Wilson Compton, MD, MPE
Deputy Director
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health
Keynote Speaker
The APNA Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute Program Committee has curated a lineup of nationally recognized speakers in psychiatric-mental health nursing, neuroscience, and psychopharmacology for the 2026 program.
This prestigious faculty brings together cutting-edge clinical insight, scientific depth, and holistic nurse perspective.

Deputy Director
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health
Keynote Speaker

CEO & Co-Founder, Capital Multi Health Group; Adjunct Faculty, Georgetown University Berkley School of Nursing and Co-Founder of The Society of PMHNPs of Color
Timing, Treatment, Trust: Shaping the Trajectory of Bipolar Disorder

Director, The Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health; Associate Chief of Psychiatry for Philanthropy and Department Communications, Massachusetts General Hospital
Women’s mental health

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Co-Director, MGH Psychosis Clinical and Research Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Treatment as Prevention: Stage-Based Schizophrenia Care

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
ADHD

Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Dementia types and psychopharmacology

Board Certified Psychiatric & Addictions Advanced Practice Nurse; Founder, APNSolutions, LLC
Revisiting older medications

Clinical Assistant Professor, Coordinator, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program, University of Tennessee
Treatment for nicotine cessation, including vaping

Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Cooper University Health Care; Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
ADHD & neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan

Medical Director, Wild Oaks & Richmond Creative Counseling
Eating Disorders

Medical Director of Crisis Services, Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division
Emergency room psychiatry

Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry & Medicine, Director of AIDS Psychiatry Services, Director of the Pain Treatment Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Co-Director of the Amos Food, Body & Mind Center
Psychopharmacology in underserved populations

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Prescribing with Protection: Legal Implications and Documentation for PMHNPs in Psychopharmacology

Founder, The PMHNP Source & Beacon Behavioral Health and Consulting; Co-founder, The Society of PMHNPs of Color
Drug-Induced Movement Disorders: From Recognition to Real-World Management