Scientific Council Members

ADAA's Scientific Council (SC) brings together mid-and senior-level researchers ADAA members committed to driving innovation and ensuring ADAA remains at the forefront of advancing research, education and treatment for anxiety, depression and related disorders.
 

Full Scientific Council Members List

Alicia E Meuret, PhD - Chair
Southern Methodist University

James Murrough, MD, PhD - Vice Chair
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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

Edward Craighead, MD
Emory University

Michelle Craske, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Darin Dougherty, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Norah C. Feeny, PhD
Case Western Reserve

Edna B. Foa, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Brendan Gibb, PhD
Binghamton University, SUNY

Golda S. Ginsburg, PhD
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Wayne Goodman, MD
Baylor College of Medicine

John M. Hettema, MD, PhD
Texas A&M University

Dina Hirshfeld-Becker, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Stefan G. Hofmann, PhD
Boston University

Elizabeth Hoge, MD
Georgetown University Hospital

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

Michael R. Liebowitz, MD
Medical Research Network

Douglas S. Mennin, PhD 
Teachers College, Columbia University

Alicia Meuret, PhD - Scientific Council Chair
Southern Methodist University

James Murrough, MD, PhD - Scientific Council Vice Chair
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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

John Piacentini PhD, ABPP
University of California, Los Angeles

Katharine A. Phillips, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College

Daniel S. Pine, MD
National Institute of Mental Health

Diego A. Pizzagalli, PhD
Harvard Medical School

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

Victoria Risbrough, PhD
University of California, San Diego

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

Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Noam Soreni, MD
McMaster University

Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH
University of California, San Diego

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

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

*This list of members is subject to change. 

SC Application Process: If interested in learning more about the responsibilities, time commitments, and benefits of joining the SC, you must first contact ADAA Executive Director, Susan Gurley at sgurley@adaa.org. Susan and the Chair of the SC, Alicia Meuret, PhD, will set up a call with interested members to discuss the SC and the application process in detail.