
9:00 a.m.	Call to Order Thomas R. Insel, M.D. Director, NIMH
9:05–10:00 a.m.	NIMH Director’s Report Presenter: Thomas R. Insel, M.D. Director, NIMH Discussion
10:00–10:15 a.m	Update on the IOM Report Focused on Developing Evidence-based Standards for Psychosocial Interventions for Mental Disorders Presenter: Patricia A. Areán, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, University of California, San Francisco Discussion
10:15-10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30–11:15 a.m.	Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE): Initial Outcomes from the Early Treatment Program Clinical Trial Presenter: John Kane, M.D. Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine Discussion
11:15 - 11:30 a.m.	Concept Clearance Presenter: Robert Heinssen, Ph.D., ABPP Director, Division of Services & Interventions Research, NIMH Early Psychosis Intervention Network (EPINET) Discussion
11:30 - 11:45 a.m.	Update on NIH Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Activities Presenters: Richard Huganir, Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Greg Farber, Ph.D. Director, Office of Technology Development and Coordination Discussion
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.	Lunch Break
12:45 - 1:15 p.m.	Biennial Report of the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in NIMH Research Presenter: Pamela Collins, M.D., M.P.H. Director, Office for Research on Disparities & Global Mental Health Director, Office of Rural Mental Health Research Discussion
1:15 - 2:00 p.m.	NIMH Strategic Plan Presenter: Thomas R. Insel, M.D. Director, NIMH Discussion
2:00 - 2:20 p.m.	Update on Council Activities Presenters: Jill Heemskerk, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Division of Translational Research FAST Council Working Group Gene Robinson, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Multi-Council Working Group Discussion
2:20 p.m.	Public Comment
2:30 p.m.	Adjourn Open Session

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