ASCP is beyond fortunate to have members, from every career phase, passionately serving our mission.  It is because of our committees that we are able to carry forth our mission and advance the science and practice of clinical psychopharmacology. We are thankful for the time, talent, and expertise that they bring to our organization! We invite you to learn more about our committees by clicking on the respective section below.

Awards Committee

Responsible for reviewing Lifetime Achievement and Best Paper in the JCP Award nominee applications and selecting the recipients

Committee Members:

  • Ahmed Ahmed, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine

  • Andrea Boscutti, M.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center At Houston

  • Anita Clayton, M.D., University of Virginia SOM Dept of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences

  • Lee Cohen, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health, Boston, MA

  • Maurizio Fava, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital

  • Joseph Goldberg, M.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • Rebecca Hendrickson, M.D., Ph.D., VA Puget Sound Health Care System

  • Sanjay J. Mathew, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine

  • Nicholas Murphy, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine

  • Henry Nasrallah, M.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

  • Reem Neal, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  • Thulasi R Reddy, M.D., Creedmoor Psychiatric Center

  • Tiffany Schwasinger-Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D., University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita

  • Robert C. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., NYU Medical School

  • Madhukar Trivedi, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center

Annual Meeting New Investigator Award (NIA) Committee

Responsible for reviewing the New Investigator Award applicants for the ASCP Annual Meeting and selecting the recipients.

Committee Members:

  • Mahavir Agarwal, M.D.,Ph.D., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada

  • Elizabeth Ballard, Ph.D., National  Institute of Mental Health

  • Lori Davis, M.D., Veterans Affairs Medical Center

  • Walter Dunn, M.D.,Ph.D., West Los Angeles VA Medical Center/UCLA

  • Tiffany Farchione, M.D., US Food and Drug Administration

  • Margaret Grabb, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health

  • Bruce Kinon, M.D., MycoMedica Life Sciences

  • Ivan Montoya, M.D.,M.P.H., DHHS/National Institute on Drug Abuse

  • Katharine Phillips, M.D., Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

  • Mark Rapaport, M.D., University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute

  • Nina Schooler, Ph.D., SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center

  • Holly Swartz, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Committee for a Comprehensive Curriculum

 Primarily responsible for creating and updating educational materials.

Committee Members:

  • Rebecca Allen, M.D., M.P.H., Seattle Neuropsychiatric Treatment Center

  • Subhadeep Barman, M.D., Aurora Health Care

  • Jeffrey Bennett, M.D., Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

  • Leslie Citrome, M.D., M.P.H., New York Medical College

  • Lawrence Cohen, B.A., Pharm.D., UNT System College of Pharmacy/ Regulatory Insurance Advisors

  • Donald Egan, M.D., M.P.H., UT Southwestern

  • Gemma Espejo, M.D., University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

  • Charles Gillespie, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine

  • Joseph Goldberg, M.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • Vikas Gupta, M.D., M.P.H., Massachussets General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

  • Sina Hafizi, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba

  • Gonzalo Laje, M.D., WBMA, LLC

  • Stacy LaMorgese, M.Sc., Divorce Doctors, PLLC

  • Matthew Macaluso, D.O., The University of Alabama At Birmingham

  • Matej Markota, M.D., Mayo Clinic

  • Jadwiga Martynowicz, Other, Neokee Pharma Consulting, LLC

  • Huma Nayani, DNP,NP, Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents

  • Andrew Olagunju, M.D.,M.Sc.,Ph.D., McMaster University

  • Obiora Onwuameze, M.D., Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

  • Thulasi R Reddy, M.D., Creedmoor Psychiatric Center

  • Gerard Sanacora, M.D.,Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

  • Morgan Schmidt, M.D., Naval Medical Center San Diego

  • Tiffany Schwasinger-Schmidt, M.D.,Ph.D., University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita

  • Mujeeb Shad, M.D.,Other, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  • Richard Shelton, M.D., University of Alabama At Birmingham

  • Eric Wexler, M.D.,Ph.D., Modernbrains

  • Chuanzhong Ye, M.D.,Ph.D., TPMG

Early Career Committee

Primarily responsible for engaging potential young/early career members in ASCP membership and increase existing young/early career member participation in the Society

Committee Members:

  • Alexandra Aaronson, M.D.,M.Sc., Edward Hines VA Hospital, 116-A Department of Psychaitry
  • Ahmed Ahmed, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine
  • Keren Bachi, Ph.D., The Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Elizabeth Ballard, Ph.D., National  Institute of Mental Health
  • Raman Baweja, M.D., Penn State College of Medicine
  • Andrea Boscutti, M.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center At Houston
  • Greta Bushnell, Ph.D., Rutgers University
  • Ahmet Ceceli, Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai
  • Cynthia  Cohen, M.D., Other
  • Joao De Aquino, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
  • Nicholas DeMartinis, M.D., Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.
  • Zhi-De Deng, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
  • Sara Di Luch, B.Sc., University Health Network
  • Amvrine Ganguly, M.D., Mayo Clinic Health System
  • Charles Gillespie, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine
  • Rishab Gupta, M.D., Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • Sina Hafizi, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba
  • Ming-Fen Ho, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic
  • Jennifer Holton, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine
  • Rana Jawish, M.D., University of Utah School of Medicine
  • Danica Johnson, B.Sc., University of Toronto
  • Boney Joseph, M.D., Mayo Clinic
  • Erica Kaczmarek, B.Sc., University of Toronto
  • Rida Khan, M.D., Westchester Medical Center
  • Katharine Liang, M.D.,Ph.D., VA Puget Sound Health Care System
  • Luigi Loizzo, D.O., Univ. of Missouri--Kansas City School of Medicine
  • Jennifer Nicoloro-SantaBarbara, Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • Brittany Obrien, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
  • Adeolu Oladunjoye, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine
  • George Papakostas, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Tapan Parikh, M.D.,M.P.H., Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago
  • Joseph Quevedo, Ph.D., Floridian Clinical Research
  • Kathryn Ridout, Other, TPMG
  • Ritvij Satodiya, M.D., New York University
  • Morgan Schmidt, M.D., Naval Medical Center San Diego
  • Balwinder Singh, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
  • Mercedes Szpunar, M.D.,Ph.D., Hoag Maternal Mental Health Program
  • Ynhi Thomas, M.D.,M.P.H.,M.Sc., Baylor College of Medicine & Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
  • Dionne Williams, Ph.D., Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Drexel University
  • Nur Eken, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry
Inclusivity Committee

Responsible for increasing diversity among ASCP members including age, culture, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, and sexual orientation

Committee Members:

  • Alexandra Aaronson, M.D.,M.Sc., Edward Hines VA Hospital, 116-A Department of Psychaitry

  • Vishesh Agarwal, M.D., ChristianaCare

  • Raman Baweja, M.D., Penn State College of Medicine

  • Badari Birur, M.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham

  • Brenda Cabrera Mendoza, M.D.,Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University

  • Hannah Campbell, M.D.,Ph.D., Duke University

  • Crystal Clark, M.D., University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital

  • Sara Di Luch, B.Sc., University Health Network

  • Gemma Espejo, M.D., University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

  • Amvrine Ganguly, M.D., Mayo Clinic Health System

  • Charles Gillespie, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine

  • Gilmar Gutierrez, M.D., Queen's University Faculty of Medicine

  • Alexander Herman, M.D.,Ph.D., The University of Minnesota

  • Robert Howland, M.D., UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

  • Danica Johnson, B.Sc., University of Toronto

  • Helena Kim, FRCPC,M.D.,Ph.D., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto

  • Nidhi Kulkarni, Ph.D., Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder, CAMH

  • Neelima Kunam, M.D., Inland Psychiatric Medical Group

  • Renee Martin-Willett, M.A.,Ph.D., The University of Colorado Boulder

  • Nivedita Nadkarni, M.D., Essentia health

  • Andrew Olagunju, M.D.,M.Sc.,Ph.D., McMaster University

  • Obiora Onwuameze, M.D., Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

  • Minkyung Park, M.D., UTSW Medical Center Dallas

  • Aishwarya Prasad, M.D.,M.P.H., Northwest Clinical Research Center

  • Maria Saliba, M.D., MayoClinic

  • Emily Smith, B.Sc., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto

  • Louisa Steinberg, M.D., ICON Plc

  • Nicolette Stogios, B.Sc.,Ph.D., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto

  • Trisha Suppes, M.D.,Ph.D., Stanford University

  • Ynhi Thomas, M.D.,M.P.H.,M.Sc., Baylor College of Medicine & Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

  • Rodney Villanueva, M.D., Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte

  • Carlos Zarate, M.D., National  Institute of Mental Health

Industry Advisory Council

Oversees the Annual Meeting by working with the Program Committee to design the conference to attract panels and workshops relevant to the field.

Committee Members:

  • Julie Adams, M.D.,M.P.H., AbbVie

  • Benjamin Anderson, M.D., Institute of Living

  • Daljit Aurora, Pharm.D., Neumora Therapeutics

  • Ross Baker, Ph.D.,M.B.A., Vistagen Therapeutics

  • Lisa Brown, Ph.D., Axsome Therapeutics

  • Dragana Bugarski-Kirola, M.D.,M.B.A.,M.Sc., Acadia Pharmaceuticals GmbH

  • Carla Canuso, M.D., Janssen Research & Development

  • Craig Chepke, M.D., Excel Psychiatric Associates

  • Nicholas DeMartinis, M.D., Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.

  • RF Estevez, M.D.,Ph.D.,M.P.H., Tampa Bay Neurobehavior

  • Bashkim Kadriu, M.D.,FAPA, Bristol Meyers Squibb (BMS)

  • Jayesh Kamath, M.D.,Ph.D., University of Connecticut Health Center

  • Susan Kornstein, M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

  • Gonzalo Laje, M.D., WBMA, LLC

  • Alan Lipschitz, M.D., Merck & Co., Inc.

  • Ronald Marcus, M.D., Bristol-Myers Squibb

  • Timothy Mariano, B.S.,M.D.,M.Sc.,Ph.D.,Other, Brown Medical School; VA Providence

  • Jadwiga Martynowicz, Other, Neokee Pharma Consulting, LLC

  • Tapan Parikh, M.D.,M.P.H., Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago

  • Timothy Peters-Strickland, M.D., Click Therapeutics

  • Mark Pollack, M.D., Reunion Neuroscience

  • Sandhya Prashad, M.D., Houston Center for Advanced psychiatric Treatment

  • Mark Rapaport, M.D., University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute

  • Gerard Sanacora, M.D.,Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

  • Ritvij Satodiya, M.D., New York University

  • Mark Schmidt, M.D., Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.

  • Ottavio Vitolo, M.D., Cerevance

  • Charles Wilcox, M.B.A.,Ph.D.,Other, Praxis Research Consulting

  • Becky Wong, Pharm.D.,M.B.A., Otsuka Pharmaceutical

Membership Committee

Works to retain and increase ASCP membership

Committee Members:

  • Alexandra Aaronson, M.D.,M.Sc., Edward Hines VA Hospital, 116-A Department of Psychaitry

  • Ahmed Ahmed, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine

  • Jeffrey Bennett, M.D., Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

  • Badari Birur, M.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham

  • Anita Clayton, M.D., University of Virginia SOM Dept of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences

  • Lawrence Cohen, B.A.,Pharm.D., UNT System College of Pharmacy/ Regulatory Insurance Advisors

  • Robert Dahmes, M.D., ASCP, APA, LSMS, AACP, LCCAP

  • Michael Detke, M.D.,Ph.D., Neumarker, Inc.

  • Charles Gillespie, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine

  • Rida Khan, M.D., Westchester Medical Center

  • James Murrough, M.D.,Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • Aishwarya Prasad, M.D.,M.P.H., Northwest Clinical Research Center

  • Joseph Quevedo, Ph.D., Floridian Clinical Research

  • Thulasi R Reddy, M.D., Creedmoor Psychiatric Center

  • Erika Saunders, M.D., Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Health

  • Leah Susser, M.D., Weill Cornell Medicine

  • Rodney Villanueva, M.D., Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (PCAN)

Responsible for reviewing all program submissions for the ASCP Annual Meeting

Committee Members:

  • Scott Aaronson, M.D., Sheppard Pratt
  • Saeed Ahmed, M.D., Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center| Trinity Health of New England
  • Raman Baweja, M.D., Penn State College of Medicine
  • Carlos Blanco, M.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Cherise Chin Fatt, Ph.D., Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care, UTSW
  • Leslie Citrome, M.D.,M.P.H., New York Medical College
  • Lawrence Cohen, B.A.,Pharm.D., UNT System College of Pharmacy/ Regulatory Insurance Advisors
  • M. Crismon, Pharm.D., The University of Texas at Austin
  • Justin Faden, D.O., Rowan University
  • Tiffany Farchione, M.D., US Food and Drug Administration
  • Marlene Freeman, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women's Mental Health, Boston, MA
  • Ahmad Hameed, M.D., Penn State College of Medicine
  • Rebecca Hendrickson, M.D.,Ph.D., VA Puget Sound Health Care System
  • Michael Henry, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Dan Iosifescu, M.D.,M.Sc., New York University School of Medicine
  • Manish Jha, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Shixie Jiang, M.D., University of Florida, College of Medicine
  • Jordan Karp, M.D., University of Arizona College of Medicine
  • Susan Kornstein, M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Valentina Mantua, M.D., Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration
  • Matej Markota, M.D., Mayo Clinic
  • Nicholas Murphy, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
  • Carla Nasca, Ph.D., NYU Langone Department of Psychiatry
  • Luca Pani, M.D., University of Miami
  • Gerard Sanacora, M.D.,Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
  • Manpreet Singh, M.D.,M.S., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
  • Jair Soares, M.D.,Ph.D., University of Texas School of Medicine at Houston
  • Louisa Steinberg, M.D., ICON Plc
  • Oleg Tcheremissine, M.D., Atrium Health
  • Antonio Teixeira, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Ottavio Vitolo, M.D., Cerevance
  • Eric Wexler, M.D.,Ph.D., Modernbrains
  • Carlos Zarate, M.D., National Institute of Mental Health
  • Zachary Zuschlag, D.O., James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
Technology Committee

Responsible for reviewing and upholding the integrity of scientific content that is posted on the society’s social media, maintaining ASCP’s website to ensure it stays current with trends and updated information, as well as increase search engine optimization.

Committee Members:

  • Vishesh Agarwal, M.D., ChristianaCare

  • Ahmed Ahmed, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine

  • Andrea Boscutti, M.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center At Houston

  • Lawrence Cohen, B.A.,Pharm.D., UNT System College of Pharmacy/ Regulatory Insurance Advisors

  • Crystal Cooper, Ph.D., The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry

  • Nicholas Fabiano, M.D., The Ottawa Hospital

  • Jessica Gannon, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  • Michael Henry, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital

  • Jenessa Johnston, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health, NIH

  • Bashkim Kadriu, M.D.,FAPA, Bristol Meyers Squibb (BMS)

  • Rida Khan, M.D., Westchester Medical Center

  • Gonzalo Laje, M.D., WBMA, LLC

  • Jonathan Leung, Pharm.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

  • Matthew Macaluso, D.O., The University of Alabama At Birmingham

  • Nivedita Nadkarni, M.D., Essentia health

  • Andrew Olagunju, M.D.,M.Sc.,Ph.D., McMaster University

  • Thulasi R Reddy, M.D., Creedmoor Psychiatric Center

  • Daniel Umbricht, M.D., Xperimed GmbH