Chairperson
Volkow, Nora D., M.D. 11/30/2013
Director
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health, DHHS
Bethesda, MD 20892-9581
Members
Carelli, Regina M., Ph.D. 11/30/2016
Stephen B. Baxter Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
El-Bassel, Nabila, D.S.W. 11/30/2014
Professor
School of Social Work
Columbia University
New York, NY 10025
Hart, Carl L., Ph.D. 11/30/2015
Associate Professor
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology
Columbia University
New York, NY 10032
Hildreth, James E.K., Ph.D., M.D. 11/30/2016
Dean, College of Biological Sciences
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
Howell, Elizabeth F., M.D. 11/30/2014
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Clinical)
University of Utah School of Medicine
University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Jernigan, Terry L., Ph.D. 11/30/2015
Professor of Cognitive Science, Psychiatry, and Radiology
Center for Human Development
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0115
Kirk, Thomas A., Ph.D. 11/30/2014
Independent Health Care Consultant
Cheshire, CT 06410
Lenox, Robert, H., M.D. 11/30/2015
President
RHL Consulting, LLC
Biopharmaceutical Drug Discovery and Development
Harpswell, ME 04066
Lerman, Caryn E., Ph.D. 11/30/2013
Mary W. Calkins Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Director, Tobacco Use Research Center
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Lim, Kelvin O., M.D. 11/30/2015
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Mason, Barbara J., Ph.D. 11/30/2014
Professor
Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA 92037
Mayes, Linda Carol, M.D. 11/30/2013
Arnold Gesell Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology
Yale Child Study Center
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT 06520
Nader, Michael A., Ph.D. 11/30/2015
Professor
Department of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Radiology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1083
Picciotto, Marina, Ph.D. 11/30/2014
Charles B.G. Murphy Professor in Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT 06508
Rotrosen, John P., M.D. 11/30/2015
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
Department of VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
New York, NY 10010
Wolinsky, Steven, M., M.D. 11/30/2013
Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
The Feinberg Medical School
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL 60611
Zubieta, Jon-Kar, Ph.D., M.D. 11/30/2013
Phil F. Jenkins Endowed Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0720
Executive Secretary
Mark Swieter, Ph.D. 11/30/2033
Acting Director, Office of Extramural Affairs
Office of Extramural Affairs
Branch Chief, Extramural Activities Branch
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health, DHHS
Bethesda, MD 20892-8401
Ex-Officio Members
Collins, Francis S., M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892
Sebelius, Kathleen
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC 20201
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