235th Meeting of the National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Policy Session Agenda

CALL TO ORDER

Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Director, NIMH

NIMH DIRECTOR'S REPORT

Presenter:

Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Director, NIMH

DISCUSSION

TOWARD EARLY PREDICTION AND PREEMPTION

Introduction:

Molly Oliveri, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Developmental Translational Research (DDTR)

Presenter:

Shelli Avenevoli, Ph.D.
Chief
Developmental Trajectories of Mental Disorders Branch, DDTR

DISCUSSION

BREAK

BRAIN INITIATIVE UPDATE

Presenter:

Greg Farber, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Technology Development and Coordination

DISCUSSION

IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF PRECLINICAL RESEARCH THROUGH MORE RIGOROUS STUDY DESIGN AND TRANSPARENT REPORTING

Presenter:

Story Landis, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

DISCUSSION

LUNCH BREAK

A PRIORITIZED SUICIDE RESEARCH AGENDA:
PRODUCT OF THE NATIONAL ACTION ALLIANCE FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION RESEARCH TASK FORCE

Presenter:

Jane Pearson, Ph.D.
Chief, Preventive Interventions Program
Division of Services and Intervention Research

DISCUSSION

COMMENTS FROM RETIRING COUNCIL MEMBERS

Presenters:

Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D.
The Dalio Family Professor in Mood Disorders
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Roberto Lewis-Fernández, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University
Director of NYS Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence and Hispanic Treatment Program
NY State Psychiatric Institute NYSPI

Rhonda Robinson Beale, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions

Carla Shatz, Ph.D.
Director, Bio-X
Professor of Biology and Neurology
Stanford University
James H. Clark Center

DISCUSSION

PUBLIC COMMENT

RECESS OPEN SESSION