247th Meeting of the National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Policy Session Agenda

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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

TimeEvent
9:00 a.m.Call to Order Bruce Cuthbert, Ph.D.
Acting Director, NIMH
9:00-9:45 a.m.NIMH Director’s Report Presenter: Bruce Cuthbert, Ph.D.
Acting Director, NIMH Presenter: Joshua Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, NIMH Discussion
9:45-9:55 a.m.Break
9:55-10:35 a.m.Update on Council Workgroup on Tasks and Measures for RDoC Presenter: Deanna Barch, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
and Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry
Washington University Discussant: David Brent, Ph.D.
Academic Chief, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Endowed Chair in Suicide Studies
Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Discussion
10:35-11:10 a.m.Update on Council Workgroup on Opportunities and Challenges of Developing Information Technologies on Behavioral and Social Science Clinical Research Presenters: Patricia Areán, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director of Targeted Treatment Development
University of Washington Discussant: Alan Leshner, Ph.D.
CEO Emeritus
American Association for the Advancement of Science Discussion
11:10-11:20 a.m.Break
11:20-11:45 a.m.Future Directions in Genomics Research Presenter: Thomas Lehner, M.D.
Director, Office for Genomics Research Coordination;
Senior Genomics Advisor, Office of the Scientific Director,
NIMH Division of Intramural Research Programs Discussion
11:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m.Update on BD2K Multi-Council Workgroup Presenters: Gene Robinson, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Genomic Biology
Swanlund Chair, Center for Advanced Study
Professor in Entomology and Neuroscience
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Discussion
12:05-12:45 p.m.Comments from Retiring Members Presenter: Patricia Arean, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Director of Targeted Treatment Development
University of Washington Presenter: Deanna Barch, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences,
Gregory B Couch Professor of Psychiatry
Washington University Presenter: BJ Casey, Ph.D.
Director, Fundamentals of the Adolescent Brain (FAB) Lab
Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology
Yale University Presenter: Hakon Heimer, M.S.
Founding Editor, Schizophrenia Research Forum
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Presenter: Gene Robinson, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Genomic Biology
Swanlund Chair, Center for Advanced Study
Professor in Entomology and Neuroscience
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presenter: Mary Jane Rotheram, Ph.D.
Bat-Yaacov Professor of Child Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Global Center for Children and Families
Director, Center for HIV Identification Prevention and Treatment Services, Semel Institute and the Department of Psychiatry,
University of California, Los Angeles Presenter: J. David Sweatt, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Allan D. Bass Chair in Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Discussion
12:45 p.m.Public Comment
1:00 p.m.Adjourn Open Session

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