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The first meeting of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) took place on August 25, 2014. The working group, co-chaired by NINDS Director Story Landis and NIMH Director Tom Insel, is composed of 14 outstanding extramural neuroscience researchers and a neuro-ethics expert, in addition to three ex officio members representing Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The purpose of the working group is to provide input on a variety of issues to the advisory councils of the 10 NIH Institutes participating in the BRAIN Initiative. The meeting included an overview of the BRAIN Initiative, an overview of the working group’s responsibilities, and a discussion of the applications received in response to the NIH’s initial six BRAIN Initiative funding announcements. In the afternoon, concepts for potential future BRAIN funding announcements were presented for input and approval. videocast can be seen here

Roster Co-Chairs Walter Koroshetz Acting Director, NINDS

Thomas Insel, M.D. Director, NIMH

Members Larry Abbott, Ph.D. (NINDS council) Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Cornelia Bargmann, Ph.D. (at large member) The Rockefeller University

Emery Brown, M.D., Ph.D. (at large member) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

James Eberwine, Ph.D. (NIAAA council) University of Pennsylvania

Hank Greely, J.D. (at large member) Stanford University Law School

Bin He, Ph.D. (NCCAM council) University of Minnesota

Richard Huganir, Ph.D. (NIMH council) Johns Hopkins University

Bradley Hyman, M.D., Ph.D. (NIA council) Massachusetts General Hospital

Frances Jensen, M.D. (NICHD council) University of Pennsylvania

Bruce Rosen, M.D., Ph.D. (NIBIB council) Massachusetts General Hospital

Mark Schnitzer, Ph.D. (NIDA council) Stanford University

Robert Shannon, Ph.D. (NIDCD council) University of Southern California

David Tank, Ph.D. (at large member) Princeton University

Rafael Yuste, M.D., Ph.D. (NEI council) Columbia University

Ex Officio Members Justin Sanchez, Ph.D. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Carlos Peña, Ph.D. US Food & Drug Administration

Amber L. Story, Ph.D. National Science Foundation

Designated Federal Official Alan Willard, Ph.D. Deputy

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