Helena Hansen, MD, PhD
Helena Hansen, an MD, Ph.D. psychiatrist-anthropologist, is Professor and Interim Chair of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, and Interim Director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. She is an international leader in the field of social medicine, and of integration of rigorous social science into academic […]
Nastassia Hajal, PhD
Dr. Nastassia Hajal is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences in the David Geffen School of Medicine and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Dr. Hajal is a child clinical psychologist whose primary interests are in parenting and young children’s emotional development in the context of […]
Christine Grella, PhD
Christine E. Grella, Ph.D., is Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles and Co-Director of the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP). She received her doctorate in Social Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1985. Dr. Grella conducts research on substance use and treatment […]
Sonya Gabrielian, MD, MPH
Sonya Gabrielian, MD, MPH, is a psychiatrist and health services researcher at the VA Greater Los Angeles and an Assistant Professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. At the VA, she is an investigator with the Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, & Policy (CSHIIP) and the Mental Illness Research, Education, […]
Andrew Fuligni, PhD
Andrew J. Fuligni is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and the Department of Psychology at UCLA. He also is a Senior Scientist in the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, where he directs the Adolescent Development Lab at UCLA. Dr. Fuligni studies the interaction between sociocultural experiences and biobehavioral […]
Nelson Freimer, MD
From the UCLA Center for World Health’s 2017-18 Annual Report: Nelson Freimer, MD, is Director of the Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics and Associate Director for Research Programs of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. His laboratory aims to use large-scale genomics methods to identify the genetic basis of complex traits, particularly neurobehavioral disorders […]
Jonathan Flint, MD
From the UCLA Center for World Health’s 2017-18 Annual Report: Jonathan Flint, MD, of UCLA’s Brain Research Institute, is partnering with Shanghai Jiaotong University in China to analyze the genetic basis of major depressive disorder. With funding from the Wellcome Trust, this study will enroll 48,000 people, with the goal of identifying at least 30 […]
Christopher Evans, PhD
Dr Christopher J. Evans is Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and holds the Stefan Hatos Chair for Neuropharmacology. He received his BSc from the Polytechnic of Central London in 1976 and his PhD from the Medical Research Council Institute and Imperial College in London. […]
Linda Ercoli, PhD
Linda Ercoli is a Health Sciences Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the Semel Institute, and the Director of Geriatric Psychology-Neuropsychology . She is a clinical psychologist with a specialty in geriatric psychology and the neuropsychology of aging. Her research background is in neuroimaging and neuropsychology of aging and Alzheimer’s […]
Mirella Diaz Santos, PhD
Mirella Díaz-Santos, PhD is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine, Director of Research of the Hispanic Neuropsychiatric Center of Excellence at Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and Research Psychologist at the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research. By training, […]