Genetic Causes of Molecular Mechanisms + Stem Cell & Animal Models

Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD

Professor, Human Genetics Neurology & Psychiatry

Invention + Clinical Assessment Development

Cathy Lord, PhD

Professor, Psychiatry and Education, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

Genetics + Neuroimaging

Leanna Hernandez, PhD

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

Brain Dynamics + Cognitive Flexibility

Lucina Uddin, PhD

Professor-in-Residence, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

Neurobiology Underlying Atypical Sensory Processing

Shula Green, PhD

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

Quantitative Methods for Motor Phenotyping

Rujuta Wilson, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurology and Psychiatry

Early Social Emotional Development + Adaptation

Nicole McDonald, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

UCLA Can Clinical + Intervention Development

Amanda Gulsrud, PhD

Associate Clinical Professor, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

EEG Measures of Brain Development

Abigail Dickinson, PhD

Assistant Research Neuroscientist, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

Functional Neuroimaging

Susan Bookheimer, PhD

Professor, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

Development + Sex Differences

Mirella Dapretto

Associate Director, Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior

Peers + Social Skills Intervention

Elizabeth Laugeson, PSYD

Associate Clinical Professor, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

Clinical Trials + Biomarker/ Genetics Studies

Suma Jacob, MD, PhD

Professor & Division Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry     – and –

Behavioral Intervention

Connie Kasari, PhD

Professor, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, Human Development

and Psychology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Contact – Monica Belli Haley –  mbelli@mednet.ucla.edu 

132 NRB