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:
- Leslie Citrome, M.D., M.P.H., New York Medical College, Chair
- Joseph Goldberg, M.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Co-Chair
- Lee Cohen, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health, Boston, MA
- Sanjay Dube, M.D., MycoMedica Life Sciences, PBC
- Maurizio Fava, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
- Rebecca Hendrickson, M.D., Ph.D., VA Puget Sound Health Care System
- Sanjay J. Mathew, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine & Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
- Nicholas Murphy, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
- Reem Neal, M.D., Mayo clinic
- Robert C. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., NYU Medical School
- Michael E. Thase, M.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC
- Madhukar Trivedi, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Karen Dineen Wagner, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch
- Mark Zimmerman, M.D., Brown University
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:
- Mark Rapaport, M.D., University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute, Chair
- Christopher Sarampote, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health, Co-Chair
- Lori Davis, M.D., Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Tiffany Farchione, M.D., US Food and Drug Administration
- Bruce Kinon, M.D., Karuna Therapeutics
- 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
- 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:
- Matthew Macaluso, D.O., The University of Alabama At Birmingham, Chair
- Richard Shelton, M.D., University of Alabama At Birmingham, Co-Chair
- Subhadeep Barman, M.D., Advocate Aurora Health
- Jeffrey Bennett, M.D., FAPA, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
- Leslie Citrome, M.D., M.P.H., New York Medical College
- Lawrence Cohen, B.A., BCPP, Pharm.D., UNT Health Science Center/ UNT System College of Pharmacy
- 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., South Carolina Department of Mental Health
- Stacy LaMorgese, PsyD, Divorce Doctors, PLLC
- Matej Markota, M.D., Mayo Clinic
- Jadwiga Martynowicz, D.M., M.S., Neokee Pharma Consulting, LLC
- Andrew Olagunju, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., McMaster University
- Obiora Onwuameze, M.D., Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
- Gerard Sanacora, M.D., Ph.D., Yale
- 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., M.S.C.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Eric Wexler, M.D., Ph.D., Modernbrains
- Chuanzhong Ye, M.D., TPMG
Early Career Committee
Responsible is responsible for engaging potential young/early career members in ASCP membership and increase existing young/early career member participation in the Society
Committee Members:
- Manish Jha, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Chair
- Crystal Cooper, Ph.D., The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Co-Chair
- Mahavir Agarwal, M.D., Ph.D., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada
- Keren Bachi, Ph.D., The Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Ross Baker, M.B.A., Ph.D., VistaGen Therapeutics
- Elizabeth Ballard, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
- Isabelle Bauer, Ph.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Raman Baweja, M.D., Penn State College of Medicine
- Anna Borisovskaya, M.D., SeattleNTC
- Greta Bushnell, Ph.D., Rutgers University
- Arindam Chakrabarty, M.D., SIU School of Medicine
- Stefano Comai, Ph.D., Pharm.D., University of Padua
- Joao De Aquino, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
- Zhi-De Deng, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
- Mirjana Domakonda, M.D., Hartford Hospital / Institute of Living
- Gemma Espejo, M.D., University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
- Manuel Gardea Resendez, M.D., Mayo Clinic
- Charles Gillespie, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine
- Rishab Gupta, M.D., Brigham and Women\'s Faulkner Hospital
- Rebecca Hendrickson, M.D., Ph.D., VA Puget Sound Health Care System
- Ming-Fen Ho, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic
- Rahat Hossain, M.D., University of Toronto
- Boney Joseph, M.D., Mayo Clinic
- Jennifer Nicoloro-SantaBarbara, Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Adeolu Oladunjoye, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine
- George Papakostas, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
- Ritvij Satodiya, M.D., Emory University
- Morgan Schmidt, M.D., Naval Medical Center San Diego
- Mercedes Szpunar, M.D., Ph.D., Hoag Maternal Mental Health Program
Inclusivity Committee
Responsible for increasing diversity among ASCP members including age, culture, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, and sexual orientation
Committee Members:
- Francisco Moreno, M.D., University of Arizona, Chair
- Crystal Clark, M.D., University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, Co-Chair
- Mahavir Agarwal, M.D., Ph.D., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada
- Raman Baweja, M.D., Penn State College of Medicine
- Badari Birur, M.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham
- Brenda Cabrera Mendoza, M.D., Ph.D., Departmen of Psychiatry, Yale University
- Arindam Chakrabarty, M.D., SIU School of Medicine
- 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
- Neelima Kunam, M.D., Inland Psychiatric Medical Group
- 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
- 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
- Emily Smith, B.Sc., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto
- Louisa Steinberg, M.D., ICON Plc
- Nicolette Stogios, B.Sc., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto
- Trisha Suppes, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University
- Holly Swartz, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Madhukar Trivedi, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center
- 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:
- Ross Baker, M.B.A., Ph.D., VistaGen Therapeutics, Chair
- Julie Adams, M.D., M.P.H., AbbVie, Co-Chair
- Larry Alphs, M.D., Ph.D., Denovo Biopharma LLC
- Daljit Aurora, Pharm.D., Neumora Therapeutics
- Oren Berkowitz, M.P.H., Ph.D., Clexio Biosciences
- Dragana Bugarski-Kirola, M.B.A., M.D., M.Sc., Acadia Pharmaceuticals GmbH
- Carla Canuso, M.D., Janssen Research & Development
- Craig Chepke, M.D., UNC School of Medicine
- Andrew Czysz, M.D., Ph.D., Sage Therapeutics
- Sanjay Dube, M.D., MycoMedica Life Sciences, PBC
- Jami Earnest, Pharm.D., Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- RF Estevez, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Tampa Bay Neurobehavior
- Sameer Hassamal, M.D., The California Neuropsychiatric Institute
- Amanda Jones, Pharm.D., Transcend Therapeutics
- Bashkim Kadriu, M.D., FAPA, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Jayesh Kamath, M.D., Ph.D., University of Connecticut Health Center
- Inder Kaul, M.D., Karuna Thearpeutics
- Bruce Kinon, M.D., Karuna Therapeutics
- Susan Kornstein, M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
- Alan Lipschitz, M.D., Merck Corporation, MSD Corporation
- Ronald Marcus, M.D., Karuna Therapeutics
- Timothy Mariano, B.S., M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., Woebot Health; Brown Medical School; Providence VAMC
- Jadwiga Martynowicz, D.M., M.S., Neokee Pharma Consulting, LLC
- Sharon Mates, Ph.D., Intra-Cellular Therapies
- Jack Modell, M.D., Rho, Inc.
- Kari Nations, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
- Timothy Peters-Strickland, M.D., Biotech Solutions, Clinical Research
- Mark Pollack, M.D., Sage Therapeutics
- Mark Rapaport, M.D., University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute
- Brian Rothman, Ph.D., Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
- Gerard Sanacora, M.D., Ph.D., Yale
- Ritvij Satodiya, M.D., Emory University
- Mark Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Mark A. Smith
- Joyce Tsai, Ph.D., COMPASS Pathways Ltd.
- Christine Ulbricht, M.P.H., Ph.D., Takeda Pharmaceutical
- Ottavio Vitolo, M.D., Cerevance
- Charles Wilcox, B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., Praxis Research Consulting
- Becky Wong, Pharm.D., M.B.A., Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Interagency, Academic and Industry Collaborations and Drug Development Committee
Responsible for maintaining a high-profile identity within the industry and create partnerships to ensure ASCP is sought out for its expertise when it is needed on psychopharmacological topics and to respond to criticism that psychopharmaceuticals do not work.
Committee Members:
- Madhukar H. Trivedi, M.D., Chair, UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Maurizio Fava, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
- Donald Goff, M.D., NYU Langone Medical Center
- Ginger E. Nicol, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine
- Mark Pollack, M.D., Myriad Neuroscience
- William Zeigler Potter, M.D., Ph.D.
Meetings/CME Committee
Determines the educational needs for the ASCP membership and selects the topics and speakers for the spring and fall meetings
Committee Members:
- Scott Aaronson, M.D., Sheppard Pratt, Chair
- Eric Achtyes, M.D., M.S., Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Co-Chair
- Subhadeep Barman, M.D., Advocate Aurora Health
- Anna Borisovskaya, M.D., SeattleNTC
- Crystal Clark, M.D., University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital
- Andrew Fukuda, M.D., Ph.D., Brown University/Butler Hospital
- Bradley Gaynes, M.D., University of North Carolina
- Joseph Goldberg, M.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Rishab Gupta, M.D., Brigham and Women\'s Faulkner Hospital
- Vikas Gupta, M.D., M.P.H., South Carolina Department of Mental Health
- Robert Howland, M.D., UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- Jean-Pierre Lindenmayer, M.D., New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
- Rajnish Mago, M.D., Simple and Practical Medical Education, LLC
- Patrick O'Neill, M.D., Tulane University School of Medicine
- Obiora Onwuameze, M.D., Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
- Luca Pani, M.D., University of Miami
- Thomas Raedler, M.D., University of Calgary
- Roopma Wadhwa, M.D., South Carolina Department of Mental Health
Membership Committee
Works to retain and increase ASCP membership
Committee Members:
- Michael Detke, M.D., Ph.D., Lighthouse Pharma, Chair
- Leah Susser, M.D., Weill Cornell Medicine, Co-Chair
- Jeffrey Bennett, M.D., FAPA, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
- Badari Birur, M.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham
- Anita H. Clayton, M.D., University of Virginia
- Lawrence Cohen, B.A., BCPP, Pharm.D., UNT Health Science Center/ UNT System College of Pharmacy
- Robert Dahmes, M.D., LSUMC
- Andrew Fukuda, M.D., Ph.D., Brown University/Butler Hospital
- Charles Gillespie, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine
- Ahmad Hameed, M.D., Penn State College of Medicine
- Jordan Karp, M.D., University of Arizona College of Medicine
- Rakesh Kumar, M.D., Mayo Clinic
- James Murrough, M.D., Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Erika Saunders, M.D., Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Health
Program Committee for the Annual Meeting
Responsible for reviewing all program submissions for the ASCP Annual Meeting
Committee Members:
- Mark Rapaport, M.D., University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute, Chair
- Tiffany Farchione, M.D., US Food and Drug Administration, Co-Chair
- Scott Aaronson, M.D., Sheppard Pratt
- Raman Baweja, M.D., Penn State College of Medicine
- Carlos Blanco, M.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Theadia L Carey, M.D., Detroit Wayne Health Authority (Authority Health)
- 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., BCPP, Pharm.D., UNT Health Science Center/ UNT System College of Pharmacy
- Miles Lynn Crismon, Pharm.D., The University of Texas at Austin
- Justin Faden, D.O., Temple University
- Daniel Falk, Ph.D., NIAAA/NIH
- Tiffany Farchione, M.D., US Food and Drug Administration
- Marlene Freeman, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women's Mental Health
- Bradley Gaynes, M.D., University of North Carolina
- Usman Hameed, M.D., Penn State M.S. Hersey Medical Center
- 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., Stanford University School 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
- Francisco Moreno, M.D., University of Arizona
- Nicholas Murphy, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
- Carla Nasca, Ph.D., NYU Langone Department of Psychiatry
- Andrew Nierenberg, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
- Luca Pani, M.D., University of Miami
- Mark Rapaport, M.D., University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute
- Gerard Sanacora, M.D., Ph.D., Yale
- Erika Saunders, M.D., Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Health
- Manpreet Singh, M.D., M.S., Stanford University School of Medicine
- Jair Soares, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas School of Medicine at Houston
- Louisa Steinberg, M.D., ICON Plc
- Victor Tang, M.D., M.Sc., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Oleg Tcheremissine, M.D., Atrium Health
- Antonio Teixeira, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- 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:
- Rajiv Radhakrishnan, M.D., Yale School of Medicine, Chair
- Crystal Cooper, Ph.D., The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Co-Chair
- Stefano Comai, Ph.D., Pharm.D., University of Padua
- Zhi-De Deng, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
- Jessica Gannon, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Michael Henry, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
- Bashkim Kadriu, M.D., FAPA, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- 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
- Joshua Rosenblat, M.D., University of Toronto
- Daniel Umbricht, M.D., Xperimed GmbH