The Boards of Scientific Counselors (BSCs) were established at the NIH to assist the Scientific Directors in evaluating the quality of the intramural research programs for which they are responsible. The NIDA BSC is composed of individuals who themselves have outstanding scientific credentials and who are committed to providing rigorous, objective reviews of the intramural research program of NIDA.
Upcoming NIDA IRP BSC Meetings
Fall 2023: Oct. 24-25, 2023
Spring 2024: May 7-9, 2024 (a 3-day meeting)
Fall 2024: October 22
Spring 2025: May 6-7
Fall 2025: October 28-29
Board Members
Laura Bohn, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine; Department of Neuroscience
The Scripps Research Institute (Florida Campus)
https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/bohn/
William Carlezon, Ph.D.
Chief, Division of Basic Neuroscience
Director, Behavioral Genetics Laboratory
Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/neuroscience/fac/Carlezon.php
Michael Frank, Ph.D.
Director, Carney Center for Computational Brain Science
Edgar L. Marston Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences
Professor, Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences
Carney Institute for Brain Science
Brown University
http://ski.clps.brown.edu/
Shelly Greenfield, M.D., Representative –National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse
Chief Academic Officer, Chair in Psychiatry, Chief Division of Women’s Mental Health,
Director Alcohol, Drug and Addiction Clinical and Health Services Research Program,
Professor of Psychiatry
McLean Hospital, Harvard
https://www.mcleanhospital.org/profile/shelly-greenfield
Margaret Haney, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurobiology (in Psychiatry)
Columbia University
https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/profile/margaret-haney-phd
Alicia Izquierdo, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience Area
Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program
The Brain Research Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
https://izquierdolab.psych.ucla.edu/
Chiang-Shan (Ray) Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Yale University School of Medicine
https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/chiang-shan_li/
Mary Kay Lobo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Lobo-Mary-Kay/
John Mantsch, Ph.D., Chair
Florence J. Williams Professor and Chair of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Medical College of Wisconsin
https://www.mcw.edu/departments/pharmacology-and-toxicology/people/john-mantsch-phd
Michael Nader, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology & Pharmacology Professor of Radiology
Director, Center for Addiction Research
Wake Forest School of Medicine
https://school.wakehealth.edu/research/labs/michael-nader-lab
Laura O’Dell, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research
Professor, Department of Psychology
The University of Texas at El Paso
https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/psychology/people/laura-e-odell.html
Lara Ray, Ph.D.
Shirley M. Hatos Term Chair in Clinical Neuropharmacology
Professor of Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles
https://www.psych.ucla.edu/faculty/page/laray
Dorit Ron, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology
Endowed Chair in Cell Biology of Addiction in Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
Weill Institute for Neurosciences
https://bms.ucsf.edu/people/dorit-ron-phd
Katie Witkiewitz, Ph.D.
Regents’ Professor, Department of Psychology
University of New Mexico
https://casaa.unm.edu/kwitkiewitz.html
Nurulain Zaveri, Ph.D.
Founder, President & Chief Scientific Officer
Principal Investigator
Astraea Therapeutics
https://www.astraeatherapeutics.com/leadership
