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Transforming the understanding
and treatment of mental illnesses.

275th Meeting of the National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Session Agenda

February 11, 2025
12:00p.m. - 3:35p.m.

Videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=56543 

TimeEvent
12:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER

Shelli Avenevoli, Ph.D.
Acting Director, NIMH

12:10 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

NIMH DIRECTOR’S REPORT

Presenter:
Shelli Avenevoli, Ph.D.
Acting Director, NIMH

DISCUSSION

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

UPDATE: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NIMH INTRAMURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM (IRP)

Presenter:
Susan Amara, M.D.
Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research Programs, NIMH

DISCUSSION

1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.BREAK
1:40 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

UPDATE: NIMH TRAINING AWARDS

Presenter:
James Churchill, Ph.D.
Training Team Co-Lead
NIMH Training Team

DISCUSSION

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

TRIENNIAL REPORT OF THE INCLUSION OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN NIMH RESEARCH

Presenter:
Rashaun Brown, M.S.N.
Clinical Informatics Applications Specialist
Office of Clinical Research

2:30 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.

CONCEPT CLEARANCES

Presenters:
Alinne Barrera, Ph.D.
Division of Services and Intervention Research
NIMH Research Opportunities for Investigators from Resource-Limited Institutions

Leonardo Cubillos, M.D., M.P.H.
Center for Global Mental Health Research
Accelerating the Implementation of Community-Based Mental Health in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Shahrzad Mavandadi, Ph.D.
Division of Services and Intervention Research
Advancing Research on Empirically-Supported Interventions for Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness

Stephen O’Connor, Ph.D.
Division of Services and Intervention Research
Research to Optimize the Effectiveness and Deployment of the Mental Health Workforce

Jonathan Sabbagh, Ph.D.
Division of Translational Research
Maximizing the Potential of Fast Acting Psychotomimetic Agents

DISCUSSION

3:35 p.m.ADJOURN