The Annual ADAA Conference Committee is responsible for working with the ADAA Board of Directors on the program theme, invited sessions, and ensuring a wide range of submissions across mood disorders and disciplines. The ADAA conference committee also ensures that ADAA follows best practices in the peer review process.
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2026 Committee Co-Chairs

Heide Klumpp, PhD
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Psychology
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

Olusola Alade Ajilore, MD, PhD
Center for Depression and Resilience Professor
Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
ADAA Board Liaison
- Jill M. Emanuele, PhD, ABPP
Clinical & Practice Sub-Committee
- Rachel Busman, PsyD, ABPP
- Ceci Westbrook, MD, PhD
Early Career Representative
- Rachel Lippin-Foster, LCSW
Depression Expert and Representative
- Manish Jha, MD
Poster Award Representatives
- Cecilia A. Hinojosa, PhD
- Grace Berman, LCSW
2026 CDLP Committee
Research Track
- Nathaniel Harnett, PhD
- Antonia Seligowski, PhD
Clinical Track
- Tejal Jakatdar, PhD
- Krystal Lewis, PhD
ADAA Scientific Council Liaison
- Alicia E. Meuret, PhD
ADAA Staff Liaison
- Tori Smith, Parthenon Management Group