Research Leadership

The Research Track of the UCLA Psychiatry Residency Training Program is under the direction of Dr. Yvonne Yang, MD, PhD and is fully coordinated with the general residency program through program director Dr. Jonathan Heldt, MD. Additional members of the Research Track Residency Advisory Committee are listed below.

Yvonne Yang, MD, PhD
Director of the Research Track
Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at UCLA
Director of the Thoughts and Perceptions Clinic at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
Acting Chief of the Psychosis Section at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center

For a full biography, please see Dr. Yang’s entry on the Program Leadership page!

Stephen Marder, MD
Professor and Vice Chair for Education of the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA
Director of the VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education Clinical Center (MIRECC) for the Department of Veterans Affairs
Director of the Section on Psychosis at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute

Edythe London, PhD

Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Thomas P and Katherine K Pike Endowed Chair of Addiction Studies
Director, UCLA Laboratory of Molecular Neuroimaging

Nelson Freimer, MD

Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences and Human Genetics
Maggie Gilbert Endowed Chair
Director, Depression Grand Challenge
Director, UCLA Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics

Michael R. Irwin, MD

Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Norman Cousins Endowed Chair Distinguished Professor of Psychology, UCLA College of Letters and Sciences Director, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience Director, Mindful Awareness Research Center, UCLA Health Sciences

Kenneth Wells, MD, MPH

Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Director, Health Services Research Center
Senior Scientist, RAND Health Services

Norweeta G. Milburn, PhD

Research Professor-in-ResidenceSenior Director of Research and EvaluationCo-Director, DMH + UCLA Prevention Center of ExcellenceCo-Director, UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Trauma Training Program (HA-STTP)Director, Development Core, UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS)

Ippolytos Kalofonos, MD, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, UCLA Department of Psychiatry at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center
Assistant Professor in the UCLA Center for Social Medicine and the Humanities the UCLA International Institute