Merritt Schreiber, PhD
Child Psychologist Professor, Department of Pediatrics From the UCLA Center for World Health’s 2017-18 Annual Report: Dr. Schreiber’s work focuses on developing population-level models of a “stepped continuum of mental health care” (e.g., mental health “first aid”) in mass-casualty disasters and other traumatic incidents. He also works on enhancing resilience and response of emergency disaster […]
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, PhD
Global Psychiatry UCLA Faculty mrotheram@mednet.ucla.edu Dr. Rotheram is a clinical psychologist who designs, develops, and implements groundbreaking programs to prevent a range of negative outcomes for children and families. She was trained at the University of So. CA and was a faculty member at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute for many […]
Emily Ricketts, PhD
Dr. Ricketts is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. She is housed in the Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program. Here, she provides training and supervision to clinical graduate externs; serves as an attending in the outpatient trainee clinic, where she trains and supervises clinical psychology interns and […]
Natalia Ramos, MD, MPH
Email: nramos@mednet.ucla.edu Natalia Ramos, MD, MPH is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Population Behavioral Health and a board-certified Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist. She oversees clinical care and training in LGBTQ-affirming and sensitive mental health practices for psychiatry and psychology trainees. She is also the faculty lead on LGBTQ topics for the UCLA-DMH […]
Tara Peris, PhD
Dr. Peris is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. She is co-Director of the UCLA Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program and the Program Director ofthe ABC Children’s Partial Hospitalization Program. Her research and clinical interests are in developmental psychopathology, […]
Ketema Paul, PhD
Dr. Paul studies the genetic, molecular, and neural underpinnings of sleep. His primary interests are comprised of uncovering the mechanisms responsible for the negative effects of sleep deprivation. He also probes the origins of gender/sex differences in the ability to recover from sleep loss in order to develop therapeutic targets for sleep disorders that disproportionately […]
Blanca Orellana, PhD
Dr. Blanca Orellana is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, serves as the Director of Clinical Training for the Division of Population Behavioral Health within the Department of Psychiatry, and has developed a robust training program that incorporates […]
Elizabeth Ollen, PhD, MA
Email: eollen@mednet.ucla.edu Elizabeth Ollen, PhD, MA is Clinical Director of the EMPWR Program for LGBTQ mental health and a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Dr. Ollen has extensive experience working with LGBTQ youth and their families, including youth exploring/questioning gender identity and/or sexual orientation. Dr. Ollen’s past research […]
Kristen Ochoa, MD, MPH
Public Psychiatry Forensic Psychiatry Justice-Involved Homelessness / Permanent Supportive Housing Kristen Ochoa, MD, MPH is Medical Director for the Los Angeles County Office of Diversion and Reentry in the Department of Health Services and Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. She completed her MD and her forensic fellowship at the […]
Viet Nguyen, MD, MPH
Psychiatrist, Office of Diversion and Reentry, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Health Sciences Clinical Instructor, UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Areas of Focus: Global mental health, Community psychiatry, Collaborative care/mental health integration, Refugee/asylum, Justice-involved, Advocacy VNguyen6@dhs.lacounty.gov Dr. Viet Nguyen obtained her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and Sociology from the University of […]