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District Of Columbia Council Bill PR26-0027

District Of Columbia 2025-2026 Regular Session

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7373 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
7474 ~~
7575 Chairman Phil Mendelson
7676 at the request
7777 of the Mayor
7878 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
7979 To confirm the reappointment
8080 of Dr. Erica Richards to the Violence Fatality Review Committee.
8181 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
8282 resolution may be cited as the "Violence Fatality Review Committee Dr. Erica Richards
8383 Confirmation Resolution
8484 of 2025".
8585 Sec.
8686 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the reappointment of:
8787 Dr. Erica Richards
8888 Iris Street,
8989 NW
9090 Washington, DC 20012
9191 (Ward 4)
9292 as a representative
9393 of a hospital located in the District of Columbia member of the Violence
9494 Fatality Review Committee, established by section 3042
9595 of the Fatality Review Committee
9696 Amendment Act
9797 of 2018, effective October 30, 2018 (D.C. Law 22-168; D.C. Official Code§ 5-
9898 1431.01), for a term to end October
9999 12, 2027.
100100 Sec.
101101 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
102102 upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Office
103103 of the Mayor.
104104 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately . EricaMartinRichards,MD,PhD
105105 CURRICULUMVITAE
106106 DEMOGRAPHICANDPERSONALINFORMATION
107107 ContactInformatio!
108108
109109 CurrentAppointments
110110 October2017-PresentChairandMedicalDirector
111111 DepartmentofPsychiatryandBehavioralHealth
112112 SibleyMemorialHospital
113113 5255LoughboroRoad,NW
114114 Washington,DC20016
115115 October2017-PresentAssistantProfessor
116116 PersonalData
117117 DepartmentofPsychiatryandBehavioralSciences
118118 TheJohnsHopkinsSchoolofMedicine
119119 733NBroadwayStreet
120120 Baltimore,MD21205
121121 EducationandTraining
122122 Undergraduate:
123123 GraduateEducation:
124124 MedicalEducation:
125125 SpelmanCollege,Atlanta,GA.BS.
126126 350SpelmanLane
127127 Atlanta,GA30314
128128 August1995-May1999
129129 BS.Biology,CumLaude.
130130 UniversityofMarylandSchoolofMedicine
131131 655W.BaltimoreStreet
132132 Baltimore,MD21201
133133 July2001-May2006
134134 DoctorofPhilosophyinNeuroscience
135135 PrimaryMentor:GaryFiskum,PhD
136136 UniversityofMarylandSchoolofMedicine
137137 655W.BaltimoreStreet EricaM.Richards,MD,PhD CurriculumVitae Page2of11
138138 Internship:
139139 Residency:
140140 Fellowship:
141141 Baltimore,MD21201
142142 ‘August1999-May2008(CombinedMD/PhDProgram)
143143 DoctorofMedicine
144144 CombinedPsychiatry-InternalMedicineInternship
145145 JohnsHopkinsBayviewMedicalCenter
146146 5300AlphaCommonsDrive
147147 Baltimore,MD.21224
148148 July2008-June2009
149149 ConstantineLyketsos,MD-DepartmentChair
150150 TheJohnsHopkinsHospital
151151 DepartmentofPsychiatryandBehavioralSciences
152152 AdultPsychiatryResidencyProgram
153153 600N.WolfeStreet
154154 Baltimore,MD21287
155155 July2009-June2012(AdministrativeResident2010-2011)
156156 J.RaymondDePaulo,Jr.,MD~DepartmentChair
157157 TheNationalInstitutesofHealth
158158 ClinicalResearchFellowshipattheNationalInstituteofMentalHealth
159159 10CenterDrive
160160 CRC-Building10,room6-5340
161161 Bethesda,Maryland20892-1276
162162 September2012-September2015
163163 JoyceChung,MD—FellowshipDirector
164164 PriorProfessionalExperience:
165165 2015-2017
166166 2016-2017
167167 2011-2012
168168 AttendingPhysician
169169 PsychiatricConsultationService
170170 OfficeoftheClinicalDirector
171171 NationalInstituteofMentalHealth
172172 10CenterDrive
173173 CRC-Building10,room6-5340
174174 Bethesda,Maryland20892-1276
175175 AssistantProfessorofPsychiatry
176176 GeorgetownUniversityMedicalCenter
177177 3900ReservoirRoad,NW
178178 Med-DentBuilding,RoomNW208
179179 Washington,DC20057
180180 July2016-present
181181 ChiefResident
182182 DepartmentofPsychiatryandBehavioralSciences
183183 ‘AdultPsychiatryResidencyProgram EricaM.Richards,MD,PhD CurriculumVitae Page3of11
184184 TheJohnsHopkinsHospital
185185 2012-2017 PrivatePracticePhysician
186186 EricaRichards,MD,PhD,LLC
187187 5480WisconsinAvenue
188188 ChevyChase,MD
189189 PUBLICATIONS
190190 i.OriginalResearch
191191 10.
192192 ‘WyseR,Hwang,W,Ahmed,A,RichardsE,DevilleC.DiversitybyRace,Ethnicity,andSexwithintheUS
193193 PsychiatryPhysicianWorkforce.2020July23.Doi10.1007.PMID32705570.
194194 BallardED,YarringtonJS,FarmerCA,RichardsE,Machado-VieiraR,KadriuB,NiciuMJ,YuanP,ParkL,
195195 ZarateCAJr.CharacterizingtheCourseofSuicidalIdeationResponsetoKetamine.JAffectiveDisorders.
196196 2018Dec1:241:86-93.Doi10.1016.Epub2018Jul30.PMID30099268.
197197 RichardsEM,Zanotti-FregonaraP,FujitaM,NewmanL,FarmerC,BallardED,Machado-VieiraR,YuanP,
198198 NiciuMJ,LyooCH,HenterID,SalvadoreG,DrevetsWC,KolbH,InnisRB,ZarateCAJr.PETRadioligand
199199 BindingtoTranslocatorProtein(TSPO)isincreasedinUnmedicationDepressedSubjects.EINMMI
200200 Research.2018Jul3:8(1):57.doi:10.1186/s13550-018-0401-9,PMID29971587
201201 VandeVoortJt,BallardED,LuckenbaughDA,BernertRA,RichardsEM,NiciuMi,ParkLT,Machado-
202202 VieiraR,DuncanWCJr,ZarateCAJr.AntisuicidalResponseFolloingKetamineInfusionisAssociatedwith
203203 DecreasedNighttimeWakefulnessinMajorDepressiveDisorderandBipolarDisorder.JClinPsychiatry.
204204 2017Sep/Oct;78(8):1068-1074,doi:10.4088
205205 BallardED,WillsK,LallyN,RichardsEM,LuckenbaughDA,WallsT,AmeliR,NiciuMJ,BrutscheNE,Park
206206 ZarateCAJr.AnhedoniaasaClinicalCorrelateofSuicidalThoughtsinClinicalKetamineTrials.JAffect
207207 Disord.2017Aug15;218:195-200.doi:10.1016/j.jad.017.04.057.PMID:28477497.
208208 FujitaM,RichardsEM,NiciuMJ,lonescuDF,ZoghbiSS,HongJ,TeluS,HinesCS,PikeVW,ZarateCA,
209209 InnisRB.cAMPSignalinginBrainisDecreasedinUnmedicatedDepressedPatientsandIncreasedby
210210 TreatmentwithaSelectiveSerotoninReuptakeInhibitor.MolPsychiatry.2017May;22(5):754-759.doi:
211211 10.1038/mp.2016.171.PMID:27725657.
212212 BallardED,VandeVoortJL,BernertRA,LuckenbaughDA,RichardsEM,NiciuMJ,FureyML,DuncanWC
213213 JR,ZarateCAJr.NocturnalWakefulnessisAssociatedwithNext-DaySuicidalIdeationinMajor
214214 DepressiveDisorderandBipolarDisorder.JClinPsychiatry.2016Jun;77(6):825-31.Doi:10.4088/JCP.
215215 PMID27337418.
216216 Machado-VieiraR,GoldPW,LuckenbaughDA,BallardED,RichardsEM,HenterID,DeSousaRT,Niciu
217217 M4,YuanP,ZarateCAJr.TheRoleofAdipokinesintheRapidAntidepressantEffectsofKetamine.Mol
218218 Psychiatry.2016Apr5.doi:10.1038/mp.2016.36.[Epubaheadofprint]PMID:27046644.Role:bench
219219 scientificexperimentsinvolvinganalysisofplasmaandsubsequentdataanalysis;patientscreensand
220220 ongoingevaluation,writingofMethodsandResultssections.
221221 JasoBA,NiciuMJ,ladarolaND,LallyN,RichardsEM,ParkM,BallardED,NugentAC,Machado-VieiraR,
222222 ZarateCAJr.TherapeuticModulationofGlutamateReceptorsinMajorDepressiveDisorder.Curr
223223 Neuropharmacol.2016Mar21.[Epubaheadofprint].PMID:26997505.Role:Clinicaltrial-mentorship
224224 ofprimaryauthor,dataanalysis;patientscreensandongoingevaluation,writingofMethodsand
225225 Resultssections.
226226 RichardsEM,MathewsDC,LuckenbaughDA,lonescuDF,Machado-VieiraR,NiciuMJ,DuncanWC,
227227 NolanNM,Franco-ChavesJA,HudzikT,MaciagC,LiS,CrossA,SmithMA,ZarateCAJr.Arandomized,
228228 placebo-controlledpilottrialofthedeltaopioidreceptoragonistAZD2327inanxiousdepression.
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243243 Psychopharmacology(Berl).2016Mar;233(6):1119-30.doi:10.1007/s00213-015-4195-4,Epub2016Jan
244244 4,PMID:26728893.
245245 LallyN,AnL,BanerjeeD,NiciuMJ,LuckenbaughDA,RichardsEM,RoiserJP,ShenJ,ZarateCAJr,
246246 NugentAC.Reliabilityof7T(1)H-MRSmeasuredhumanprefrontalcortexglutamate,glutamine,and
247247 glutathionesignalsusinganadaptedechotimeoptimizedPRESSsequence:Abetween-andwithin-
248248 sessionsinvestigation.JMagnResonImaging.2016Jan;43(1):88-98.doi:10.1002/jmri.24970.Epub2015
249249 Jun7.PubMedPMID:26059603;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC4671833.
250250 BallardED,LuckenbaughDA,RichardsEM,WallsTL,BrutschéNE,AmeliR,NiciuMJ,VandeVoortJL,
251251 ZarateCAJr.Assessingmeasuresofsuicidalideationinclinicaltrialswitharapid-actingantidepressant.J
252252 PsychiatrRes.2015Sep;68:68-73.doi:10.1016/j,jpsychires.2015.06.003.Epub2015Jun16.PubMed
253253 PMID:26228403;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC4522045.
254254 lonescuDF,LuckenbaughDA,NiciuMJ,RichardsEM,ZarateCAJr.Asingleinfusionofketamine
255255 improvesdepressionscoresinpatientswithanxiousbipolardepression.BipolarDisord.2015
256256 Jun;17(4):438-43.doi:10.1111/bdi.12277.Epub2014Nov14.PubMedPMID:25400146;PubMed
257257 CentralPMCID:PMC4431955.
258258 lonescuDF,NugentAC,LuckenbaughDA,NiciuMJ,RichardsEM,ZarateCA,FureyML.Baselineworking
259259 memoryactivationdeficitsindimensionalanxiousdepressionasdetectedbymagnetoencephalography.
260260 ActaNeuropsychiatr.2015Jun;27(3):143-52.doi:10.1017/neu.2014.46.Epub2015Jan20.PubMed
261261 PMID:25600154,
262262 ladarolaND,NiciuMJ,RichardsEM,VandeVoortJL,BallardED,LundinNB,NugentAC,Machado-
263263 R,ZarateCAJr.KetamineandotherN-methyl-D-aspartatereceptorantagonistsinthetreatmentof
264264 depression:aperspectivereview.TherAdvChronicDis.2015May;6(3):97-114.doi:
265265 10.1177/2040622315579059.Review.PMID:25954495.
266266 XuAJ,NiciuMJ,LundinNB,LuckenbaughDA,lonescuDF,RichardsEM,VandeVoortJL,BallardED,
267267 BrutscheNE,Machado-VieiraR,ZarateCAJr.LithiumandValproateLevelsDoNotCorrelatewith
268268 Ketamine’sAntidepressantEfficacyinTreatment-ResistantBipolarDepression.NeuralPlast.
269269 2015;2015:858251.doi:10.1155/2015/858251.Epub2015Jun7.PubMedPMID:26137324;PubMed
270270 CentralPMCID:PMC4475570.
271271 NiciuMJ,LuckenbaughDA,lonescuDF,RichardsEM,VandeVoortJL,BallardED,BrutscheNE,FureyML,
272272 ZarateCAJr.Riluzolelikelylacksantidepressantefficacyinketaminenon-responders.JPsychiatrRes.
273273 2014Nov;58:197-9.doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.07.022.Epub2014Aug6.PubMedPMID:25139008;
274274 PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC4300112.
275275 BallardED,lonescuDF,VandeVoortJL,NiciuMJ,RichardsEM,LuckenbaughDA,BrutschéNE,AmeliR,
276276 FureyML,ZarateCAJr.Improvementinsuicidalideationafterketamineinfusion:relationshipto
277277 reductionsindepressionandanxiety.JPsychiatrRes.2014Nov;58:161-6.doi:
278278 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.07.027.Epub2014Aug12.PubMedPMID:25169854;PubMedCentral
279279 PMCID:PMC4163501.
280280 ‘NiciuMJ,LuckenbaughDA,lonescuDF,RichardsEM,VandeVoortJL,BallardED,BrutscheNE,FureyML,
281281 ZarateCAJr.Ketamine'santidepressantefficacyisextendedforatleastfourweeksinsubjectswitha
282282 familyhistoryofanalcoholusedisorder.IntJNeuropsychopharmacol.2014Oct31;18(1).pii:pyu039.
283283 doi:10.1093/ijnp/pyu039.PubMedPMID:25539512;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC4303351.
284284 ‘SvenningssonP,BergL,MatthewsD,lonescuDF,RichardsEM,NiciuMJ,MalingerA,ToupsM,ManjiH,
285285 TrivediMH,ZarateCAJr,GreengardP.Preliminaryevidencethatearlyreductioninp11levelsinnatural
286286 killercellsandmonocytespredictsthelikelihoodofantidepressantresponsetochroniccitalopram.Mol
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307307 Psychiatry.2014Sep;19(9):962-4.doi:10.1038/mp.2014.13.Epub2014Mar11.PubMedPMID:
308308 24614495;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC4161667.
309309 lonescuDF,LuckenbaughDA,NiciuMJ,RichardsEM,SlonenaEE,VandeVoortJL,BrutscheNE,Zarate
310310 CA4Jr.Effectofbaselineanxiousdepressiononinitialandsustainedantidepressantresponseto
311311 ketamine.JClinPsychiatry.2014Sep;75(9):e932-8.doi:10.4088/JCP.14m09049.PubMedPMID:
312312 25295436.
313313 LundinNB,NiciuMJ,LuckenbaughDA,lonescuDF,RichardsEM,VandeVoortJL,BrutscheNE,Machado-
314314 VieiraR,ZarateCAJr.BaselinevitaminB12andfolatelevelsdonotpredictimprovementindepression
315315 afterasingleinfusionofketamine.Pharmacopsychiatry.2014Jul;47(4-5):141-4,doi:10.1055/s-0034-
316316 1377042.Epub2014Jun23.PubMedPMID:24955551;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC4174587.
317317 NiciuMJ,LuckenbaughDA,lonescuDF,GuevaraS,Machado-VieiraR,RichardsEM,BrutscheNE,Nolan
318318 NM,ZarateCAJr.Clinicalpredictorsofketamineresponseintreatment-resistantmajordepression.J
319319 Psychiatry.2014May;75(5):e417-23.doi:10.4088/JCP.13m08698.PubMedPMID:24922494;
320320 PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC4310499.
321321 LuckenbaughDA,NiciuMi,IonescuDF,NolanNM,RichardsEM,BrutscheNE,GuevaraS,ZarateCA.Do
322322 thedissociativesideeffectsofketaminemediateitsantidepressanteffects?JAffectDisord.2014
323323 Apr;159:56-61.doi:10.1016/j,jad.2014.02.017.Epub2014Feb18.PubMedPMID:24679390;PubMed
324324 CentralPMCID:PMC4065787.
325325 NiciuMJ,LuckenbaughDA,lonescuDF,MathewsDC,RichardsEM,ZarateCAJr.Subanestheticdose
326326 ketaminedoesnotinduceanaffectiveswitchinthreeindependentsamplesoftreatment-resistant
327327 majordepression.BiolPsychiatry.2013Nov15;74(10):e23-4.doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.038.Epub
328328 2013May28.PubMedPMID:23726512;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC3805682.
329329 RiceP,MartinE,HeJR,FrankM,DeTollaL,HesterL,O'NeillT,MankaC,Benjamin|,NagarsekarA,Singh
330330 1,HasdayJD.Febrile-rangehyperthermiaaugmentsneutrophilaccumulationandenhanceslunginjuryin
331331 experimentalgram-negativebacterialpneumonia.JImmunol.2005Mar15;174(6):3676-85.PubMed
332332 PMID:15749906.
333333 RichardsEM,RosenthalRE,KristianT,FiskumG.Postischemichyperoxiareduceshippocampalpyruvate
334334 dehydrogenaseactivity.FreeRadicBiolMed,2006Jun1;40(11):1960-70.Epub2006Feb17.PubMed
335335 PMID:16716897;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC2570699.
336336 RichardsEM,FiskumG,RosenthalRE,HopkinsI,McKennaMC.Hyperoxicreperfusionafterglobal
337337 ischemiadecreaseshippocampalenergymetabolism.Stroke.2007May;38(5):1578-84.Epub2007Apr5.
338338 PubMedPMID:17413048;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC2601708.
339339 MathewsDC,RichardsEM,NiciuMJ,lonescuDF,RasimasJJ,ZarateCAJr.NEUROBIOLOGICALASPECTS
340340 OFSUICIDEANDSUICIDEATTEMPTSINBIPOLARDISORDER.Trans!Neurosci.2013Jun;4(2).doi:
341341 10.2478/s13380-013-0120-7.PubMedPMID:24294519;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC3840723.
342342 ZengMC,NiciuMJ,LuckenbaughDA,lonescuDF,MathewsDC,RichardsEM,Franco-ChavesJ,Brutsche
343343 NE,ZarateCAJr.Acutestresssymptomsdonotworseninposttraumaticstressdisorderandabusewith
344344 asinglesubanestheticdoseofketamine.BiolPsychiatry.2013Jun15;73(12):e37-8.doi:
345345 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.10.017.Epub2012Dec13.PubMedPMID:23245747.
346346
347347 ili.ReviewsorEditorialsinRefereedJournals
348348 1lonescuDF,NiciuMJ,RichardsEM,ZarateCAJr.Pharmacologictreatmentofdimensionalanxious
349349 depression:areview.PrimCareCompanionCNSDisord.2014;16(3).pii:PCC.13r01621.doi: EricaM.Richards,MD,PhD CurriculumVitae Page6of11
350350 10.4088/PCC.13r01621.Epub2014May29.PubMedPMID:25317369;PubMedCentralPMCID:
351351 PMC4195641.
352352 2.NiciuMJ,MathewsDC,NugentAC,lonescuDF,FureyML,RichardsEM,Machado-VieiraR,ZarateCAJr.
353353 Developingbiomarkersinmooddisordersresearchthroughtheuseofrapid-actingantidepressants.
354354 DepressAnxiety.2014Apr;31(4):297-307.doi:10.1002/da.22224.Epub2013Dec18.Review.PubMed
355355 PMID:24353110;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC3984598.
356356 3.Machado-VieiraR,Soeiro-De-SouzaMG,RichardsEM,TeixeiraAL,ZarateCAJr.Multiplelevelsof
357357 impairedneuralplasticityandcellularresilienceinbipolardisorder:developingtreatmentsusingan
358358 integratedtranslationalapproach.WorldJBiolPsychiatry.2014Feb;15(2):84-95.doi:
359359 10.3109/15622975.2013.830775.Epub2013Sep2.Review.PubMedPMID:23998912;PubMedCentral
360360 PMCID:PMC4180367.
361361 4.NiciuMJ,MathewsDC,lonescuDF,RichardsEM,FureyML,YuanP,NugentAC,HenterID,Machado-
362362 VieiraR,ZarateCAJr.Biomarkersinmooddisordersresearch:developingnewandimproved
363363 therapeutics.RevPsiquiatrClin.2014;41(5):131-134,PubMedPMID:26082563;PubMedCentralPMCID:
364364 PMC4465361.
365365 5.NiciuMJ,lonescuDF,RichardsEM,ZarateCAJr.Glutamateanditsreceptorsinthepathophysiologyand
366366 treatmentofmajordepressivedisorder.JNeuralTransm(Vienna).2014Aug;121(8):907-24.doi:
367367 10.1007/s00702-013-1130-x.Epub2013Dec8.Review.PubMedPMID:24318540;PubMedCentral
368368 PMCID:PMC4048804.
369369 6.RichardsEM,PayneJL.Themanagementofmooddisordersinpregnancy:alternativesto
370370 antidepressants.CNSSpectr.2013Oct;18(5):261-71.doi:10.1017/S1092852913000151.Epub2013Apr
371371 10.Review.PubMedPMID:23570692.
372372 7.NiciuMJ,lonescuDF,MathewsDC,RichardsEM,ZarateCAJr.Secondmessenger/signaltransduction
373373 pathwaysinmajormooddisorders:movingfrommembranetomechanismofaction,part|:major
374374 depressivedisorder.CNSSpectr.2013Oct;18(5):231-41.doi:10.1017/S1092852913000059.Epub2013
375375 Mar5.Review.PubMedPMID:23462230.
376376 ‘MJ,IonescuDF,MathewsDC,RichardsEM,ZarateCAJr.Secondmessenger/signaltransduction
377377 pathwaysinmajormooddisorders:movingfrommembranetomechanismofaction,partIl:bipolar
378378 disorder.CNSSpectr.2013Oct;18(5):242-51.doi:10.1017/S1092852913000138.Epub2013Mar11.
379379 Review.PubMedPMID:23472710;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC3936782.
380380 9.lonescuDF,NiciuMJ,MathewsDC,RichardsEM,ZarateCAJr.Neurobiologyofanxiousdepression:a
381381 review.DepressAnxiety.2013Apr;30(4):374-85.doi:10.1002/da.22095.Epub2013Mar11.Review.
382382 PubMedPMID:23495126;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC3698573.
383383 10.FiskumG,DanilovCA,MehrabianZ,BambrickLL,KristianT,McKennaMC,Hopkins|,RichardsEM,
384384 RosenthalRE.Postischemicoxidativestresspromotesmitochondrialmetabolicfailureinneuronsand
385385 astrocytes.AnnNYAcadSci.2008Dec;1147:129-38.doi:10.1196/annals.1427.026.Review.PubMed
386386 PMID:19076438;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC3040634.
387387 MartinE,RosenthalRE,FiskumG.Pyruvatedehydrogenasecomplex:metaboliclinktoischemicbrain
388388 juryandtargetofoxidativestress.JNeurosciRes.2005Jan1-15;79(1-2):240-7.Review.PubMed
389389 PMID:15562436;PubMedCentralPMCID:PMC2570320.
390390 12.FiskumG,RosenthalRE,VereczkiV,MartinE,HoffmanGE,ChinopoulosC,KowaltowskiA.Protection
391391 againstischemicbraininjurybyinhibitionofmitochondrialoxidativestress.JBioenergBiomembr.2004
392392 Aug;36(4):347-52.Review.PubMedPMID:15377870.
393393
394394 EricaM.Richards,MD,PhD CurriculumVitae Page7of11
395395 ili.ChaptersinBooksandElectronicChapters
396396 1.ElizabethD.Ballard,EricaM.Richards,DawnF.lonescu,MarkJ.Niciu,JenniferVandeVoortandCarlos
397397 A.ZarateJr.Experimentalpharmacologicapproachesforthereductionofsuicidalideationandbehavior.
398398 InK.E.CannonandT.J.Hudzik(Eds.)Suicide:PhenomenologyandNeurobiology,Switzerland:Springer
399399 InternationalPublishing,2014.
400400 2.EricaM.RichardsandMarylandPao.SleepDisruptions.TheJohnsHopkinsPhippsPsychiatryGuide.
401401 JohnsHopkinsPOC-ITCenter(JohnsHopkinsPointofCareInformationTechnologyCenter),Baltimore,
402402 MD.October,2014.
403403
404404 FUNDING
405405 1)Agency:NationalinstitutesofHealthRuthL.KirschsteinNRSAMD/PhD
406406 IdentifyingNumber:F30PredoctoralFellowshipAward
407407 TitleofProject:“ThePyruvateDehydrogenaseComplexasaTargetforOxidativeStressFollowing
408408 Ischemia/Reperfusion”.
409409 DatesofProjectPeriod:February2004-May2006.
410410 CorrespondingPI:EricaMartin(Richards)
411411 TotalDollarAmount:$42,675
412412 RoleonProject:PI
413413 Description:Thispredoctoralfellowshipawardprovidedadditionaltrainingandresearchsupportduring
414414 mydissertationstudyontheeffectsofheartattackandstrokeonthebrain.
415415 PercentEffort:100%
416416
417417 2)Agency:AmericanHeartAssociation
418418 IdentifyingNumber:PredoctoralFellowshipAward
419419 TitleofProject:“TheRoleofHypoxiainHippocampalMitochondriaFunctionFollowingCardiacArrest
420420 andResuscitation”
421421 DatesofProjectPeriod:October2001-June2003
422422 CorrespondingPl:EricaMartin(Richards)
423423 TotalDollarAmount:$23,500
424424 RoleonProject:PI
425425 Description:Thispredoctoralfellowshipawardprovidedadditionaltrainingandresearchsupport
426426 duringmydissertationstudyontheeffectsofheartattackandstrokeonthebrain;
427427 specificallyonmitochondrialfunctionfollowingischemia.
428428 PercentEffort:100%
429429
430430 CLINICALACTIVITIES
431431 Licensure:State:Maryland
432432 license#:00073634
433433 InitialDate:2/07/12
434434
435435 State: DistrictofColumbia
436436 License# MD045656
437437 InitialDate:8/12/17 EricaM.Richards,MD,PhD CurriculumVitae Page8of11
438438 Certification:‘AmericanBoardofPsychiatryandNeurology
439439 DateofCertification:9/15/14
440440 DateofRecertification:September2024
441441
442442 DevelopmentofNational/internationallyRecognizedClinicalStandardofCare:
443443 January2008 ‘AmericanHeartAssociation(AHA)Guidelinesincluderecommendationsforemergency
444444 medicaltechnicianstotitrateinhaledoxygento21%ratherthanpriorstandardsof
445445 100%,citinganarticleforwhich|amfirst-author:RichardsEM,FiskumG,RosenthalRE,
446446 Hopkins|,McKennaMC.“Hyperoxicreperfusionafterglobalischemiadecreases
447447 hippocampalenergymetabolism”.Stroke.2007May;38(5):1578-84.Thisisincludedin
448448 AdvancedCardiopulmonaryLifeSupport(ACLS)Trainingforfirst-responders.
449449
450450 EDUCATIONALACTIVITIES
451451 Teaching
452452 ClassroomInstruction
453453 October2016 “ResearchEthics”Didactictrainingforpsychosomaticmedicinefellows.
454454
455455 ClinicalInstruction
456456 NameofClerkship:MedstarGeorgetown/NIMHPsychosomaticMedicineFellowship
457457 Role:AttendingPhysician,NIMHFellowshipAttending/ResearchMentor
458458 CMEInstruction
459459 April20,2020 GrandRounds:JohnsHopkinsHospital,Baltimore,MD
460460 November10,2016. GrandRounds:UniversityofMassachusettsMedicalSchool,Worcester,MA.
461461 Mentoring
462462 1)NameofMentee:LauraNewman
463463 DatesofMentorship:July2015-April2017.
464464 Outcomes:Sharedpublications—1.
465465 2)NameofMentee:GenevieveGilson
466466 DatesofMentorship:May2016-August2016.
467467 Outcomes:Accepted,TulaneSchoolofMedicineClassof2021.
468468 3)NameofMentee:TessaWalls
469469 DatesofMentorship:July2013—July2015
470470 Outcome(s):
471471 1)Sharedpublications-1 EricaM.Richards,MD,PhD CurriculumVitae Page9of11
472472 2)CompletedLoyolaUniversityofMarylandMaster’sPlusPrograminPsychiatry,2016.
473473 ORGANIZATIONALACTIVITIES
474474 InstitutionalAdministrativeAppointments:
475475 2020-presentDCHospitalAssociation:OpioidandSubstanceUseResponseWorkgroup
476476 2017-presentDCHospitalAssociBehavioralHealthCollaborativeGroupMember
477477 2017-presentMember,MedicalExecutiveCommittee,SibleyMemorialHospital
478478 2017-presentMember,PharmacyandTherapeuticsBoard,SibleyMemorialHospital
479479 2017-present~Member,InfectionPreventionHospitalCommittee,SibleyMemorialHospital
480480 2017-2019—Member,QualitySafetyandServiceCommittee,SibleyMemorialHospital
481481 2017-2019Mayor'sOpioidTaskForce,StrategicTeamLead,Washington,DC
482482 2016-2017—Member,NIHIntramuralSeminarSeriesCommittee
483483 2015-2016BoardMember,NationalInstituteofMentalHealthFellowsCommittee
484484 2014-2015FounderandInstructor,ResearchAssistantClinicalTrainingWorkshop
485485 2014-2015NIMHRepresentative,NIHClinicalFellowsCommittee
486486
487487
488488 ProfessionalSocieties
489489 2015-2019AmericanSocietyofClinicalPsychopharmacology
490490 2009-2019AmericanPsychiatricAssociation
491491 1999-2008
492492
493493 RECOGNITION
494494 InvitedTalks/Media:
495495 WorldBreastfeedingWeek,SibleyHospital:Invitedspeaker,“PostpartumDepression”;August2019
496496 \gton,DC)On-AirInterview:“Ketamine-ANewTreatmentforDepression”,April
497497
498498 WHUR96.3(Washington,DC)TownKallPanelist:“TheOpioidCrisis”,March2019
499499 Fox5MorningLocalNews(Washington,DC)On-AirInterview:“BipolarDisorder”,April2018
500500 CBS“OffScriptwithBruceJohnson”On-AirInterview:BipolarDisorder,April2018
501501 GrandRounds:“DepressionandInflammation:HowdoWeCalmtheFire?”.HowardUniversity.
502502 Washington,DCMarch2018.
503503
504504 GrandRounds:“Biomarkers,BrainDiseaseandInflammation”.UniversityofMassachusettsMedical
505505 ‘School,Worcester,MA.November2016.
506506 Symposiumspeaker:“PETimagingandNeuroinflammation”.AmericanCollegeof
507507 Neuropsychopharmacology(ACNP)meeting.Hollywood,FL.December2015. EricaM.Richards,MD,PhD CurriculumVitae Page10of11,
508508 Keynotespeaker:“NewOptionsfortheTreatmentofDepression”.NationalAllianceonMentalIllness
509509 (NAMI)AnnualConference,Huron,SD.October2015.
510510 Keynotespeaker:“NavigatingYourPathTowardsaCareerinScience”.AllianceforGraduateEducation
511511 andtheProfessoriate(AGEP)ResearchSymposium,CollegePark,MD.January2006.
512512 Awards,Honors
513513 TopPosterAward—ClinicalResearch,SocietyofBiologicalPsychiatry(SOBP),2016
514514 TravelAward,AmericanCollegeofNeuropsychopharmacology(ACNP),2015
515515 NewInvestigatorAward,AmericanSocietyforClinicalPsychopharmacology(ASCP),2015
516516 YoungInvestigatorAward,CareerDevelopmentInstitute(CDI)forBipolarDisorder,2015
517517 InvitedFellow,NIMHBrainCamp,2014
518518 InternoftheYearAward,JohnsHopkinsBayviewDepartmentofPsychiatry,2009
519519 FirstPlace,OralPresentation,UniversityofMarylandGraduateStudentResearchDay,2005
520520 MD/PhDOutstandingScholarAward,UniversityofMaryland,Baltimore,1999
521521 PhiBetaKappa,EpsilonofGeorgia,1999
522522 GoldenKeyNationalHonorSociety,1999
523523 MortarBoardSeniorHonorSociety,1998
524524 NationalinstitutesofHealthUndergraduateScholarshipRecipient,1997,1998
525525 Member,AlphaLambdaDeltaHonorSociety,1997
526526 Captain,SpelmanCollegeSoccerTeam,1996-1998
527527
528528 OTHERPROFESSIONALACCOMPLISHMENTS
529529 RichardsEM,Zanotti-FregonaraP,FujitaM,Walls,NiciuMJ,ParkM,Machado-VieiraR,SalvadoreG,
530530 KolbH,ZarateCA,InnisRB.“IncreasedPETradioligandbindingtotranslocatorproteinsuggeststhat
531531 majordepressivedisorderisassociatedwithneuroinflammation”.Posterpresentation,Societyof
532532 BiologicalPsychiatry.Toronto,Canada.May2015.
533533 RichardsEM,BallardED,NiciuMJ,VandeVoortJ,LuckenbaughDA,ZarateCA.“GenderDifferencesin
534534 AntidepressantResponsetoKetamine”.PosterPresentation,SixthWorldCongressonWomen’sMental
535535 Health.Tokyo,Japan.March2015.
536536 RichardsEM,MathewsD,Machado-VieiraR,NiciuM,lonescuD,NolanN,Franco-ChavesJ,HudzikT,
537537 MaciagC,ShuangL,SmithM,LuckenbaughDA,Zarate,JrC.“ARandomized,Placebo-Controlled,Pilot
538538 TrialofaDeltaOpioidAgonistinPatientswithAnxiousMajorDepression”.Posterpresentation,Society
539539 ofBiologicalPsychiatry.NewYork,NY.May2014.
540540
541541 Martin€,VereczkiV,RosenthalR,andFiskumG.“TargetingofthePyruvateDehydrogenaseComplexby
542542 OxidativeStressduringCerebralIschemia/Reperfusion”.Abstractprintedandposterpresentatedat
543543 SocietyforNeuroscienceConference.SanDiego,CA.October2004.
544544 MartinE,VereczkiV,RosenthalRandFiskumG.“ThePyruvateDehydrogenaseComplexasaTargetof
545545 OxidativeStressDuringCerebralischemia/Reperfusion”.Invitedtalk,Mitochondriaand
546546 NeuroprotectionSymposium.Ft.Lauderdale,FL.April2004. EricaM.Richards,MD,PhD CurriculumVitae Page11of11
547547 MartinE,RicePandHasdayJ.“TheInfluenceofFeveronSurvivalDuringanAntibiotic-Treated
548548 PneumoniaInfection”.MedicalStudentResearchDay.Baltimore,MD.2000
549549 Executive Office of the Mayor – Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments
550550 John A. Wilson Building | 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20004
551551
552552
553553
554554
555555 Erica Richards, M.D., Ph.D.
556556
557557 Dr. Erica Richards is a board-certified adult psychiatrist. She is
558558 currently the chair and medical director of the Department of Psychiatry
559559 and Behavioral Health at Sibley Memorial Hospital, as well as an
560560 assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
561561 Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr.
562562 Richards is board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of
563563 Psychiatry and Neurology.
564564 Dr. Richards is a member of the American Society of Clinical
565565 Psychopharmacology and the American Psychiatric Association. She
566566 previously served as the founder and instructor for the Research
567567 Assistant Clinical Training Workshop, a National Institute of Mental Health representative for the
568568 National Institutes of Health Clinical Fellows Committee, and a board member for the National
569569 Institute of Mental Health Fellows Committee.
570570 Dr. Richards has earned the Top Poster Award for Clinical Research by the Society of Biological
571571 Psychiatry; a Travel Award by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, a Young
572572 Investigator Award by the Career Development Institute for Bipolar Disorder, a New Investigator
573573 Award for the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, as well as several other
574574 distinctions during her years of study.
575575 Dr. Richards has contributed to numerous publications with her research interests on investigating
576576 the role of inflammation in the pathophysiology of mood disorders, identifying potential
577577 biomarkers of depression and treatment response, and elucidating the mechanism of action of
578578 ketamine's antidepressant effects. The National Institutes of Health and the American Heart
579579 Association have both provided funding for her research on the effects of heart attack and stroke
580580 on the brain, specifically on mitochondrial function following ischemia. She has authored over 30
581581 peer-reviewed research publications in the fields of neuroscience and psychiatry research.
582582 A Ward 4 resident, Dr. Richards earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Spelman College
583583 and both her PhD in Neuroscience and her Doctor of Medicine from University of Maryland. GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
584584 Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
585585
586586 Office of the General Counsel to the Mayor
587587
588588
589589 ______________________________________________________________________________
590590 The John A. Wilson Building • 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 300 • Washington, D.C. 20004 • Office (202) 724-7681
591591
592592 To: Kimberly A. Bassett, Steve Walker
593593 From: Betsy Cavendish
594594 Date: October 7, 2024
595595 Subject: Legal sufficiency review of a resolution reappointing Dr. Erica Richards as a
596596 member of the Violence Fatality Review Committee
597597 This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above-referenced Order and found
598598 it to be legally unobjectionable. If you have any questions in this regard, please do not hesitate
599599 to call Michael Porcello, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office of the Mayor, at 202-727-
600600 0872, or me at 202-724-7681.
601601
602602
603603
604604
605605 ______________________________
606606 Elizabeth Cavendish
607607
608608