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. 11/30/2025 
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. 11/30/2024 
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  11/30/2024 
Chief Executive Officer 
Alto Neuroscience, Inc. 
369 South San Antonio Road 
Alto Neuroscience, Inc. 
Los Altos, CA 94022

Helena Hansen, 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

Regina LaBelle 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. 11/30/2024 
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

Becerra, Xavier 
Secretary 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
Washington, DC 20201

Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D. 
Director 
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892