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. 11/30/2025
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO 63110
Beebe Devarney, Katherine L., Ph.D. 11/30/2025
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
Chavkin, Charles, Ph.D. 5/31/2025
Allan and Phyllis Treuer Endowed Chair in Pain Research
Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
Duarte, Christiane 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
Etkin, Amit, Ph.D., M.D., MPhil 5/31/2025
Chief Executive Officer
Alto Neuroscience, Inc.
369 South San Antonio Road
Alto Neuroscience, Inc.
Los Altos, CA 94022
Hansen, Helena, M.D., Ph.D. 11/30/2025
Professor and Interim Chair
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90024
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
Ott, Melanie M., Ph.D., M.D. 5/31/2025
Director
Gladstone Institute of Virology
Professor, Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94158
Von Zastrow, Mark E., MPhil, B.S., M.D., Ph.D. 11/30/2025
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
Dorothy Fink, M.D.
Acting Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC