Sherry Larkins, PhD
Sherry Larkins, Ph.D., has worked for Friends Research Institute and UCLA’s Integrated Substance Abuse Programs since 1998. She currently directs ISAP’s International Training and Education efforts, including 2 SAMHSA-funded projects in Southeast Asia. She also leads the training and education efforts of ISAP’s visiting scholars. Prior to her current position, she directed training and technical […]
Audra Langley, PhD
Audra Langley, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and UCLA Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Langley’s body of work has sought to increase access to quality mental health interventions for underserved populations of children, including those in schools and involved with the child welfare system. […]
Alex Kopelowicz, MD
Alejandro (Alex) Kopelowicz, M.D. is Professor and Vice-Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Medical Director of the San Fernando Mental Health Center (SFMHC), a community mental health center operated by the Department of Mental Health of Los Angeles County and Chief of Psychiatry at Olive […]
Yelena Koldobskaya, MD, PHD
Dr. Koldobskaya completed MD and PhD degrees at the University of Chicago, and Adult Psychiatry residency at UCLA-Semel Institute. Since graduating in 2017, she has worked as a full-time staff psychiatrist at Twin Towers Correctional Facility, where she primarily cares for MIST (Misdemeanor Incompetent to Stand Trial) patients. She also directs the UCLA outpatient clinical […]
Sheryl Kataoka, MD, MSHS
Community Psychiatry Child Trauma and School Systems HSS and Child Psychiatry Faculty skataoka@mednet.ucla.edu Dr. Sheryl Kataoka is Professor-in-Residence in the UCLA Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, where she serves as the Training Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship. She completed her Bachelors of Science at UCLA and medical school at George Washington […]
Ippolytos Kalofonos, MD, PhD, MPH
Ippolytos Kalofonos, MD, PhD, MPH is a practicing psychiatrist and a medical anthropologist. He is jointly appointed as an Assistant Professor in the UCLA Center for Social Medicine and the Humanities the UCLA International Institute as well as the Department of Psychiatry at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center (WLA VAMC). He is […]
Loretta Jones MA, ThD
Community Psychiatry HAAF Partner Charles R Drew Community Faculty lorettajones@haafii.org Loretta Jones M.A. Th.D is the founder and CEO of Healthy African American Families, Phase II (HAAF). As a “Community Gatekeeper”, Loretta Jones has dedicated her entire life towards the hope and healing of community and society-at-large. Her career as a civil rights activist, health […]
Brandon Ito, MD
Dr. Brandon Ito is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He completed medical school at the UC Irvine School of Medicine, masters degree in public health from the Harvard University School of Public Health, adult residency training at UC San Francisco, and fellowship in child and adolescent […]
Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, MD, MSHPM
Dr. Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi is an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and an Investigator at the Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy within the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. Dr. Ijadi-Maghsoodi earned her undergraduate degree in biology from Iowa State University and her medical degree […]
Brian Hurley, MD, MBA, DFASAM
Brian Hurley, MD, MBA, DFASAM is an addiction psychiatrist and a Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar. His focus is on integrating addiction treatments into general healthcare settings and building an integrated continuum of care for patients with addictive diseases served by healthcare systems. To this […]