Full Scientific Council Members List
Victoria Risbrough, PhD - Chair
University of California San Diego
Diego Pizzagalli, PhD - Vice Chair
McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
James Abelson, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
Anne Marie Albano, PhD, ABPP
Columbia University
Gordon J.G. Asmundson, PhD
University of Regina-Regina Health District
James C. Ballenger, MD — Emeritus
Jeremy Coplan, MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Edward Craighead, MD
Emory University
Michelle Craske, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Kathleen Delaney, PhD, PMH-NP, FAAN
Rush University Medical Center
Darin Dougherty, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Norah Feeny, PhD
Case Western Reserve University
Edna Foa, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Brendan Gibb, PhD
Binghamton University, SUNY
Andrew W. Goddard, MD
Monterey County
Wayne Goodman, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Richard Heimberg, PhD
Temple University
John Hettema, MD, PhD
Texas A&M health Science Center College of Medicine
Dina Hirshfeld-Becker, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Stefan G. Hofmann, PhD
Boston University
Elizabeth Hoge, MD
Georgetown University Hospital
Eric Hollander, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Paul Holtzheimer, MD
Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
Ned Kalin, MD
University of Wisconsin
Terence M. Keane, PhD
National Center for PTSD/Boston VA Healthcare System/
Boston University School of Medicine
Ronald C. Kessler, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Joseph LeDoux, PhD — Emeritus
New York University
Michael R. Liebowitz, MD
Medical Research Network
Alison C. McLeish, PhD
University of Louisville
Douglas S. Mennin, PhD
Teachers College, Columbia University
Alicia Meuret, PhD
Southern Methodist University
Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD
Dell Medical School/The University of Texas at Austin
Fugen Neziroglu, PhD, ABPP
Bio-Behavioral Institute, NY
Thomas Ollendick, PhD
Virginia Tech
Martin Paulus, MD
Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Katharine A. Phillips, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
John Piacentini, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel S. Pine, MD
National Institute of Mental Health
Mark H. Pollack, MD
Myriad Neuroscience
Mark H. Rapaport, MD
The University of Utah/Huntsman Mental Health Institute
Scott Rauch, MD
McLean Hospital
Sheila Rauch, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine
Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP
Emory University School of Medicine
Franklin Schneier, MD
New York State Psychiatric Institute
M. Katherine Shear, MD
Columbia University
Naomi Simon, MD, MSc
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
H. Blair Simpson, MD, PhD
The Center for OCD and Related Disorders at Columbia University
Jasper Smits, PhD
The University of Texas at Austin
Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Noam Soreni, MD
McMaster University
Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH
University of California, San Diego
Michael Telch, PhD
The University of Texas at Austin
Michael Edward Thase, MD
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Michael Van Ameringen MD FRCPC
McMaster University
Karen Wagner, MD, PhD
University of Texas
John Walkup, MD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Risa Weisberg, PhD
VA Boston Healthcare System
Myrna M. Weissman, PhD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Julie Wetherell, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Sabine Wilhelm, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Lori Zoellner, PhD
University of Washington
About the Scientific Council
This ADAA Scientific Council (SC) is comprised of mid- and senior-level basic and clinical researchers committed to the organization. The purpose of the SC is to contribute scientific expertise and mentorship, actively grow membership and encourage participation among colleagues, students and fellows, and volunteer to participate in projects that maintain ADAA’s leading edge in research, dissemination, treatment and advocacy.
Applicants must be current ADAA members at the rank or equivalent of associate professor or higher. Candidates should be active in ADAA, present at the conference, and participate in review and other committees. Individuals may apply or be nominated to serve a four-year term. To accomplish ADAA’s mission, it is critical that members of the Scientific Council participate and are visible at the conference by presenting and mentoring as well as encouraging colleagues to join and attend the conference, publish in Depression & Anxiety, and respond to queries for expert input on relevant issues about research needs, funding and priorities.
SC members are expected to meet the following minimum responsibilities and renewal on the Council will be evaluated based on participation:
- Maintain annual professional membership throughout term
- Participate in the Scientific Council meeting held at the conference at least twice during four-year term
- Attend one ADAA Annual Conference at least twice during four-year term
- Advance ADAA’s scientific mission through active service. Individuals can meet this annual commitment in several ways (minimum of two):
- Review research submissions for the Annual Conference (late September)
- Review poster submissions for the Annual Conference (late November/early December)Serve on the Scientific Research Symposium subcommittee
- Serve as a mentor for award winners at the conference, including but
- Participate in a SC initiatives such as development of scientific content for the ADAA website (i.e. blog posts, trends in clinical practice, response statements for the media)
- Chair a Standing Committee, Special Interest Group or Conference Sub-Committee