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Councils and Committees

Scientific Council

J. Raymond DePaulo Jr., M.D., Chair+
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

David A. Brent, M.D.+
University of Pittsburgh

Yeates Conwell, M.D.+
University of Rochester

Dwight L. Evans, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania

John F. Greden, M.D.
University of Michigan

Gretchen Haas, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh

Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

J. John Mann, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Peter M. Marzuk, M.D.+
Cornell Medical Center

Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D.
Emory University School of Medicine

Ghanshyam Pandey, Ph.D.
University of Illinois, Chicago

Charles F. Reynolds, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh

Jerrold Rosenbaum, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital

David Shaffer, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Morton M. Silverman, M.D.
University of Chicago

Myrna Weissman, Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Jan Fawcett, M.D.
(Honorary Member)

University of New Mexico

Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D.
(Honorary Member)

University of Texas, Galveston

Paula J. Clayton, M.D.+
Medical Director

Ann P. Haas, Ph.D. (Staff)
Director of Prevention Projects

Stephen H. Koslow, Ph.D. (Staff)+
Research Director

Phil Rodgers, Ph.D. (Staff)
Program Evaluation Specialist

Howard Sudak, M.D. (Staff)
Scientific Review Coordinator

+ Member of the Research Grants Committee

Scientific Advisors

John Alpert, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital

Alan Apter, M.D.
Schneider Children's Medical Center, Israel

Victoria Arango, Ph.D.+
Columbia University Medical Center

Joan Asarnow, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles

Annette Beautrais, Ph.D.
Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand

Aaron T. Beck, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania

Charles Bowden, M.D.
University of Texas, San Antonio

Jeffrey Bridge, Ph.D.
Ohio State University

C. Hendricks Brown, Ph.D.
University of South Florida

Gregory Brown, Ph.D.+
University of Pennsylvania

Juan Bustillo, M.D.
University of New Mexico

Gabrielle Carlson, M.D.+
SUNY Stony Brook University, NY

Linda Chaudron, M.D.
University of Rochester, NY

Emil Coccaro, M.D.+
University of Chicago

Katherine Comtois, Ph.D.
University of Washington, WA

Kenneth Conner, Psy.D., M.P.H.
University of Rochester, NY

Edwin H. Cook Jr., M.D.
University of Chicago

William Coryell, M.D.+
University of Iowa

Anthony R. D'Augelli, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University

Bernard Devlin, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh

Paul Duberstein, Ph.D.
University of Rochester, NY

Yogesh Dwivedi, Ph.D.
University of Illinois

Andrew Dwork, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Christianne Esposito-Smythers, Ph.D.
Brown University

Maurizio Fava, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital

David Fergusson, Ph.D.
Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand

Prudence Fisher, Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Steven Garlow, M.D., Ph.D.
Emory University

David Goldston, Ph.D.+
Duke University

Frederick K. Goodwin, M.D.
George Washington University Medical Center

Madelyn S. Gould, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Columbia University Medical Center

Laurence Greenhill, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

John Gunderson, M.D.
McLean Hospital, Harvard University

David Gunnell, Ph.D.
University of Bristol, England

Jill Harkavy-Friedman, Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Gregor Henderson
Scotland

Paul Holinger, M.D.
Rush-Presbyterian, Chicago

Thomas Hyde, M.D., Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health

David Jobes, Ph.D.
The Catholic University of America,
Washington, DC

Lewis Judd, M.D.
University of California, San Diego

Nav Kapur, M.D.
University of Manchester, England

Nadine Kaslow, Ph.D.+
Emory University

Ira Katz, M.D., Ph.D.
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs

Gary Kennedy, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY

James Kennedy, M.D.
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada

Murad M. Khan, M.D.
Aga Khan University, Pakistan

Cheryl King, Ph.D.+
University of Michigan

Joel E. Kleinman, M.D., Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health

Kerry Knox, Ph.D.
University of Rochester, NY

Andrew Leon, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Alan Lipschitz, M.D.
GlaxoSmithKline

Jouko Lönnqvist, M.D., Ph.D.
National Public Health Institute, Finland

Kevin Malone, M.D., M.R.C.P.I., M.R.C.Psych.
St. Vincent's University Hospital, Ireland

Elizabeth McCauley, Ph.D.+
University of Washington, WA

Francis McMahon, M.D.
National Institute of Mental Health

Lars Mehlum, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Oslo, Norway

Nadine Melhem, Ph.D., M.P.H.
University of Pittsburgh

Ivan Miller, Ph.D.
Brown University

David Nielsen, Ph.D.
Rockefeller University

Andrew Nierenberg, M.D.
Partners Healthcare System Inc.

Meret Nordentoft, Ph.D.
Bispebjerg Hospital, Denmark

Charles P. O'Brien, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania

Rory O'Connor, Ph.D.
University of Stirling, Scotland

Mark Olfson, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Maria Oquendo, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Gregory Ordway, Ph.D.+
Quillen College of Medicine, TN

James Overholser, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University

Jose Pardo, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Minnesota

Ramin Parsey, M.D., Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Jane Pearson, Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health

Cynthia Pfeffer, M.D.
Cornell University Medical College

Dan Pilowsky, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Jane Pirkis, Ph.D.
University of Melbourne, Australia

Stephen Platt, Ph.D.
University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Kelly Posner, Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

James B. Potash, M.D., M.P.H.+
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Holly Prigerson, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School

Johanne Renaud, M.D.
McGill University

Steven Romano, M.D.
Pfizer Inc.

Alec Roy, M.D.
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey

David Rudd, Ph.D.
University of Utah

Stephen Russell, Ph.D.
University of Arizona

Moira Rynn, M.D.
Columbia University

Irwin Sandler, Ph.D.
Arizona State University

Alan Schatzberg, M.D.
Stanford University

Katherine Shear, M.D.+
Columbia University School of Social Work

Larry Siever, M.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Andrew Slaby, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
New York University Medical School

Paul Soloff, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh

Anthony Spirito, Ph.D.+
Brown University

Barbara Stanley, Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Craig Stockmeier, Ph.D.
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Katalin Szántó, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh

Michael Thase, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania

Elaine Thompson, Ph.D.
Washington State University

Madhukar Trivedi, M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Gustavo Turecki, M.D., Ph.D.
McGill University, Canada

Mark Underwood, Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Helena Verdeli, Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Lakshmi Vijaykumar, M.D.
SNEHA and Voluntary Health Services, India

Danuta Wasserman, M.D.
Stockholm, Sweden

Elizabeth Weller, M.D.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Amy Wenzel, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania

James David Wines Jr., M.D., M.P.H.
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Peter Wyman, Ph.D.
University of Rochester, NY

John M. Zajecka, M.D.
Rush-Presbyterian, Chicago

Sidney Zisook, M.D.
University of California, San Diego

+ Member of the Research Grants Committee

Chapter Leadership Council

Richard B. Kirchhoff, D.D.S., Chair

Franklin Cook

Nancy Farrell
Regina Villa Associates

Shirley Kaminsky

Susan Kelleher

Mary Weiler

Michael Lamma
Director of Field Management (Staff)

Public Policy Council

Michael Ballard, Chair

Keith Cherry, Ph.D.
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Charley Curie
The Curie Group LLC

J. Raymond DePaulo Jr., M.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Nancy Farrell
Regina Villa Associates

Sean Gerow

Carol Graham

Arana Greenberg

Sean Joe

Laurie Raines

Anne Reinke

Charles F. Reynolds, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh

Leslie Scallet

Robert Gebbia
Executive Director

Survivor Council

Robert A. Antonioni, Esq., Chair
Massachusetts

Karyl Chastain Beal
Tennessee

Franklin Cook
South Dakota

Joan Schweizer Hoff
Oregon

Sue Klebold
Colorado

Doreen Shultz Marshall
Georgia

Mary Pat McMahon
Massachusetts

Donna Scott
Missouri

Edmond Yomtoob
Illinois

John R. Jordan, Ph.D.
Professional Advisor

Joanne L. Harpel, J.D., M.Phil.
Director of Survivor Initiatives (Staff)

Rebecca Thorp
Survivor Initiatives Manager (Staff)

Development Committee

Andrew Rogoff, Esq., Chair
Pepper Hamilton LLP

J. Thomas Bentley

Mark Brookshire

David A. Dodd

Norman Fine
Steinberg Global Asset Management

Robert Nau

David Norton
Johnson & Johnson

Paul Perrymore

Kelly Posner, Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Andrew E. Slaby, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
New York University Medical School

Lawrence Sprung
Mitlin Financial Inc.

Kate Tuttle

Alan Weeks

Robert Gebbia
Executive Director

Finance Committee

Steve Siple, Chair
Regions Financial Corp.

Christopher Anderson

Norman Fine
Steinberg Global Asset Management

Gretchen Haas, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh

Andrew Rogoff, Esq.
Pepper Hamilton LLP

Paula J. Clayton, M.D.
Medical Director

Robert Gebbia
Executive Director

Alisa Lycheva
Director of Finance and Administration (Staff)

Governance/Nominating Committee

Norman Fine, Chair
Steinberg Global Asset Management

Andrew Rogoff, Esq., Vice Chair
Pepper Hamilton LLP

Cathryn M. Clary, M.D.
Pfizer Inc.

J. Raymond DePaulo Jr., M.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

David A. Dodd
BioReliance Corp.

Maury Lieberman

J. John Mann, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Robert Nau

Andrew E. Slaby, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
New York University Medical School

Paula J. Clayton, M.D.
Medical Director

Robert Gebbia
Executive Director

Michael Student
Legal Counsel

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