Medical Committee
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UNITED STATES
COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
- James D. Watson, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate, Chancellor Emeritus, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York
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BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- Eric A. Storch, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Vice Chair and Head of Psychology; McIngvale Presidential Endowed Chair, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
- Owen W. Lewis, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Senior Vice President for Mental Health Services, TurnAround For Children, New York, Columbia University, New York, New York
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY - STILES-NICHOLSON BRAIN INSTITUTE
- Randy Blakely, Ph.D., Executive Director of Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, David J.S. Nicholson Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience, Professor, Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Jupiter, Florida.
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL - MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
- Maurizio Fava, M.D., Psychiatrist-In-Chief; Director, Division of Clinical Research of the MGH Research Institute; Executive Director, Clinical Trials Network and Institute (CTNI), Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research; Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry, Boston, Massachusetts
- Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD, Former Chief of Psychiatry - Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Psychiatry - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Joseph Biederman, MD, (deceased) Professor of Psychiatry - Harvard Medical School, Chief - Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Chief - Adult ADHD Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Randy L. Buckner, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and of Neuroscience - Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Director - Division of Psychiatric Neuroimaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Rakesh Karmacharya, MD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry - Harvard Medical School, Director of Stem Cell Research - Center for Human Genetic Research (CEDD/PNGU), Massachusetts General Hospital, Co-Medical Director - OnTrack Program, McLean Hospital, Physician-Scientist - Chemical Biology Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts
- Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, Director, Dauten Family Center for Bipolar Treatment Innovation; Medical Director - Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, Associate Director - Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director - NIMH Bipolar Trials Network, Professor - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Larry J. Seidman, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology - Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry, Vice Chair for Research - MMHC Public Psychiatry Division Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Director of Neuroimaging Studies - Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry - Harvard Medical School, Director - Psychiatric Genetics Program in Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Thomas J. Spencer, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry - Harvard Medical School, Assistant Director - Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Timothy E. Wilens, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry - Harvard Medical School, Director - Substance Abuse Services, Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Janet Wozniak, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry - Harvard Medical School, Director - Pediatric Bipolar Program, Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Maya C. Schumer, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Neuroscience - McLean Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE & JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- James Potash, MD, MPH, Henry Phipps Professor and Director Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
- J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr., MD, University Distinguished Service Professor - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Former Psychiatrist-in-Chief - The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Co-Director, The Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center, Baltimore, Maryland
- Timothy H. Moran, Ph.D., Paul R. McHugh Professor, Vice Chair, Director of Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
- Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., Dalio Family Professor in Mood Disorders, Co-Director - The Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
- Karen L. Swartz, MD, Myra S. Meyer Professor in Mood Disorders, Director of Clinical and Education Programs - The Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
- Jennifer M. Coughlin, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
- Susan Magsamen, Executive Director, International Arts + Mind Lab, Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics, Johns Hopkins University; Co-Director, NeuroArts Blueprint; Co-Author, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us, Baltimore, Maryland
MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- Sencan Solay Unal, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director - Pediatric Mood Disorders Clinic, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH)
- Ellen Leibenluft, MD, Chief, Unit on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Emotion and Development Branch - Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
- Robert A. Kowatch, MD, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice at the Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - CHILD STUDY CENTER
- F. Xavier Castellanos, MD, Brooke and Daniel Neidich Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, Director - Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience, Director of Research NYU Child Study Center, New York, New York
- Rachel G. Klein, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, Director - Institute for Anxiety and Mood Disorders, NYU Child Study Center, New York, New York
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- John T. Walkup, MD, Chair, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Margaret C. Osterman Professor of Psychiatry, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
- Mina K. Dulcan, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
- Katherine L. Wisner, MD, MS, Asher Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director - Asher Center for Research and Treatment of Depressive Disorders, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
- Eva E. Redei, Ph.D., Stein Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
- Robin Nusslock, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Director - Mood Disorders Laboratory, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
- Gunnbjorg Lavoll, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- Robert Shulman, MD, Acting Chair, Medical Director - Mental Health Service Line, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
- Christine I. Hooker, Ph.D., Stanley G. Harris Family Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Ronald L. Davis, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter, Florida
- Barbara J. Mason, Ph.D., Pearson Family Professor, Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, Director - Laboratory of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Co-Director - Pearson Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Research, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- Kiki D. Chang, MD, Former Professor, Director - Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Program, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
- Stephen V. Faraone, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry and Neuroscience & Physiology, Director - Genetics Research, Director - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
THE CHILD MIND INSTITUTE
- Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, President - The Child Mind Institute; Former Director - Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research; Founder and Former Director - NYU Child Study Center, New York, New York
UCLA
- Michael Strober, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Director - Adolescent Mood Disorders Program and Eating Disorders Program, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, and Stewart & Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- David J. Miklowitz, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
UCSF
- Matthew W. State, MD, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Psychiatry, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, California
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- T. Conrad Gilliam, Ph.D., Marjorie I. and Bernard A. Mitchell Professor and Dean for Research and Graduate Education, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Nancy J. Cox, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Section of Genetic Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Elliot S. Gershon, MD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Andrey Rzhetsky, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Section of Genetic Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
- C. Neill Epperson, MD, Robert Freedman Endowed Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry; Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
- Eric Youngstrom, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Department of Psychology, Associate Director - Center for Excellence in Research and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- John Hogenesch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER
- David Kupfer, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Past Chairman - Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chair - DSM-V Task Force.
- Ellen Frank, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Co-Director - Pittsburgh Bipolar Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- David A. Lewis, MD, Professor in Translational Neuroscience, Chair - Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Boris Birmaher, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Co-Director - Pittsburgh Bipolar Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Mary L. Phillips, MD, Professor in Psychiatry, Director of Functional Neuroimaging in Emotional Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Professor of Clinical Affective Neuroscience, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychological Medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK; Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK
- David Axelson, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical Director - Pittsburgh Bipolar Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Tina R. Goldstein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Rasim Somer Diler, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Medical Director of Inpatient Child and Adolescent Bipolar Services, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey; Honorary Professor and Consultant, Xi'an Jiatong University Brain Disease Hospital, Xi'an, China
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
- Jair C. Soares, MD, Professor and Chairman, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical School, Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
- Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, Ph.D., Marie B. Gale Centennial Professor and Vice Chair, Director - Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY - CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN/DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER
- David R. Rosenberg, MD, Chair of Child Psychiatry & Psychology, Professor & Miriam L. Hamburger Endowed Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
YALE UNIVERSITY - CHILD STUDY CENTER
- Linda C. Mayes, MD, Arnold Gesell Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology, Director, Yale Child Study Center; Special Advisor to the Dean, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
- Robert A. King, MD, Professor of Child Psychiatry, Medical Director - Tourette's/OCD Clinic, Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
- James F. Leckman, MD, Neison Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics, Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
- Andres Martin, MD, M.P.H., Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry & Psychiatry, Child Study Center, Medical Director - Children's Psychiatric Inpatient Service, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
- Joseph L. Woolston, MD, Albert J. Solnit Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
YALE UNIVERSITY
- Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D., Research Professor and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology & Professor of Child Psychiatry (Emeritus), Yale University Department of Psychology, New Haven, Connecticut
- Hilary Blumberg, MD, The John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience; Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and in the Child Study Center; Director, Mood Disorders Research Program; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
BIPOLAR COLLABORATIVE NETWORK
- Robert M. Post, MD, Founder - Bipolar Collaborative Network, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, George Washington University, Washington, DC and Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
AUSTRALIA
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY
- Michael Berk, Ph.D., Alfred Deakin Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Director - IMPACT Strategic Research Centre (Innovation in Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Treatment), Geelong, Australia; Professorial Research Fellow - The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Orygen Research Centre and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
CANADA
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
- Benjamin Goldstein, MD, Ph.D., FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
SPAIN
UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA
- Eduard Vieta, MD, Ph.D., Professor, Director of Research - Clinical Institute of Neuroscience, Director - Bipolar Disorders Program, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain