Faculty in the Experimental Psychopathology Track
Faculty who are not likely to take a student in the academic year are indicated by an asterisk. Faculty who do not have an asterisk next to their name may or may not be taking a student.
*Niloofar Afari, Ph.D., (University of Nevada, Reno), Assistant Professor in Residence, UCSD. Twin studies of unexplained medical conditions such as fibromyalgia and chronic pelvic pain; stress trauma and health-related outcomes; acceptance-based treatment strategies.
Nader Amir, Ph.D. (University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School), Associate Professor, SDSU. Etiology and treatment of anxiety disorders.
*Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D. (University of California at San Francisco), Professor in Residence, UCSD. Sleep disorders, circadian rhythms, dementia, fatigue in chronic illness such as cancer.
David L. Braff, M.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Professor, UCSD. Information processing, attention and psychophysiological studies involving schizophrenic patients and other psychiatric populations and normal controls.
Lauren Brookman-Frazee, Ph.D. (University of California, Santa Barbara). Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCSD. Mental health services for children with autistic spectrum disorders and disruptive behavior problems; parent training; community psychotherapy process and outcomes; clinician training and supervision.
Kerri Boutelle, Ph.D. (Illinois Institute of Technology Clinical Psychology), Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Psychiatry, UCSD. Obesity and eating disorder treatments with children and adolescents, parenting interventions, cue reactivity, epidemiology of nutrition, physical activity and obesity.
Sandra A. Brown, Ph.D. (Wayne State University), Professor and Chief, Psychology Services VASDHS, UCSD. Adolescent and adult alcohol/substance abuse; stress and coping; psychiatric comorbidity.
* Michael P. Caligiuri, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin), Professor, UCSD. Motor control, movement disorders, instrumentation; psychopharmacology; methamphetamine; aging.
Denise Chavira, Ph.D. (SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology), Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCSD. Anxiety disorders, cognitive behavior therapy, ethnic minority mental health, health services research.
* David Feifel, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Toronto), Assistant Professor in Residence, UCSD. Attention deficit disorder in adults, psychopharmacology, animal models of psychopathology.
Ann Garland, Ph.D. (Yale University), Professor, UCSD. Mental health service need, use, and outcome for high risk youth; effectiveness of psychotherapy for youth.
* Mark A. Geyer, Ph.D., Professor in Residence, UCSD. Psychopharmacology; animal models of psychopharmacology; psychophysiology of schizophrenia.
Eric Granholm, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles), Professor, UCSD. Cognitive neuropsychology; psychophysiology, pupillometry; attention and memory in schizophrenia and dementia, CBT for psychosis.
Dilip V. Jeste, M.D., Professor, UCSD; Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Clinical Research Center, University of California, San Diego, and San Diego VA Medical Center, University of Bombay. Tardive dyskinesia, late onset schizophrenia.
* Lewis L. Judd, M.D. (University of California at Los Angeles), Chair of Psychiatry, Mary Gilman Marston Professor, UCSD. Clinical characteristics and course of depressive disorder; studies of risk factors for chronicity, relapse and recurrence in mood disorders.
* Patricia Hoffman Judd, Ph.D. (California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego), Clinical Professor, UCSD; Director, UCSD Co-Occuring Disorders Program. Director, UCSD OPS Allied Mental Health Training Programs. Director, UCSD Attachment Institute; borderline personality disorder; co-occuring substance abuse and other mental disorders.
John R. Kelsoe, Jr., M.D. (University of Alabama, Birmingham), Professor, UCSD. Genetics of psychiatric illness; bipolar disorder, specifically molecular genetics.
Ariel J. Lang, Ph.D., M.P.H. (University of California Los Angeles), Associate Professor in Residence, UCSD. Anxiety disorders and trauma, psychotherapy, reducing barriers to treatment.
Gregory Light, Ph.D. (SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology), Associate Professor, UCSD. Neurophysiological and neurocognitive endophenotypes of schizophrenia.
Alan J. Litrownik, Ph.D. (University of Illinois), Professor, SDSU. Developmental psychopathology, child maltreatment effects and interventions; cancer risk reduction.
Vanessa L. Malcarne, Ph.D. (University of Vermont), Professor, SDSU. Prevention and quality of life issues in serious illness, especially cancer and the rheumatic diseases, with a focus on underserved populations; test construction and validation across cultural groups.
* Kristen McCabe, Ph.D. (Wayne State University), Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCSD. Access to and effectiveness of mental health services for Mexican American and other ethnic minority youth, cultural adaptation of psychosocial treatments, externalizing disorders, and preschoolers.
Sonya Norman, Ph.D. (Stanford University), Assistant Professor-in-Residence, UCSD. Co-occurring trauma-related and substance use disorders, PTSD and guilt, psychological injury in returning combat Veterans.
* Barbara L. Parry, M.D. (University of Oklahoma), Professor in Residence, UCSD. Chronobiology of depression in women; premenstrual, pregnancy/ postpartum, menopausal, mood disorders; sleep and light studies; light therapy of childhood and adolescent depression; sleep, light and melatonin studies.
Martin P. Paulus, M.D. (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz), Professor, UCSD. Use of neuroscience tools to better understand psychiatric diseases by addressing 1) Can we develop brain imaging into an "EKG for the psychiatrist"? 2) Can brain imaging be a tool to develop new treatments for psychiatric diseases? and 3) What processes go awry in people who succumb to addiction?
Joseph M. Price, Ph.D. (Purdue University), Professor, SDSU. Developmental psychopathology, role of early experiences in the development of social behavior problems, child maltreatment, links between social cognition and social behavior, and interventions for maltreated children and children in foster care.
* Laura E. Schreibman, Ph.D. (University of California at Los Angeles), Professor, UCSD. Behavior modification, infantile autism, applied behavior analysis and psychopathology in children.
Marc A. Schuckit, M.D. (Washington University, St. Louis), Professor, UCSD. Psychopharmacology, substance abuse and geriatric psychiatry; genetics of psychiatric diseases; diagnosis and histories of psychiatric illness.
* Steven Sparta, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles), Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Vol.), UCSD Medical School; Adjunct Professor, SDSU; Adjunct Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; ABPP. Forensic psychology; psychological evaluation; child abuse and neglect; child and family psychology.
Murray B. Stein, M. D. (University of Manitoba), Professor in Residence, UCSD. Anxiety and phobic disorders, especially social phobia and PTSD: cognitive behavioral and pharmacologic treatments; autonomic nervous system functioning; structural and functional brain imaging; epidemiology.
Neal R. Swerdlow, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, UCSD. Neuropharmacology of limbic system - basal ganglia interactions; neuropsychiatric disorders of limbic system and basal ganglia including Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome.
*Steven R. Thorp, Ph.D., (University of Nevada, Reno), Assistant Professor, UCSD. Testing empirically supported treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and nightmares. Investigating PTSD in older adults. Examining the use of teleconferencing technologies for conducting psychotherapy.
Tamara L. Wall, Ph.D., (SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology), Professor in Residence, UCSD. Risk and protective factors in substance abuse; genetic and sociocultural influences on alcoholism in different ethnic groups; behavioral genetics and psychopharmacology.
V. Robin Weersing, Ph.D., (University of California, Los Angeles), Assistant Professor, SDSU. Effectiveness of psychotherapy for children and adolescents, depression, anxiety, and internalizing disorders, mediators and moderators of psychosocial treatment effects.
Julie Loebach Wetherell, Ph.D., (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA) Associate Professor in Residence, UCSD. Chronic pain; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy interventions; anxiety disorders and trauma in older adults; mental health in geriatric medical settings.
*May Yeh, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles), Associate Professor, SDSU. Mental health services for children and adolescents, with particular interests in cultural issues in service use, treatment and outcomes, cultural competence, racial/ethnic disparities, and school-based services.
Sidney Zisook, M.D. (Stritch-Loyola, Chicago), Professor, UCSD. Grief and bereavement; affective disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder.
