Research Leadership
The Research Track Residency Program is under the direction of Dr. Yvonne Yang, MD, PhD and is fully coordinated with the general residency program through Dr. Jonathan Heldt, MD. Other members of the Research Track Residency Oversight Committee are listed below.
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
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
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
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
James McCracken, MD
Joseph Campbell Professor of Child Psychiatry
Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Kenneth Wells, MD, MPH
Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Director, Health Services Research Center
Senior Scientist, RAND Health Services
Director, Health Services Research Center
Senior Scientist, RAND Health Services
Mirella Dapretto, PhD
ProfessorVice Chair for Faculty Development
UCLA Dept. of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
ProfessorVice Chair for Faculty Development
UCLA Dept. of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
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
Assistant Professor in the UCLA Center for Social Medicine and the Humanities the UCLA International Institute