External Advisory Board

P30 Center – current funding period (2024-2029)

Board Member and AffiliationWebsiteContact
Huda Akil, PhD
Research Professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute,
Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished University Professor of Neurosciences,
Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Member, National Academy of Sciences
websiteakil@umich.edu
0000-0003-0623-1056
Elissa J. Chesler, PhD
Professor,
Ann Watson Symington Chair in Addiction Research,
Senior Director, Integrative Data Science
The Jackson Laboratory
websiteelissa.chesler@jax.org
Gary A. Churchill, PhD
Professor,
Karl Gunnar Johansson Chair

The Jackson Laboratory
websitegary.churchill@jax.org
Nancy Cox, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Mary Phillips Edmonds Gray Professor of Genetics
Director, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute
Director, Division of Genetic Medicine
Vanderbilt University
websitenancy.j.cox@vanderbilt.edu
0000-0001-9315-0830
Jonathan Flint, MD
Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine,
Senior Scientist, Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics,
Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior
University of California Los Angeles
websitejflint@mednet.ucla.edu
Paul J. Kenny, PhD
Ward-Coleman Professor & Chairman,
Department of Neuroscience,
Director, Drug Discovery Institute (DDI),
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
websitepaul.kenny@mssm.edu
Tamara Phillips, PhD
Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Senior Research Career Scientist, VA Medical Center
Director, Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC)
Chair, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience
Neuroscience Graduate Program, School of Medicine
Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate Program, School of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
websitephillipt@ohsu.edu
Marisa Roberto, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine,
Director of the TSRI NIAAA-T32 Neuropsychopharmacology: Multidisciplinary Training
The Scripps Research Institute
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
University of California San Diego
websitemroberto@scripps.edu
Yavin Shaham, PhD
Chief, Behavioral Neuroscience Research Branch
Chief, Neurobiology of Relapse Section
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | Intramural Research Program
websiteyshaham@intra.nida.nih.gov
0000-0002-8242-3319
Robert W. Williams, PhD
Chair
Professor
College of Medicine - Memphis
Department of Genetics, Genomics & Informatics
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
websitelabwilliams@gmail.com

External Advisory Board members from prior funding periods: P50 CenterĀ (2014-2024)

2019-2024
Huda Akil, PhD Co-Director and Research Professor, Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience IInstitute
Distinguished University Professor and Quarton Professor of Neurosciences,
Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Member, National Academy of Sciences
websiteakil@umich.edu
0000-0003-0623-1056
Elissa J. Chesler, PhDProfessor
The Jackson Laboratory
websiteelissa.chesler@jax.org
Gary A. Churchill, PhDProfessor
The Jackson Laboratory
websitegary.churchill@jax.org
Nancy Cox, PhDDirector, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute
Director, Division of Genetic Medicine
Mary Phillips Edmonds Gray Professor of Genetics
websitenancy.j.cox@vanderbilt.edu
0000-0001-9315-0830
Jonathan Flint, PhDProfessor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Senior Scientist, Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
websitejflint@mednet.ucla.edu
Aron Geurts, PhDAssociate Professor, Physiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
websiteageurts@mcw.edu
Paul J. Kenny, PhDWard-Coleman Professor & Chairman,
Department of Neuroscience,
Director, Drug Discovery Institute (DDI),
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
websitepaul.kenny@mssm.edu
James MacKillop, PhDPeter Boris Chair in Addiction Research
Director, Boris Centte for Addiction Research
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
DeGroote School of Medicine
McMaster University
websitejmackill@mcmaster.ca
Tamara Phillips, PhDProfessor of Behavioral Neuroscience School of Medicine
Vice Chair Behavioral Neuroscience School of Medicine
Senior Research Career Scientist, VA Medical Center
Oregon Health & Science University
websitephillipt@ohsu.edu
Marisa Roberto, PhDProfessor
Department of Neuroscience
The Scripps Research Institute
websitemroberto@scripps.edu
Yavin Shaham, PhDChief, Behavioral Neuroscience Research Branch
Chief, Neurobiology of Relapse Section
websiteyshaham@intra.nida.nih.gov
0000-0002-8242-3319
Robert W. Williams, PhDProfessor, Anatomy and Neurobiology
Director, Center for Integrative and Translational Genomics
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
websitelabwilliams@gmail.com
2014-2019
John Crabbe, PhD Professor , Department of Behavioral Neuroscience
Director, Portland Alcohol Research Center
Oregon Health and Science University
websitecrabbe@ohsu.edu
Harriet de Wit, PhD Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Biological Sciences Collegiate Division Committee on Neurobiology
University of Chicago
websitehdew@uchicago.edu
Tatiana Foroud, PhD (IUPUI) P. Michael Conneally Professor of Medical and
Molecular Genetics
Chancellor's Professor
Director of Hereditary Genomics Division
Indiana University School of Medicine
websitetforoud@iu.edu
Olivier George, PhDAssociate Professor
Codirector Arc Animal Core
Department of Neuroscience
The Scripps Research Institute
websiteogeorge@scripps.edu
0000-0002-3700-5003
Brandon Harvey, PhDDirector, OTTC; Associate Scientist, GNI Labwebsitebharvey@mail.nih.gov
Kenneth E. Leonard, PhDDirector, Research Institute on Addictions
University at Buffalo
websiteleonard@ria.buffalo.edu
Eva Redei, PhDDavid Lawrence Stein Professor of Psychiatry
Northwestern University
websitee-redei@northwestern.edu
Andrey Rzhetsky, PhDProfessor, Department of Medicine Section of Genetic Medicine and Department of Human Genetics
University of Chicago
Senior Fellow, Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology
Senior Fellow, Computation Institute
University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory
websitearzhetsky@uchicago.edu
Laura Saba, PhDAssistant Professor
University of Colorado
websitelaura.saba@ucdenver.edu
0000-0001-9649-1294
Mary Shimoyama, PhDDeceased
Medical Informatics, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Genetics
Medical College of Wisconsin
Stephen T. Tiffany, PhD Empire Innovation Professor, Department Chair
University at Buffalo
websitestiffany@buffalo.edu