Chronology of NIMH Directors
| Name | In Office From | To |
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| Shelli A. Avenevoli (Acting) | 2024 | Present |
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| Joshua A. Gordon | 2016 | 2024 |
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| Bruce N. Cuthbert (Acting) | 2015 | 2016 |
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| Thomas R. Insel | 2002 | 2015 |
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| Richard K. Nakamura (Acting) | 2001 | 2002 |
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| Steven E. Hyman | 1996 | 2001 |
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| Rex William Cowdry (Acting) | 1994 | 1996 |
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| Frederick K. Goodwin | 1992 | 1994 |
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| Alan I. Leshner (Acting) | 1990 | 1992 |
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| Lewis L. Judd | 1988 | 1990 |
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| Frank J. Sullivan (Acting) | 1986 | 1988 |
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| Shervert H. Frazier | 1984 | 1986 |
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| Larry Silver (Acting) | 1984 | 1984 |
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| Herbert Pardes | 1978 | 1984 |
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| Francis N. Waldrop (Acting) | 1977 | 1978 |
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| Bertram S. Brown | 1970 | 1977 |
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| Stanley F. Yolles | 1964 | 1970 |
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| Robert H. Felix | 1949 | 1964 |
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