Scientific Council

The BBRF Scientific Council guides the Foundation to fund creative and impactful research relevant to the whole spectrum of mental illness.

The all-volunteer group of 195 pre-eminent mental health researchers rigorously evaluates every grant application, identifying the most promising, high-quality science. Research proposals are submitted from around the world. The BBRF Scientific Council reviews hundreds of grant applications submitted from around the world and selects the most promising research ideas with the greatest potential to lead to breakthroughs.

Scientific Council Listing


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Last Name: A
Ted Abel, Ph.D.
Abel
Anissa Abi-Dargham, M.D.
Abi-Dargham
Nii Addy, Ph.D.
Addy
Susanne E. Ahmari, M.D., Ph.D.
Ahmari
Olu Ajilore, M.D., Ph.D.
Ajilore
Schahram Akbarian, M.D., Ph.D.
Akbarian
Susan G. Amara, Ph.D.
Amara
Stewart A. Anderson, M.D.
Anderson
Nancy C. Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D.
Andreasen
Carmen Andreescu, M.D.
Andreescu
Victoria Arango, Ph.D.
Arango
Amy F.T. Arnsten, Ph.D.
Arnsten
Gary S. Aston-Jones, Ph.D.
Aston-Jones
Randy P. Auerbach, Ph.D.
Auerbach
Last Name: B
Tracy L. Bale, Ph.D.
Bale
Debra Bangasser, Ph.D.
Bangasser
Jay M. Baraban, M.D., Ph.D.
Baraban
Tallie Z. Baram, M.D., Ph.D.
Baram
Deanna M. Barch, Ph.D.
Barch
Samuel H. Barondes, M.D.
Barondes
Carrie E. Bearden, Ph.D.
Bearden
Francine M. Benes, M.D., Ph.D.
Benes
Karen F. Berman, M.D.
Berman
Wade H. Berrettini, M.D., Ph.D.
Berrettini
Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.
Blakely
Julie A. Blendy, Ph.D.
Blendy
Pierre Blier, M.D., Ph.D.
Blier
Hilary P. Blumberg, M.D.
Blumberg
Vadim Bolshakov, Ph.D.
Bolshakov
Antonello Bonci, M.D.
Bonci
Kathleen T. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.
Brady
Kristen J. Brennand, Ph.D.
Brennand
Robert W. Buchanan, M.D.
Buchanan
Peter F. Buckley, M.D.
Buckley
William E. Bunney, Jr., M.D.
Bunney
Joseph D. Buxbaum, Ph.D.
Buxbaum
Last Name: C
Tyrone D. Cannon, Ph.D.
Cannon
William A. Carlezon, Ph.D.
Carlezon
William T. Carpenter, Jr., M.D.
Carpenter
Cameron S. Carter, M.D.
Carter
Edwin H. Cook, M.D.
Cook
Richard Coppola, D.Sc.
Coppola
Ronald L. Cowan, M.D., Ph.D.
Cowan
Christopher W. Cowan, Ph.D.
Cowan
Joseph T. Coyle, M.D.
Coyle
Jacqueline N. Crawley, Ph.D.
Crawley
Kathryn R. Cullen, M.D.
Cullen
Last Name: D
Zafiris J. Daskalakis, M.D., Ph.D.
Daskalakis
Karl A. Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.
Deisseroth
J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr., M.D.
DePaulo
Robert Desimone, Ph.D.
Desimone
Ariel Y. Deutch, Ph.D.
Deutch
Ralph J. DiLeone, Ph.D.
DiLeone
Lisa Beth Dixon, M.D., M.P.H.
Dixon
Wayne C. Drevets, M.D.
Drevets
Kafui Dzirasa, M.D., Ph.D.
Dzirasa
Last Name: F
André A. Fenton, Ph.D.
Fenton
Robert L. Findling, M.D.
Findling
Cecilia Flores, Ph.D.
Flores
Stan B. Floresco, Ph.D.
Floresco
Erika E. Forbes, Ph.D.
Forbes
Judith M. Ford, Ph.D.
Ford
Alan Frazer, Ph.D.
Frazer
Robert R. Freedman, M.D.
Freedman
Last Name: G
Aurelio Galli, Ph.D.
Galli
Mark S. George, M.D.
George
Elliot S. Gershon, M.D.
Gershon
Mark A. Geyer, Ph.D.
Geyer
Jay N. Giedd, M.D.
Giedd
Jay Adam Gingrich, M.D., Ph.D.
Gingrich
James M. Gold, Ph.D.
Gold
David Goldman, M.D., Ph.D.
Goldman
Andrea Goldschmidt, Ph.D.
Goldschmidt
Rita Z. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Goldstein
Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
Gordon
Elizabeth Gould, Ph.D.
Gould
Anthony A. Grace, Ph.D.
Grace
Dorothy E. Grice, M.D.
Grice
Raquel E. Gur, M.D., Ph.D.
Gur
Last Name: H
Suzanne N. Haber, Ph.D.
Haber
Philip D. Harvey, Ph.D.
Harvey
Stephan Heckers, M.D.
Heckers
René Hen, Ph.D.
Hen
Takao K. Hensch, Ph.D.
Hensch
Elliott L. Hong, M.D.
Hong
Laura M. Huckins, Ph.D.
Huckins
Yasmin L. Hurd, Ph.D.
Hurd
Last Name: I
Robert B. Innis, M.D., Ph.D.
Innis
Alicia Izquierdo, Ph.D.
Izquierdo
Last Name: J
Jonathan A. Javitch, M.D., Ph.D.
Javitch
Daniel C. Javitt, M.D., Ph.D.
Javitt
Shafali Spurling Jeste, M.D.
Jeste
Dilip V. Jeste, M.D.
Jeste
Last Name: K
René S. Kahn, M.D., Ph.D.
Kahn
Ned H. Kalin, M.D.
Kalin
Peter W. Kalivas, Ph.D.
Kalivas
Eric R. Kandel, M.D.
Kandel
Thomas L. Kash, Ph.D.
Kash
Ege T. Kavalali, Ph.D.
Kavalali
Richard S.E. Keefe, Ph.D.
Keefe
Christoph B. Kellendonk, Ph.D.
Kellendonk
Martin B. Keller, M.D.
Keller
John R. Kelsoe, M.D.
Kelsoe
Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D.
Kendler
James L. Kennedy, M.D.
Kennedy
Robert M. Kessler, M.D.
Kessler
Mazen Kheirbek, Ph.D.
Kheirbek
Mary-Claire King, Ph.D.
King
Arnold R. Kriegstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Kriegstein
John H. Krystal, M.D.
Krystal
Last Name: L
Cecile D. Ladouceur, Ph.D.
Ladouceur
Amanda J. Law BSc (Hons), MSc, Ph.D.
Law
James F. Leckman, M.D., Ph.D.
Leckman
Ellen Lee, M.D.
Lee
Francis S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Lee
Robert H. Lenox, M.D.
Lenox
David A. Lewis, M.D.
Lewis
Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D.
Lieberman
Gregory A. Light, Ph.D.
Light
Kelvin O. Lim, M.D.
Lim
Sarah H. Lisanby, M.D.
Lisanby
Daniel J. Lodge, Ph.D.
Lodge
Joan L. Luby, M.D.
Luby
Irwin Lucki, Ph.D.
Lucki
Beatriz Luna, Ph.D.
Luna
Gary Lynch, Ph.D.
Lynch
Last Name: M
Robert C. Malenka, M.D., Ph.D.
Malenka
Anil K. Malhotra, M.D.
Malhotra
J. John Mann, M.D.
Mann
John S. March, M.D., M.P.H.
March
Stephen A. Maren, Ph.D.
Maren
Keri Martinowich, Ph.D.
Martinowich
Daniel H. Mathalon, M.D., Ph.D.
Mathalon
Helen S. Mayberg, M.D.
Mayberg
Carla Mazefsky, Ph.D.
Mazefsky
Colleen A. McClung, Ph.D.
McClung
Ronald McKay, Ph.D.
McKay
James H. Meador-Woodruff, M.D.
Meador-Woodruff
Herbert Y. Meltzer, M.D.
Meltzer
Kathleen R. Merikangas, Ph.D.
Merikangas
Guo-li Ming, M.D., Ph.D.
Ming
Karoly Mirnics, M.D.
Mirnics
Bita T. Moghaddam, Ph.D.
Moghaddam
Lisa M. Monteggia, Ph.D.
Monteggia
David A. Morilak, Ph.D.
Morilak
Last Name: N
Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D.
Nemeroff
Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D.
Nestler
Thomas C. Neylan, M.D.
Neylan
Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D.
Nierenberg
Last Name: O
Patricio O'Donnell, M.D., Ph.D.
O'Donnell
Dost Ongur, M.D., Ph.D.
Ongur
Maria A. Oquendo, M.D., Ph.D.
Oquendo
Last Name: P
Martin P. Paulus, M.D.
Paulus
Godfrey D. Pearlson, M.D.
Pearlson
Peter Penzes, Ph.D.
Penzes
Mary L. Phillips M.D., M.D. (Cantab)
Phillips
Marina R. Picciotto, Ph.D.
Picciotto
Daniel S. Pine, M.D.
Pine
Robert M. Post, M.D.
Post
James B. Potash, M.D., M.P.H.
Potash
Susan B. Powell, Ph.D.
Powell
Last Name: R
Pasko Rakic, M.D., Ph.D.
Rakic
Judith L. Rapoport, M.D.
Rapoport
Perry F. Renshaw, M.D., Ph.D.
Renshaw
Kerry J. Ressler, M.D., Ph.D.
Ressler
Victoria B. Risbrough, Ph.D.
Risbrough
Carolyn I. Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D.
Rodriguez
Bryan L. Roth, M.D., Ph.D.
Roth
Laura M. Rowland, Ph.D.
Rowland
Scott J. Russo, Ph.D.
Russo
Last Name: S
Gerard Sanacora, M.D., Ph.D.
Sanacora
Akira Sawa, M.D., Ph.D.
Sawa
Alan F. Schatzberg, M.D.
Schatzberg
Nina R. Schooler, Ph.D.
Schooler
Robert Schwarcz, Ph.D.
Schwarcz
Yvette I. Sheline, M.D.
Sheline
David A. Silbersweig, M.D.
Silbersweig
Vikaas Singh Sohal, M.D., Ph.D.
Sohal
Matthew W. State, M.D., Ph.D.
State
Murray B. Stein, M.D., MPH, F.R.C.P.C.
Stein
Joanna E. Steinglass, M.D.
Steinglass
Stephen M. Strakowski, M.D.
Strakowski
Last Name: T
Carol A. Tamminga, M.D.
Tamminga
Laurence H. Tecott, M.D., Ph.D.
Tecott
Last Name: V
Flora M. Vaccarino, M.D., Ph.D.
Vaccarino
Rita J. Valentino, Ph.D.
Valentino
Jeremy M. Veenstra-VanderWeele, M.D.
Veenstra-VanderWeele
Susan Voglmaier, M.D., Ph.D.
Voglmaier
Aristotle N. Voineskos, M.D., Ph.D.
Voineskos
Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
Volkow
Last Name: W
Karen Dineen Wagner, M.D., Ph.D.
Wagner
Daniel R. Weinberger, M.D.
Weinberger
Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D.
Weissman
Last Name: Y
Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D.
Yehuda
L. Trevor Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Young
Jared W. Young, Ph.D.
Young
Last Name: Z
Carlos A. Zarate, Jr., M.D.
Zarate
Jon-Kar Zubieta, M.D., Ph.D.
Zubieta

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