Council Roster

Chairperson

Volkow, Nora D., M.D. 
Director 
National Institute on Drug Abuse 
National Institutes of Health, DHHS 
Bethesda, MD 20892-9581

Members

Agrawal, Arpana, Ph.D. 11/30/2026 
Professor 
Department of Psychiatry 
Washington University School of Medicine 
St. Louis, MO 63110

Beebe Devarney, Katherine L., Ph.D. 11/30/2026  
Consultant, Director 
BioCorRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Anaheim, CA 92806

Chassler, Deborah, MS 11/30/2026
Senior Academic Researcher and Instructor
Boston University School of Social Work
Boston, MA 02215

Comer, Sandra D., Ph.D. 11/30/2029
Professor of Neurobiology
Department of Psychiatry
New York State Psychiatric Institute 
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Columbia University
New York, NY 10032

Duarte, Cristiane S., MPH, Ph.D. 11/30/2026
Ruane Professor for the Implementation of Science for Child and Adolescent
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Columbia University
New York, NY 10032

Gray, Kevin, M.D. 11/30/2028
Professor with Tenure
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Charelston, SC 29425

Hand, Jamelia, MHS.11/30/2028
Chief Executive Officer/President
Vantage Clinical Consulting, LLC
Matteson, IL 60443

Hansen, Helena, M.D., Ph.D.  11/30/2026  
Professor and Interim Chair 
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences 
David Geffen School of Medicine  
University of California, Los Angeles 
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Havens, Jennifer R., MPH, Ph.D.11/30/2029
Professor
Center on Drugs and Alcohol Research
Department of Behavioral Science
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, KY 40508

Kelly, John F., Ph.D. 11/30/2029
Elizabeth R. Spallin Associate Prefessor of Psychiatry in Addiction Medicine
Recovery Research Institute
Center for Addiction Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA 02114

LaBelle, Regina M., J.D. 11/30/2026
Distinguished Scholar, Director
Addiction and Public Policy Institute
O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC 20001

Laird, Angela R., Ph.D. 11/30/2026
Director, Center for Imaging Science
Professor, Department of Physics
College of Arts, Sciences and Education
Florida International University
Miami, Fl 33199

Tapia, Glenn A., MPA 11/30/2028
Director
Leadership and Organizational Intelligence
Alliance for Community and Justice Innovation
Sedalia, CO 80135

Von Zastrow, Mark E., MPhil, B.S., M.D., Ph.D.  11/30/2026  
Professor 
Department of Psychiatry 
University of California, San Francisco 
San Francisco, CA 94107

Executive Secretary

Weiss, Susan R.B., Ph.D. 12/31/2025 
Director, Division of Extramural Research 
Division of Extramural Research 
Office of The Director 
National Institute on Drug Abuse 
National Institutes of Health, DHHS 
Rockville, MD 20892

Ex-Officio Members

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Office of the Secretary, DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC 20201

Jayanta Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD  20892-3203