National Advisory Mental Health Council Roster
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health
National Advisory Mental Health Council
(Terms end 9/30 of designated year)
Chairperson
Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D.
Acting Director
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Executive Secretary
Elizabeth Church, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Members

Olusola Ajilore, M.D., Ph.D. (25)
Professor
Director, Mood, and Anxiety Disorders Program
Department of Psychiatry
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL

Rinad S. Beidas, Ph.D. (26)
Ralph Seal Paffenberg Professor
Chair, Department of Medical Social Sciences
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Daniel H. Gillison, Jr. (25)
Director
Chief Executive Officer
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Arlington, VA

Angus W. MacDonald, III, Ph.D. (26)
Professor and Director of Clinical Training
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Velma McBride Murry, Ph.D. (25)
Lois Autrey Betts Endowed Chair
Associate Provost, Office of Research and Innovation
University Distinguished Professor
Departments of Health Policy & Human and Organizational Development
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Jyotishman Pathak, Ph.D. (26)
Frances & John L. Loeb Professor of Medical Informatics
Department of Population Health Sciences
Weill Cornell Medicine
Cornell University
New York City, NY

Laura Scott, Ph.D., M.P.H. (25)
Research Professor
Department of Biostatistics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Ex Officio Members
Office of the Secretary, DHHS
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Office of the Secretary, DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC
National Institutes of Health

Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Liaison Representative

Anita Everett, M.D. DFAPA
Director
Center for Mental Health Services
HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Rockville, MD