A. E. Bennett Award – Review and approve applications for the annual A.E. Bennett award.
Chair: Aristotle Voineskos | Crystal Schiller |
Co-Chair: Cynthia Bethea | Anantha Shekhar |
E. Sherwood Brown | Gustavo Turecki |
Robert McClure | Jong Yoon |
Alessandra Passarotti |
Education – Develop & implement educational programs, focus on younger members and attendees, help facilitate mentorship activities. Education Subcommittees include the Training Director’s Subcommittee and the Distinguished Educator Subcommittee.
Chair: Mayada Akil | Manish Jha |
Co-Chair: Noah Philip | Michael Ostacher |
Scott Aaronson | Konasale Prasad |
Amit Anand | Katherine Reding |
Jennifer Blackford | Kathryn Ridout |
Jacqueline Clauss | David Ross |
Elisabetta C. del Re | Emily Stern |
Irina Esterlis | Michael Thase |
Sophie George | Michael Travis |
Tamar Gur | Shau-Ming Wei |
Ronald Hammer | Aliza Wingo |
Inclusivity – The Inclusivity Committee evaluates and addresses any needs to help make SOBP a more diverse and inclusive environment.
Chair: Katherine Aitchison | Frank Macmaster |
Kale Edmiston | Jonathan Morrow |
Yasmin Hurd | Monsheel Sodhi |
Thomas Hyde | Nicole Smith |
Steve Strakowski |
Membership – The Membership Committee is responsible for review and approval of all new membership applications and to make recommendations to Council regarding activities to recruit and retain members.
Chair: Kathryn Ridout
Nominating – Tasked with nominating candidates for the elected offices of President and Councilor-at-Large.
Chair: Steve Strakowski | Judith Ford |
Ex-Officio: Scott Raush | Amanda Law |
John Csernansky | Konasale Prasad |
Kristina Deligiannidis |
Program– The Program Committee is responsible for the review and approval of all new abstract submissions and to make selections on the program content and presentations at the Annual Meeting.
Chair: Leanne Williams | Mary Heitzeg | Martin Paulus |
Associate Chair: Ted Satterthwaite | Ryan Herringa | K. Luan Phan |
President: David Lewis | Thomas Hyde | Mikhail Pletnikov |
Victoria Arango | Iliyan Ivanov | Bart Rutten |
Katherine Burdick | Frederick Jacobsen | Richard Shelton |
Joan Camprodon | Sarah Keedy | Martha Shenton |
Cheryl Corcoran | Frank Kozel | Sarah Short |
Phillip Corlett | Frank Kozel | Manpreet Singh |
Kathryn Cullen | Amanda Law | Kevin Spencer |
Zafiris Daskalakis | Alex Leow | Chandra Sripada |
Serena Dudek | Rodrigo Machado-Vieira | Edith Sullivan |
Daniel Eisenberg | Frank MacMaster | Philip Szeszko |
Damien Fair | Dara Manoach | Rudolf Uher |
Adriana Feder | Wendy Marsh | Aristotle Voineskos |
Erika Forbes | Aleksander Mathe | Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli |
Jay Fournier | Lori McMahon | Mary Phillips |
Andrew Fox | Samantha Meltzer-Brody | Scott Rausch |
Flavio Frohlich | Michael Milham | Trey Sunderland |
Tsafrir Greenberg | Sarah Morimoto | Carol Tamminga |
Michael Gregory | Yuliya Nikolova | |
Tamar Gur | Robin Nusslock | |
Suzanne Haber | Olaolua Okusaga |
Travel Award – The training of a new generation of psychiatric academicians is a major objective of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. Participation in professional meetings, in which new information is exchanged and contacts are made, can have a critical impact on the career of a developing clinician-scientist. In recognition of the importance of academic exchange, the Society of Biological offers annual Travel Fellowships. Travel Award Subcommittees include the Domestic Award Subcommittee for domestic application, the International Award Subcommittee, the Chair’s Choice Subcommittee, and the Predoctoral Scholar Subcommittee.
Chair: Monsheel Sodhi | John Gilmore | Rajamannar Ramasubbu |
Co-Chair: Daniel Mathalon | Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira | Hannah Reed |
Suzanne Avery | Raz Gross | Rodney Samaco |
Ram Bishnoi | Paul Hamilton | Sudhakar Selvaraj |
J. Raymond DePaulo | Sarah Kayser | Kevin Spencer |
Breno Diniz | Sahib KhalsaStefan Kloiber | Emma Sprooten |
Yogesh Dwivedi | Maju Koola | Jennifer Stevens |
Brisa Fernandes | Tiffany Love | Cenk Tek |
Guido Frank | Annmarie MacNamara | Marin Veldic |
Marie Gaine | Annmarie MacNamara | Consuelo Walss-Bass |
Charles Gillespie | Marta Pecina |
Women’s Leadership Group – Click here to read more about the SOBP Women’s Leadership Group.
Chair: Carrie Bearden | Melissa DelBello | Yvette Sheline |
Chair: Sophia Frangou | Naomi Fineberg | Sarah Short |
Katherine Aitchison | Judith Ford | Blair Simpson |
Huda Akil | Raquel Gur | Trisha Suppes |
Victoria Arango | Amanda Law | Carol Tamminga |
Karen Berman | Ellen Leibenluft | Sophia Vinogradov |
Hilary Blumberg | Helen Mayberg | Myrna Weissman |
Linda Carpenter | Maria Oquendo | Leanne Williams |
Barbara Cornblatt | Uma Rao |