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David A. Ross, MD, PhD

Executive Director

Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Alberta Health Services Chair in Mental Health Research
University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Melissa Arbuckle, MD, PhD

Senior Director

Professor of Psychiatry at CUIMC, Vice Chair for Education and Director of Resident Education in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute

Michael Travis, MD

Senior Director

Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Residency Training at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh

Joseph Cooper, MD

Co-Chair

Vice Chair for Education,
Residency Training Program Director, Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship Director,
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
University of Illinois at Chicago

Ashley Walker, MD

Co-Chair

Professor of Psychiatry
Residency Training Program Director
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine

Evan Kyzar, MD PhD

Director of Assessment and Impact

Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Leon Levy Fellow in Neuroscience, Attending Psychiatrist, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, NNCI Ambassador 2022-23

Jeremy Weleff, DO

Director of Engagement

Assistant Professor University of Alberta and Yale School of Medicine (Adjunct), NNCI Ambassador 2022-23

Executive Council

Mayada Akil, MD

Professor of Psychiatry
Vice Chair for Education; Director of the Residency Training Program
Georgetown University Hospital

Jane Eisen, MD

Professor in Residence of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Director, Center of Excellence in Depression and Anxiety Disorders, McLean Hospital

Maja Skikic, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Training Director of General Psychiatry Residency Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Hanna Stevens, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Division Director, Child Psychiatry; Ida P. Haller Chair
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Brain Trust

Erica Baller, MD, MS

Consultation-Liaison Attending Psychiatrist
T32 Neuropsychiatry Fellow
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Fenstermacher, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Children’s Hospital of Colorado
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Andrew Novick, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Elise Scott, MD

Lead Psychiatrist, Assistant Medical Director
Vanderbilt University Counseling Center

Tara Thompson-Felix, MD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow
T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Yale School of Medicine, Child Study Center

Liz Neeley

Senior Advisor for Science Communication

Bernice Yau, MD

Senior Fellow for Innovation in Medical Education