Research Mentors

Current Research Mentors

• Samuel Barondes, MD
  Professor; Jeanne and Sanford Robertson Endowed Chair in Neurobiology and Psychiatry
  Research Focus: genetics, psychiatric genetics, psychopharmacology

• William Byerley, MD
  Professor in Residence, Department of Psychiatry, UCSF
  Research Focus: Bipolar Disorder, gene mapping, genetics, Manic Depressive Disorder, Schizophrenia

• Allison J. Doupe, MD, PhD
  Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UCSF
  Research Focus: basic science

• Robert Edwards, PhD
  Professor, Departments of Neurology and Physiology, UCSF
  Research Focus: biophysics, molecular neurobiology, neurotransmitter release

• Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD
  Associate Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry Director, Neuroscience Imaging Center, UCSF
  Research Focus: neuroscience

• Sharon M. Hall, PhD
  Professor in Residence, UCSF Department of Psychiatry
  Research Focus: clinical trials, research methodology, Substance abuse

• Robert Hendren, DO
  Professor and Vice Chair of Psychiatry, Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Research Focus: adhd, adolescent psychiatry, autism, child psychiatry, psychopharmacology, psychosis, translational research

• Alicia F. Lieberman, PhD
  Irving B. Harris Endowed Chair in Infant Mental Health; Vice Chair, Academic Affairs; Director, Child Trauma Research Project, UCSF
  Research Focus: attachment disorders, early childhood, evidence-based treatment, parenting problems

• Daniel Mathalon, MD, PhD
  Professor in Residence; Co-director of Research Track
  Research Focus: anxiety disorders, brain imaging, electrophysiology, ERP, mood disorders, prodrome, Schizophrenia

• Carol A. Mathews, MD
  Associate Professor in Residence; Co-director of Research Track
  Research Focus: adhd, anxiety disorders, clinical research methods in psychiatry, genetics, neuropsychiatric symptoms, obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD, resilience, tic disorders, Tourette Syndrome

• Dale McNiel, PhD
  Professor of Clinical Psychology, UCSF
  Research Focus: epidemiology, forensic psychology, neuropsychology, psychopathology, risk assessment, Trauma, violence

• Michael Merzenich, PhD
  UCSF Francis A. Sooy, M.D., Chair in Otolaryngology, member of UCSF’s W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience
  Research Focus: brain plasticity, neuroscience

• Bruce L. Miller, MD
  Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry, UCSF
  Research Focus: aging, Alzheimers, behavioral neurology, frontotemporal dementia, neurodegenerative disease, neurology, neuropathological perspecives

• Thomas C. Neylan, MD
  Professor In Residence, Department of Psychiatry, UCSF
  Research Focus: brain imaging, clinical trials, neurobiology, neuroendocrinology, PTSD

• Roger Nicoll, MD
  Professor, Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
  Research Focus: cellular and molecular neurobiology, LTP, synaptic plasticity

• Victor I. Reus, MD
  Professor In Residence, Co-director of Research Track
  Research Focus: ACTH and glucocorticoids, behavioral endocrinology, bipolar mood disorder, genetics, pharmacogenetics, psychopharmacology, Tourette Syndrome

• John L.R. Rubenstein, MD, PhD
  Professor; Nina Ireland Distinguished Professor in Child Psychiatry
  Research Focus: basic science, developmental health, forebrain, neuroscience

• Nirao Shah, MD, PhD
  Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, UCSF
  Research Focus: anatomy, genetics, molecular biology, sex-specific behaviors

• Laurence H. Tecott, MD, PhD
  Professor In Residence; Maurice Eliaser, Jr. MD and Marjorie Meyer Eliaser Endowed Chair in Molecular Biology and Genetics in Psychiatry
  Research Focus: Behavioral neurobiology, genetics, molecular genetics, serotonini system regulation of behavior

• Sophia Vinogradov, MD
  Professor in Residence, Interim Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health at SFVAMC, Interim Vice Chair of Department of Psychiatry, UCSF
  Research Focus: adolescent schizophrenia, neuroscience, Schizophrenia, translational clinical neuroscience

• Susan M. Voglmaier, MD, PhD
  Assistant Professor In Residence
  Research Focus: basic science, cellular neurobiology, molecular neurobiology, neurotransmitter release, synaptic vesicle recycling, vesicle trafficking

• Constance M. Weisner, MSW
  Professor In Residence
  Research Focus: Alcohol dependence, drug abuse, dual diagnosis, epidemiology, integrated care, treatment outcome

• Daniel S. Weiss, PhD
  Professor in Residence
  Research Focus: classification methods, crying, dissociative phenomena, informed consent, measurement methods, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

• Kristine Yaffe, MD
  Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
  Research Focus: aging, cognitive aging