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Gregory Aarons, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Implementation science, leadership, organizational development, behavioral health, global mental health
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Dean Acheson, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Facilitating learning-based mechanisms of psychotherapy via pharmacological intervention.
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Cristian Achim, M.D., Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: The molecular mechanisms of disease in HIV associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND).
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Lisa Adler, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Eating Disorders Treatment and Research Program, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Niloofar Afari, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Chronic pain, twin studies, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and implementation of eHealth technology.
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Natacha Akshoomoff, Ph.D. , Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Pediatric neuropsychology; Diagnostic and assessment practices for children with autistic spectrum disorders
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Leslie Anderson, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Treatment Development & Outcomes in Eating Disorders, Emotion Dysregulation, Dialectical Behavior Therapy
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Abigail Angkaw, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: PTSD, anxiety, aggression, addiction, and mobile health technology in adults, particularly returning Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans.
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Robert Anthenelli, M.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neurobiology of substance use and dependence disorders.
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Lawrence Gregory Appelbaum, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: cognitive neuroscience, neuroplasticity, learning and expertise, peak performance, neuroimaging, neurostimulation, psychophysiology
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Catherine Ayers, ABPP, Ph.D. , Professor of Clinical Psychiatry |
Interest/Specialization: Treatment outcomes for geriatric hoarding disorder and the neuropsychiatric characterization of hoarding disorder in late life.
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Autumn Backhaus, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Health Psychology and PTSD
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Dewleen Baker, M.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Stress and mental health.
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Katherine Bangen, Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: : Neuropsychology and neuroimaging of aging, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia; Vascular contributions to Alzheimer's disease.
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Samuel Barnes, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Glutamate/GABA transmission and impairments in reward and cognitive
processing. Markou Consortium for Neurobiology and Psychopharmacology.
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Kristin (Tina) Beizai, M.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Medical Director of Integrated Hospital based Services at the VA San Diego Healthcare System.
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Molly Berman, Psy.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: UCSD Moores Cancer Center
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Aaron Besterman, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Psychiatric genetics, pharmacogenetics, neurodevelopmental disorders, acute care psychiatry, medical education
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Savita Bhakta, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: EEG, Biomarkers, Virtual Reality, Schizophrenia, Neurocognition
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Abesh Bhattacharjee, M.D., Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program, Geriatric
Psychiatry ,Neurostimulation, Telepsychiatry
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Anne Bird, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Clinical Services Director of Outpatient Psychiatry Services La Jolla.
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Amanda Bischoff Grethe, Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Brain function in adolescents and adults with eating disorders or histories of substance use using functional MRI, DTI, and other morphometric methods.
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Andrew Bismark, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Acute & Intensive Mental Health Program VA San Diego Healthcare system, Schizophrenia
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Cinnamon Bloss, Ph.D. , Associate Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine and Non-Salaried Associate Professor of Psychiatry |
Interest/Specialization: genomics, technology adoption, privacy, science and technology policy, health policy, empirical ethics, mobile health, digital health
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Jessica Bomyea, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: PTSD, fMRI, cognitive training, neuropsychology
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Mark Bondi, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Neuropsychology of aging and dementia
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Kerri Boutelle, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Eating disorders, Obesity, Cognitive training, HRV, Executive function
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Arthur Brody, M.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Tobacco Use Disorder; Positron Emission Tomography; Treatment of Cigarette Smoking
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Lauren Brookman-Frazee, BCBA-D, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Implementation science; Community effectiveness and implementation trials; Children’s mental health services; Autism services; Clinician training; Parent-mediated interventions |
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Sandra A Brown, Ph.D. , Distinguished Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Emergence and remission of alcohol/drug problems during adolescence and young adulthood, impact of adolescent substance use on neuro-development, and developmental implications for intervention. |
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Kristin Cadenhead, M.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Early identification, intervention and prevention of serious mental illness.
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Veronica Cardenas, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Cancer patient and family support services.
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Pollyanna Casmar, Ph.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Compassion meditation for trauma; Transdiagnostic Interpersonal Therapy
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Natalie Castriotta, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program
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Nicholas Chan, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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Timothy Chen, , Pharm.D., HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Tobacco-use cessation
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Mariana Cherner, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Neurocognitive consequences of HIV, stimulant abuse, and Hepatitis C. Cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment.
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Nicholas Chesher, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Health psychology, behavioral medicine, consultation and liaison psychology, pre-surgical psychosocial candidacy evaluation, transplant psychology, cardiac psychology, outcomes research and program development. |
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Cosmina Ciobanu, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Ashley Clark, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Women’s reproductive mental health
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Kim Claudat, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, co-director Adult Treatment Program
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Peter Colvonen, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Telemental health, PTSD
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Willard Connor, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Kelly Courtney, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Discovering the neurobiological and psychophysiological mechanisms that underlie the development and maintenance of alcohol and other substance addiction in order to inform intervention efforts. |
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Maya D'Eon, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Chronic pain, Mindfulness, Anxiety, Depression, Sleep Disturbance
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Zafiris J. Daskalakis, M.D., Ph.D. , Professor and Chair |
Interest/Specialization: Neuromodulation, Neurophysiology, Severe mental illness, Clinical Trials.
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Giordano De-Guglielmo, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neural circuits of addiction, with an emphasis on critical molecular and cellular mechanisms that are responsible for adverse behavioral outcomes that are associated with substance abuse and dependence. |
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Lisa Delano-Wood, Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Understanding the relationship between cognitive functioning, vascular risk, and brain changes across the aging spectrum (normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease) |
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Colin Depp, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Mobile technology, bipolar disorder and pyschosis, suicide prevention, research training, and healthy aging
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Andre Der-Avakian, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Stress-induced reward deficits relating to depression and other mood disorders.
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Isabel Domingues, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: schizophrenia, early psychosis and the progression of psychotic disorders among at-risk individuals
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Neal Doran, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Tobacco, Young Adult, Uptake, E-cigarette, Nicotine; VA Assoc. Chief of Psychology
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Nancy Downs, M.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Integrative treatments for depression and anxiety in primary care settings and novel interventions for suicide prevention.
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Kristen Duarte, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Development of Antisocial Behavior; Internalizing & Externalizing Comorbidity; Developmental Psychopathology; OCD Spectrum Disorders; Anxiety; Transitional Age Youth; College Mental Health; Diversity |
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Stephanie Dulawa, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Animal models, Fast-onset antidepressants, Compulsive Behavior, Anorexia, Neural circuit dissection
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Davide Dulcis, Ph.D. , Associate Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Circuit-specific respecification of neurotransmitters in the developing and adult brains.
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Douglas D`Agati, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: mood disorders, mental health literacy, torpor and its connections to psychopathology, and brain stimulation (such as transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroconvulsive therapy). |
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Emily Edmonds, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neuropsychology of aging, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia.
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Blaire Ehret, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Suicide prevention, assessment, and risk management; psychosis; severe mental illness; psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery; compassion-focused therapy |
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Jeremy Elman, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: cognitive neuroscience, cognitive testing, neuroimaging, biomarkers, and genetic measures to study Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and aging
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Mark Ettenhofer, Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Eye tracking, Traumatic brain injury, Neuropsychology, Virtual Reality
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Lisa Eyler, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, Aging, Ecological momentary assessment, Neuroimaging
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Christine Fennema Notestine, Ph.D. , Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology |
Interest/Specialization: Neuroimaging methods development and validation, clinical research neuroimaging, cognitive neuropsychology, and biomedical informatics.
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Danielle Fettes, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: vulnerable populations of youth and families, mental health and substance use, family violence and child trauma, and implementation of evidence-based programs into public sector service systems |
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J. Adam Fields, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: molecular mechanisms underlying the neurodegenerative processes of neurological disorders
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Daphna Finn, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization:
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David Folsom, M.D., M.P.H. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Clinical psychiatry and family medicine.
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Guido Frank, M.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Carol Franz, Ph.D. , Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Longitudinal study of stress and aging, with a focus on risk and preventive factors for cognitive aging.
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Yuliana Gallegos Rodriguez, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Local Recovery Coordinator at the VA San Diego Healthcare System, Center of Recovery Education
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Jamie Gannon, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Program development with the aim of improving access to patient-centered, evidence-based mental health treatment.
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Marianna Gasperi, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Genetic epidemiology of psychiatric disorders and chronic pain
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Olivier George, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drugs, Neurobiology, Genetic, Cellular Physiology, Drug Development, Anatomy
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Jay Giedd, M.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: brain development in health and illness.
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Tamar Gollan, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neuropsychology, bilingualism, language production
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Amanda Gooding, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: neuropsychological assessments of individuals with epilepsy, brain tumors, dementia and other memory disorders, mood disorders, or other psychiatric illness |
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Eric Granholm, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Mobile technology, pupillometry, psychosocial interventions, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, aging, cognition, functioning
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Igor Grant, M.D. , Distinguished Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neurobehavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS and alcoholism; life stress and illness; medicinal cannabis
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Tiffany Greenwood, Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Risk prediction, Creativity, Cognition
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David Grelotti, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: HIV psychiatry, Global mental health, Medicinal cannabis
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Kathleen Grubbs, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Telemental Health, PTSD
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Adam Halberstadt, Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: head twitch, optogenetics, schizophrenia, drug abuse, hallucinogens, interval timing, serotonin
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Moira Haller, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Advancing the understanding and treatment of individuals with PTSD and substance use disorders.
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Karen Hanson, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: clinical neuropsychology, Home Based Primary Care Program
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Katia Harle, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: computational psychiatry and neuropsychology, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder
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Richard Hauger, M.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Neuroendocrinology of stress and psychostimulants
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Pia Heppner, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: psycho-oncology, health promotion and disease prevention
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Matthew Herbert, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Chronic pain, Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Race/Ethnicity, Pain acceptance
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Ellen Heyneman, M.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Eating disorders and mood disorders in children and adolescents
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Jeremy Hirst, M.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Psychiatry, Palliative Care, Cancer, and Psychosocial Oncology.
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Suzi Hong, Ph.D. , Non-Salaried Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Psychoneuroimmunology and behavioral medicine.
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Alan Hsu, FAPA, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Psychosomatic medicine and the treatment of mental health issues
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Steven Huege, M.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Geriatric Psychiatry, Interprofessional Education
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Lilia Iakoucheva, Ph.D. , Associate Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Autism genetics, Cerebral organoids, Gene expression, Systems biology, Brain development
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Alana Iglewicz, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: wellness, grief, psychiatric emergencies, mental health primary care, telemental health
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Maria Infante, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: The effects of alcohol use on the developing brain
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Jennifer Iudicello, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neurocognitive and real-world consequences associated with HIV, substance use disorders, and aging; the relationship between vascular injury and central nervous system outcomes in older HIV+ adults and HIV+ individuals with comorbid substance use disorders. |
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Joanna Jacobus, Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neural and cognitive correlates of adolescent and young adult alcohol and cannabis use, structural neuroimaging, and development of neuroscience-informed behavioral interventions for substance misuse. |
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Amy Jak, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Neuropsychology of aging and traumatic brain injury
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Janis Jenkins, Ph.D. , Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Anthropology. |
Interest/Specialization: Global mental health, Cultural psychiatry, schizophrenia, depression, PTSD, Latinos and Latin America, gender, immigrants and refugees, warfare/violence, and qualitative/ mixed methods. |
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Willough Jenkins, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child and adolescent psychiatry, underserved populations.
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Terry Jernigan, Ph.D. , Professor of Cognitive Sci, Psychiatry and Radiology |
Interest/Specialization: Brain imaging of cognitive and psychiatric disorders; aging and memory research
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Dilip Jeste, M.D. , Distinguished Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Geriatric Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Healthy Cognitive Aging, Wisdom, Positive Psychiatry
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Yash Joshi, M.D., Ph.D. , Assistant Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: schizophrenia, computerized cognitive training, mental health recovery services.
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Marsida Kallupi, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: neurobiological basis of abnormal behavioral and brain functions
relevant to human psychopathology with emphasis on drug addiction and eating disorders
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Julie Kangas, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program
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Walter Kaye, M.D. , Distinguished Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Eating Disorders
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John Kelsoe, M.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Molecular biological approaches to psychiatric disorders
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Kathleen Kim, M.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: VASDHS Chief of Staff
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Steve Koh, M.B.A., M.D., M.P.H. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Community public mental health outcomes big-data informatics
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Igor Koutsenok, M.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Treatment of Substance Use Disorders. Training in Evidence-Based Practices in Addiction Medicine, Behavioral Interventions in Criminal Justice Context, International Drug Policy. |
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William Kremen, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Behavior genetic studies of aging and psychiatric disorders
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Ariel Lang, M.P.H., Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Anxiety and trauma, emotional disorders in the general medical setting
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Amy Lansing, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neurobehavioral underpinnings of high-risk behaviors and functional impairment in underserved and vulnerable populations.
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Eve Lasswell, Psy.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Addiction Recovery and Treatment Program
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Vanessa Lauzon, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Consultation-liaison psychiatry
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Julie Le, D.O. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: My main clinical focus is Primary Care Psychiatry (Psychiatry in Primary Care, outpatient) and Behavioral Health Integration/Collaborative Care.
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Ellen Lee, M.D. , Assistant Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Inflammatory mediators of sleep disturbances in older adults with serious mental illnesses.
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David Lehman, H.S., M.D. , HS Professor of Psychiatry |
Interest/Specialization: Cognitive Disorders
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Gregory Light, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Cognitive training, EEG biomarkers, schizophrenia
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Laurie Lindamer, H.S., Ph.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Schizophrenia, neuropsychology and psychotic disorders, health issues in older adults with psychosis
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Ian Lowe, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Outpatient Psychiatric Services
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Tamara Maginot, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: children and adolescents managing chronic medical conditions, trauma-informed care, family-based treatment of obesity and eating disorders, and medical stabilization of eating disorders |
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Jeanne Maglione, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Primary Care Mental Health Integration
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Lawrence Malak, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Community Psychiatry.
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Anne Malaktaris, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: anxiety and trauma-related disorders; comorbid PTSD and chronic pain; complementary and integrative health approaches; novel interventions; VASDHS La Jolla PTSD Clinical Team |
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Thomas Marcotte, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Neuropsychology of HIV infection and other dementing disorders
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Carla Marienfeld, M.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Carla Marienfeld, MD, DFAPA, FASAM is board-certified in psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and addiction medicine, and she is a Clinical Professor and the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director at the University of California San Diego. Her interests include substance use disorders, clinical treatment of substance use disorders, fellowship education and training, and motivational interviewing training. She has authored or co-authored over 35 peer reviewed articles, book chapters, practice guidelines, and invited commentaries, and she edited two books: Motivational Interviewing for Clinical Practice and Absolute Addiction Psychiatry Review: An essential board exam study guide. |
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Maria Marquine, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Hispanic/Latino neuropsychology; health disparities
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Brian Martis, M.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Trauma, Stress, PTSD, Psychopharmacology, Neuroimaging
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Cortney Mauer, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Primary Care Mental Health Integration
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Brent Mausbach, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Stress/coping; Alzheimer's caregiving; Cancer; behavioral medicine; functional outcomes in schizophrenia
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Jeffrey Max, MBBCh(M.D.) , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Child and adolescent psychiatry, Pediatric Traumatic Brain and Stroke Research
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Benjamin Maxwell, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Tina Mayes, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: PTSD, Hoarding Disorder, Geriatric
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Mark Mayford, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: My lab studies learning and memory in the mouse using a variety of molecular, genetic, and optical techniques to uncover the underlying cellular and circuit changes that store information in the brain. |
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Michael McCarthy, M.D., Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neurobiology of mood disorders and circadian clocks
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Carrie McDonald, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Neuroimaging and neuropsychological correlates of epilepsy and primary brain tumors; neuropsychology of aging.
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Benjamin McKenna, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Mood disorders, substance dependence
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Emily Meier, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: hospice and palliative care
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Victoria Merritt, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: traumatic brain injury
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Alejandro Meruelo, M.D., Ph.D., , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Understanding the interrelationship between mood and substance use disorders using neuroimaging, statistical, and computational methods; transcranial magnetic stimulation |
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Aaron Meyer, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Inpatient Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Consult-Liaison, Emergency Psychiatry
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Paul Mills, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Stress; adrenergic function; menstrual physiology; behavioral medicine
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Arpi Minassian, Ph.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Physiology, Cognition, Heart rate variability, Bipolar disorder, Drug use, HIV
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Heline Mirza Khanian, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Early psychosis
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Jyoti Mishra, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Cognitive brain networks, EEG, Machine learning, Attention, Brain plasticity
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Juan Molina, M.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Schizophrenia, neurobiology and behavior, computational psychiatry
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Jessica Montoya, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Implementation science; integrated care; mobile health interventions; substance use disorders; HIV/AIDS; aging
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David Moore, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Text messaging to improve health behaviors (e.g., medication adherence, physical activity), HIV/AIDS, Aging, Cognition
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Raeanne Moore, Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: EMA, mobile cognitive testing, digital health, cognitive impairment, chronic illness
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Erin Morgan, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: neurocognitive and everyday functioning consequences of HIV infection and addiction
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Leslie Morland, Psy.D. , Professor of Clinical Psychiatry; Director of Telemental Health VASD |
Interest/Specialization: PTSD, Technology, Access
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Lama Muhammad, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: outpatient psychiatry
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Mark Myers, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Faculty Research Interest/Specialist: Youth Tobacco use; Tobacco cessation in smokers with psychiatric comorbidity.
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Tanya Nguyen, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Mechanisms cognitive and biological aging in serious mental illnesses. Gut-brain axis and relationship between the gut microbiome and brain/behavior, particularly as it pertains to accelerated aging in mental illness but also in healthy aging. |
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Caroline Nievergelt, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Psychiatric genetics, population genetics, epigenetics, PTSD, Bipolar disorder, tinnitus, EWAS, GWAS, biomarkers, circadian clock
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Yuliana Noniyeva, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child and adolescent psychology; transitional age youth; evidence-based treatments for mood disorders; primary care mental health integration
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Marc Norman, Ph.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neuropsychological Assessment, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy
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Sonya Norman, Ph.D. , Professor of Clinical Psychiatry |
Interest/Specialization: PTSD and mental health needs among recently deployed Veterans; Co-Occurring PTSD and Alcohol/Substance Use Disorder; Psychotherapy Outcomes Research
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Henry Orff, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Traumatic Brain Injury, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
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Abraham Palmer, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Psychiatric genetics, Drug abuse, Animal models, GWAS
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Barton Palmer, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Aging, neurocognitive functioning, loneliness, serious mental illness, positive mental health, empirical bioethics
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Teresa Pan, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Primary Care Mental Health Integration
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Matthew Panizzon, Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: biological and environmental factors that influence age-related changes in cognition and brain, as well as the development of disorders such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease. |
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Jessie Seong Park, Psy.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neuropsychology, Pain, Bariatric and Metabolic pre- and post-op
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Veronica Perez, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: The diagnostic assessment and treatment of severe mental illness (SMI), specifically schizophrenia spectrum illnesses, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. |
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Dimitri Perivoliotis, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery
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William Perry, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Neuropsychology of schizophrenia
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James Pittman, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: use of technology to aid in screening, triaging, and monitoring of clinical outcomes
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Susan Powell, Ph.D. , Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Models of neurodevelopmental disorders; behavioral pharmacology of hallucinogens and antipsychotic drugs
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Dhakshin Ramanathan, M.D., Ph.D. , Assistant Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: LFP, Cognitive control, Closed-loop, Neuromodulation, Brain-computer-interface
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Brinda Rana, Ph.D. , Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: how acute stress and other environmental factors (e.g. diet, sleep, smoking, microgravity, long duration space travel) drive molecular (e.g. epigenetic, metabolite, RNA) changes in the body by applying state-of-the-art omics approaches (e.g. DNA methylation, metabolomics, transcriptomics) on longitudinally sampled cohorts |
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Sanjai Rao, M.D. , Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: inpatient psychiatry
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Neil Richtand, M.D., Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Psychiatric disorders including Schizophrenia, Drug dependence, and traumatic brain injury.
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Victoria Risbrough, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Anxiety; PTSD; Translational preclinical psychopharmacology and clinical psychophysiology
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Jennifer Roby, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: College Mental Health
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Roxanne Rockwell, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders treatment, evaluation and research.
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Joshua Ruberg, Ph.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Clinical psychology for Veterans.
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Thomas Rutledge, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Behavioral medicine, Technology Applications to chronic health conditions
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Sandra Sanchez-Roige, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: psychiatric genetics
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Dawn Schiehser, Ph.D. , Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Clinical and Neuropsychology
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Marc Schuckit, M.D. , Distinguished Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Alcoholism; family and genetic studies
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Terry Schwartz, M.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Eating Disorders
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Jason Schweitzer, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry
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Jonathan Sebat, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Psychiatric Genetics
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Desiree Shapiro, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Pei-an (Betty) Shih, M.P.M., Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Genetic and lipidomics research in patients with mental illnesses.
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I-wei Shu, M.D., Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Developing novel EEG methods for assessing and modulating abnormal brain activity in patients with anxiety, stress- and trauma-related symptoms.
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Shawn Sidhu, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child and adolescent psychiatry, training and education, immigrant and refugee mental health, Native American mental health, cultural psychiatry, advocacy, spirituality, systems of care, equity and health disparities, psychotherapy, media |
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Alan Simmons, Ph.D. , Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Posttraumatic Stress disorders/Traumatic Brain Injury
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Fiza Singh, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Center of Recovery Education
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Christine N. Smith, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neurobiology of learning and memory in healthy populations and individuals with memory impairment, such as Alzheimer's disease.
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Mounir Soliman, M.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Clinical psychopharmacology for schizophrenia and mood disorders.
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Maryam Soltani, M.D., Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Substance Abuse Recovery Rehabilitation and Treatment
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David Sommerfeld, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Implementation science, behavioral health services, treatment engagement and retention, public sector services, health equity
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Scott Sorg, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: cognitive impairment, mild traumatic brain injury, neurostructural correlates of mTBI-related cognitive dysfunction through the integration of neuropsychological and neuroimaging markers. |
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Andrea Spadoni Townsend, Ph.D., , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Utilizing functional neuroimaging techniques to investigate the direct and interactive effects of affective disorders and substance abuse on neurocognition and affective processing and to elucidate the neural mechanisms of their empirically supported treatments. |
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Nicole Stadnick, M.P.H., Ph.D. , Assistant Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Implementation science; Mental health services; Integrated care; Autism spectrum disorder; Community Academic Partnerships
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Murray Stein, M.D., M.P.H. , Distinguished Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Anxiety; Traumatic stress; Pharmacotherapy; Genomics; Epidemiology
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Amanda Steiner, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Home Based Primary Care
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Jon David Stiffler, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: substance use disorders, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mood disorders, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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Daniel Stout, , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: neurobiological mechanisms underlying the vulnerability to, maintenance, and treatment of trauma-related, anxiety, and mood-related disorders.
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Erin Sundermann, , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: cognitive neuroscience, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive aging
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Hannah Sweet, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry
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Neal Swerdlow, M.D., Ph.D. , Distinguished Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Limbic system-basal ganglia function in mental illness
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Michael Taffe, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: drug and alcohol abuse
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Susan Tapert, Ph.D. , Professor, Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Dept of Psychiatry |
Interest/Specialization: Research focus on multi-site longitudinal studies of adolescent substance use, brain development using neuroimaging, neurocognition, physical activity, sleep, screen time, mental health, and other behaviors. |
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Melissa Tarasenko, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Residential Rehabilitation & Treatment, PTSD
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Wendy Tayer, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Behavioral medicine, Geropsychology, Pain management, Disaster psychology, Lifespan development
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Charles Taylor, Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: experimental psychopathology and intervention approaches for anxiety and related disorders
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Jessica Thackaberry, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Community Psychiatry, Tele-Mental Health
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Kelsey Thomas, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neuropsychology of aging and dementia, subtle cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease
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Maria Tiamson-Kassab, M.D. , HS Clinical Professor; Director Psychiatry & Psychological Services, Moores Cancer Center & Jacobs Medical Center |
Interest/Specialization: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
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Ryan Trim, Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Faculty Research Interest/Specialization:Substance use disorders, longitudinal data analysis, environmental risk factors, treatment of dual diagnosis
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Mary Ellen Trunko, M.D. , HS Associate Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Eating Disorders
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Ming Tsuang, D.Sc., M.D., Ph.D. , Distinguished Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Human genetics; behavior and neuropsychiatric diseases; family-genetic studies of psychiatric disorders; the genetic heterogeneity of schizophrenia.
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Elizabeth Twamley, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Cognition, functioning, and cognitive training to improve functioning for people with severe mental illness, traumatic brain injury, or other cognitive impairments; homelessness; supported employment; use of technology to improve cognition. See www.cogsmart.com. |
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Kalya Vardi, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Geriatric Psychiatry
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Natasha Wade, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Predictors and consequences of substance use (especially cannabis) onset in adolescents and emerging adults, cannabinoid toxicology, and use of more robust, objective measurement techniques for difficult to measure constructs (e.g., cannabinoid content, screen time) |
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Tamara Wall, Ph.D. , Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Etiology of alcoholism-genetic and environmental vulnerability factors
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Nathalia Walsh, , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: PTSD
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Clarice Wang, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: race based stress/trauma, health psychology
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Julie Wetherell, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Treatment of late-life anxiety.
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Christina Wierenga, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Neuropsychology of Aging and Dementia
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Katherine N. Williams, Ph.D. , HS Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child and adolescent psychology; evidence-based treatments for childhood disruptive behavior disorders, mood disorders, and learning disorders; child and adolescent psychological assessment. |
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Eric Wong, Ph.D. , Professor of Radiology and Psychiatry |
Interest/Specialization: novel noninvasive MRI based methods for quantitative imaging of tissue perfusion, Arterial Spin Labeling
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Elizabeth Wrape, Ph.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Family Mental Health
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Michelle Wu, M.D. , HS Assistant Clinical Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Jared Young, Ph.D. , Professor In Residence |
Interest/Specialization: Neuropsychopharmacology; Schizophrenia; Bipolar Disorder; Cognition; Attention; Working memory; Executive Functioning; translational testing; Motivation; Effort; HIV associated neurological disorder; Nicotine; |
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Xian-jin Zhou, Ph.D. , Associate Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Molecular Biology of Psychiatry Disorders.
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Sidney Zisook, M.D. , Distinguished Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Psychopharmacology of depression and schizophrenia; bereavement; PTSD
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Zvinka Zlatar, Ph.D. , Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Interest/Specialization: Neuroimaging, Brain health, Cognitive aging, Mobile health, Interventions
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