Committees and Task Forces

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Awards Committee
Chair: Yonas Geda, MD, FANPA
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Bylaws Committee
Interim Chair
Thomas W. McAllister, M.D., FANPA    
Dartmouth Medical School
New Hampshire Hospital
Dept of Psychiatry
Lebanon, NH

Committee on Research
Chair: Mario F. Mendez, M.D., Ph.D.
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare
Neurobehavior Unit
Los Angeles, CA

Education Committee
Chair: Robin A. Hurley, M.D., FANPA
Hefner VA Medical Center
Salisbury, NC

Vice Chair: Deborah Black, MD
University of Vermont
Division of Public Psychiatry
Barre, VT  

Finance and Development Committee
Chair: Evan D. Murray, M.D.
McLean Hospital
Department of Neurology
Belmont, MA

Meeting Site Committee
Chair: Karen E. Anderson, M.D.
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dept of Neurology, Movement Disorders
Baltimore, MD

Membership Committee
Chair: Colin Harrington, M.D.
Rhode Island Hospital
Psychiatry Dept
Providence, RI

Vice Chair: Bernard Vaccaro, MD
Westwood, MA

Public Policy and Communication
Chair: David A. Silbersweig, M.D.
Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals
Boston, MA  

Vice Chair: Joanna Salmon-Herrmann, Ph.D., MBA
Saddle Brook, NJ

Scientific Program Committee
Co-Chairs: Clark A Anderson, MD, FANPA
UCHSC
Neurology
Denver, CO

David B. Arciniegas, M.D., FANPA
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Neurobehavioral Disorders Program
Aurora, CO

Standards and Ethics Committee
James Merikangas, M.D., FANPA
Bethesda, MD

Web site
Chair: Paul F. Malloy, Ph.D., FANPA
Brown University Medical School
Psychiatry/Butler Hospital
Providence, RI  

Vice Chair: W. Curt LaFrance, Jr., M.D.
Brown Medical School / RIH
Neuropsychiatry
Neuropsychiatry
Providence, RI

TASK FORCE CHAIRS

British Neuropsychiatric Association Task Force
Chair: Fred Ovsiew, M.D., FANPA
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Global Health Initiative Task Force
Chair: Richard Ferrell, M.D.
Dartmouth Medical School
Psychiatry
Lebanon, NH

Social Task Force
Chair: Joanna Salmon-Herrmann, Ph.D., MBA
Saddle Brook, NJ

Training Task Force
Co-Chair: Sheldon Benjamin, M.D., FANPA
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Department of Psychiatry
Worcester, MA

Co-Chair: David B. Arciniegas, M.D., FANPA
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Neurobehavioral Disorders Program
Aurora, CO