Department: Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

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• Postdocs (77)
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  Abbey, Richard 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Neuropsychology
  • Psychiatry
  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Aboujaoude, Elias 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • OCD, impulse control disorders, anxiety disorders
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  Agras, William 
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Research Interest

  Behaviors influencing the development of adiposity in a, longitudinal cohort of children followed from birth; psychopathology, and treatment of bulimia nervosa, including non-purging bulimia and, its relationship to obesity; weight loss and its maintenance;, hand-held computers as data collection and therapeutic devices

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  Albucher, Ronald C
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Vaden
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
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  Apple, Robin F
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
  Research Interest

  Teaching & clinical interests include: Supervision, training, and mentoring of postdoctoral fellows and residents; Instructor: "Interpersonal (IPT) & Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Eating Disorders"; Facilitator: case-conference/professional development seminar. Pre-operative evaluation of weight loss & other elective surgery patients. Brief and long-term therapy: IPT, CBT, mood regulation & psychodynamic approaches. Consultant: weight loss surgery research and forensics.

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  Arnow, Bruce 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Depression, Unipolar
  • Psychology
  • Evidence-Based Psychotherapy
  Research Interest

  Current research interests include treatment outcome for major depression, particularly chronic forms of major depression, as well as mediators and moderators of outcome; the epidemiology of chronic pain and depression; relationships between child maltreatment and adult sequelae, including psychiatric, medical and health care utilization; and the relationship between brain activation and sexual response in men and women.

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  Bak, Mina 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
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  Barnea-Goraly, Naama 
  Academic Appointments

  • Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research
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  Barry, John 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  • Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Neurology & Neurological Sciences
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
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  Bernard, Rebecca S
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Bing, Elizabeth S
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
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  Birnbaum, Justin 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
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  Black, Jed E
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Sleep Disorders
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  Block, Thaddeus 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
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  Boettcher, Mendy 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
  • Psychology
  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Brown, Michelle R
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
  • Psychology, Child and Adolescent
  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Bullock, Kim D
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Conversion Disorder
  • Cognitive Behavior Therapy
  Research Interest

  Group and individual treatment of psychogenic seizures using cognitive behavioral therapy, assertiveness/ interpersonal communication skills, and autonomic nervous system modulation. Internal locus of control treatments for psychiatric illness.

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  Cao, Michelle 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Sleep Medicine
  • Sleep-Disordered Breathing
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  Carrion, Victor 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Early Life Stress
  • Brain Development
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Examines the interplay between brain development and stress vulnerability via a multi-method approach that includes psychophysiology, neuroimaging, neuroendocrinology and phenomenology. Treatment development that focuses on individual and community-based interventions for stress related conditions in children and adolescents that experience traumatic stress.

  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Casper, Regina 
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus (Active) Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Alterations in brain morphology and organization during starvation and anorexia nervosa

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  Chang, Kiki 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  • Member, Bio-X
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Dr. Chang conducts research into various facets of bipolar disorder. He is currently conducting phenomenologic, biologic, pharmacologic, and genetic studies of bipolar disorder in adults and children. These studies include brain imaging (MRI, MRS, fMRI) and medication and therapy trials.

  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Clayton, Raymond B
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
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  Cohen, Gordon 
  Academic Appointments

  • Senior Lecturer, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
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  Corrin, Elizabeth G
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
  • Psychology, Child and Adolescent
  • Anxiety
  Research Interest

  Child psychology, Anxiety Disorders, Childhood ADHD

  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Culver, Jenifer L
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology

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  Das, Bibi 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Impulse Control Disorder

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  Das, Amarendra K
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Medicine - BMIR
  • Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  • Member, Bio-X
  Research Interest

  My research focuses on temporal data analysis methods to study outcomes and biomarkers in longitudinal data sets.

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  de Lecea, Luis 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  • Member, Bio-X
  Research Interest

  Our group initially identified the hypocretins, two hypothalamic neuropeptides that have a key role in maintaining the states of vigilance. We also discovered cortistatin, a peptide that modulates cortical excitability. My lab uses molecular, pharmacological, anatomical and behavioral methods to identify new roles for these transmitters. We are also interested in the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which neuronal systems integrate homeostatic information and regulate complex behaviors.

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  DeBattista, Charles 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Treatment resistant depression. Novel biological interventions in the treatment of mental illness. Anti-glucocorticoid drugs in the treatment of mood disorders. Augmentation strategies in the treatment of depression.

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  DeGolia, Sallie G
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
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  Deisseroth, Karl A
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
  • Associate Professor, Bioengineering
  • Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  • Member, Bio-X
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Research in Dr. Deisseroth's laboratory focuses on developing optical, molecular and cellular tools to observe, perturb, and re-engineer brain circuits. His laboratory is based in the James H. Clark Center at Stanford and has developed optogenetic and tissue engineering methods, employing techniques spanning electrophysiology, molecular biology, optics, neural activity imaging, animal behavior, and computational neural network modeling.

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  Dement, William 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  • Professor (By courtesy), Psychology
  Research Interest

  Sleep Medicine education and awareness.

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  Dhabhar, Firdaus S
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial
  Research Interest

  Although stress has a "bad reputation," a physiological stress is response is nature's fundamental survival system. We are interested in identifying mechanisms that mediate and differentiate the recently appreciated immunoenhancing effects of short-term stress from the long-known immunosuppressive effects of chronic stress. We examine stress effects on leukocyte trafficking, innate/adaptive immunity, and cytokine gene/protein expression using models of skin immunity, surgery, and cancer.

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  Eisenberg, Nina 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Adolescents
  • Eating Disorders
  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

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  Feinstein, Carl 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  • Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Pediatrics
  Clinical Focus

  • Child Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
  Research Interest

  Autism and Asperger's Disorder. Genetically-based neurodevelopmental disorder, including Velocardiofacial Syndrome, Smith-Magenis Syndrome, Williams Syndrome, and Fragile X Syndrome. Intellectual Disability (mental retardation) and psychiatric disorders. Developmental Language Disorder and Learning Disabilities. Sensory impairment in children, including visual and hearing impairment. Psychiatric aspects of medical illness and disability in children.

  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Fitzpatrick, Kathleen K
  Academic Appointments

  • Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Froehlich, Wendy M
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  • Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General
  Clinical Focus

  • Child Psychiatry
  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

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  Gandy, Sara 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
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  Garner, Craig 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychiatry/Neuroscience/MSLS
  • Professor (By courtesy), Neurology & Neurological Sciences
  Research Interest

  Our laboratory is studying synapse formation, stability and elimination at a variety of levels, e.g. from molecules to behavior. A primary focus of the lab is to understanding the role that individual molecules play in the assembly and function of synaptic junctions. In addition we evaluating a variety of potential treatments for cognitive impairment in Down syndrome in part by assessing the impact specific drugs on cognitive function in mouse models of Down syndrome.

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  Glick, Ira 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Schizophrenia is one of the major public health problems in American medicine. Treatment is partially efficacious but unsatisfactory. Accordingly, our research focuses on treatment outcome in two areas; finding more effective medications which have less side effects than current medications, and in the effects of combining medication with psychosocial interventions.

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  Gonzales, Elena V
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
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  Gore-Felton, Cheryl E
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
  Research Interest

  My clinical focus is the treatment of anxiety disorders, including post traumatic stress disorder. My research focuses on developing effective psychotherapy interventions to reduce chronic stress as well as enhance positive health behaviors to reduce morbidity and mortality among patients coping with chronic, medical illnesses which are often life threatening.

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  Greaves, Carlos C
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Vaden
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
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  Guilleminault, Christian 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Neurology
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Sleep Medicine
  Research Interest

  Cardio-respiratory dysfunction during sleep; SIDS and, sleep apnea; narcolepsy and daytime somnolence; the relationship of, sleep to accidents, aging, dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.

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  Gulevich, George D
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

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  Haase, Katherine L
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
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  Haberecht, Michael 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Vaden
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Hall, Scott S
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Dr. Hall’s areas of interest are the causes and treatments for childhood disorders, such as autism, fragile X, and Williams syndrome. Dr. Hall studies methods for understanding how environmental factors can affect the development of aberrant behaviors in these syndromes. The end goal of his research is to create patient-specific methods for treating cognitive and behavioral symptoms through the use of operant conditioning, social skills training, computer training packages, and fMRI analyses.

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  Hallmayer, Joachim 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  • Member, Bio-X
  Research Interest

  Principal Investigator Infrastructure to facilitate discovery of autism genes The purpose of this project is to facilitate the discovery of the genes that contribute autism by maintaining an infrastructure which research groups studying the genetics of autism can work collaboratively. This will be accomplished through workshops, a Virtual Private Network, and access to a database that includes phenotype and genotype data from all participating groups. Principal Investigator A California..

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  Hardan, Antonio 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  The neurobiology of autism Neuroimaging in individuals with autism Psychopharmacological treatment of children with autism and/or intellectual disabilities Neurobiology and psychopharmacology of schizophrenia and early onset psychotic disorders

  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Hayward, R 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Dr. Hayward's research has focused on risk factors for the onset of adolescent internalizing disorders in adolescent girls and the role of early puberty specifically.

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  Hill, Kimberly R
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
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  Hinman, Kyle 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Child Psychiatry
  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Hoeft, Fumiko 
  Academic Appointments

  • Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research
  Research Interest

  Dr. Fumiko Hoeft uses various neuroimaging techniques and investigates various learning and developmental disabilities. She is interested in figuring out ways that cognitive neuroscience research can inform educational and clinical practices. One such example is to use neuroimaging to predict who will later develop dyslexia.

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  Hu, Rona 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
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  Huffman, Lynne 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor (Research), Pediatrics - General
  • Associate Professor (Research) (By courtesy), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  Research interests and activities include (1) the early identification and treatment of behavioral problems, particularly in children with special health care needs; (2) emergent literacy and school readiness; and, (3) community-based mental health/educational program evaluation and outcomes measurement.

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  Humphreys, Keith 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric
  Research Interest

  Dr. Humphreys researches interventions for substance abuse and psychiatric disorders. He focuses particularly on evaluating the outcomes of professionally-administered treatments and peer-operated self-help groups (e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous), developing health services research-related applications for innovative qualitative and quantitative research techniques, and analyzing national mental health policy.

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  Jo, Booil 
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research
  Research Interest

  Latent Variable Modeling, Causal Inference, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Missing Data Analysis, Mixture and Growth Mixture Modeling, Prevention Science Methodology.

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  Joshi, Shashank 
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Pediatrics
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Dr. Joshi's teaching and research interests focus on increasing knowledge and enhancing effectiveness of pediatric psychotherapy and psychopharmacology interventions. Areas of study include: the therapeutic alliance in medical care, structured psychotherapy interventions in school settings, and the teaching of pediatric psychopharmacology to medical students, residents, and fellows.

  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

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  Kesler, Shelli 
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research
  • Member, Bio-X
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Neuropsychology
  • Psychology
  Research Interest

  Assessment and treatment of cognitive deficits related to medical problems, particularly cancer. Multi-level research involving neuropsychology, neuroimaging and genetics. Measurement and enhancement of neuroplasticity mechanisms through targeted interventions.

  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Ketter, Terence 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  The use of brain imaging methods for understanding the neurobiology of mood disorders and to target treatments for patients with bipolar disorders. Research in the use of novel medications and combinations of medications in the treatment of bipolar disorders. Research on the development and course of bipolar disorder in late adolescence and young adulthood, particularly in college students, and links between creativity, temperament, and mood disorders.

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  King, Roy 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Current research centers on the use of human genetic haploid systems, e.g. the Y chromosome, to understand the prehistory of human migrations particularly since the Holocene. This work includes investigating correlations with human symbolic material culture, focusing on the visual artistic realm. Also being explored are the issues and ethical implications of the social construction of race and ethnicity vis a vis the enhanced capacity to differentiate populations using genotypes.

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  Koopman, Cheryl 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  Dr. Koopman conducts research on understanding how difficult life events (such as serious illness or violence) are related to stress and health behavior and outcomes. She also evaluates the effects of psychosocial interventions on improving physical health and quality of life.

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  Koran, Lorrin 
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Trichotillomania
  • skin picking
  Research Interest

  obsessive-compulsive disorder, depressive disorders, psychopharmacology, cost-effectiveness studies, trichotillomania, compulsive buying, pathological gambling,kleptomania.

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  Korner-Kalman, Anneliese F
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
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  Kraemer, Helena 
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Research Interest

  I am interested in the methodology pertinent to dealing with research problems where biological and behavioral interests meet. These interests have been applied not only in psychiatric research, but in those areas of Cardiology, Pediatrics and other fields of medicine in which behavioral research is becoming ever more salient.

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  Kuo, Tracy F
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Sleep Medicine
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  Kushida, Clete A
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Neurology
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Sleep Medicine
  Research Interest

  Dr. Kushida is a neurologist and sleep specialist who directs several NIH- and industry-sponsored research studies, focused on topics such as the physical features and neurocognitive changes associated with the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, the epidemiology and treatment of restless legs syndrome/periodic limb movement disorder, primary care sleep education and training, and countermeasures for sleep loss.

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  Lazzeroni, Laura 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  • Associate Professor (Research), Pediatrics
  • Member, Bio-X
  • Member, Cancer Center
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  Leiderman, P H
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
• 
  Lembke, Anna 
  Academic Appointments

  • Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Adult Mood Disorders
  • Psychiatry
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  Levine, Seymour 
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
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  Levinson, Douglas F
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Dr. Levinson directs the Program on the Genetics of Brain Function in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. The program investigates the genetic basis of psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia and major depressive disorder), using genetic association, linkage and resequencing methodologies. In collaboration with Dr. Alice Whittemore, we are also actively engaged in statistical methods testing and development for genetic research.

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  Lindley, Steven E
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric
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  Lock, James 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  • Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Pediatrics
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  James Lock, MD, Ph.D. is Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine where he has taught since 1993. He is board certified in adult as well as child and adolescent psychiatry. He directs the eating disorder program in Child Psychiatry and is active in treatment research for children and adolescents with eating disorders.

  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Lolak, Sermsak 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
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  Lotspeich, Linda 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Luce, Kristine H
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology

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  Maldonado, Jose 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial
  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Management of Delirium, Confusional States and Other Acute Organic Brain Syndromes, Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Traumatic Brain Injury, Factitious Disorder & Munchausen's Syndrome, Cultural Diversity in Medical Care, Psychiatric Complications of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Effects of Residency Training in the Life of a Doctor, Conversion Disorder, Depression in the Medically Ill, Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Cancer and its Treatment.

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  Malenka, Robert 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychiatry/Neuroscience/MSLS
  Research Interest

  Long-lasting changes in synaptic strength are important for the modification of neural circuits by experience. A major goal of my laboratory is to elucidate the molecular events that trigger various forms of synaptic plasticity and the modifications in synaptic proteins that are responsible for the changes in synaptic efficacy.

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  Manber, Rachel 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  Clinical Focus

  • non-pharmacological treatments of insomnia
  • Sleep difficulties in children and teens
  • Adjustment to CPAP
  Research Interest

  Nonpharmacological treatments of insomnia and depression

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  Marnell, Margaret E
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
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  McGlynn, Lawrence 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Amphetamine-Related Disorders
  • HIV Dementia
  Research Interest

  Methamphetamine Abuse HIV Neuropsychiatry

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  Menon, Vinod 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  • Member, Bio-X
  Research Interest

  EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE: Cognitive neuroscience; Cognitive development; Psychiatric neuroscience; Functional brain imaging; Dynamical basis of brain function; Nonlinear dynamics of neural systems

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  Mignot, Emmanuel 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  • Member, Bio-X
  Clinical Focus

  • Sleep Disorders
  Research Interest

  The research focus of the laboratory is the study of the sleep disorder narcolepsy. A portion of the research is carried out using a canine model of the disorder. Research in the laboratory led to the identification of HLA-DQB1*0602 as the main HLA susceptibility factor in human narcolepsy. Pharmacological studies have identified the mode of action of current narcolepsy treatments. We also positionally cloned the canine narcolepsy gene.

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  Moos, Rudolf 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric
  Research Interest

  Our research group works primarily on psychiatric program evaluation and the quality of health care. The studies focus heavily on health care programs and the context, process, outcome, and cost of care.

• 
  Morris, Yvonne 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  Research Interest

  Clinical interests include: treatment of eating disorders, relationship problems, and depression. Psychotherapy orientation is integrative with special emphasis on emotion-focused strategies. Studied with Leslie S. Greenberg, PHD. Teaching: "Integrated Psychotherapy II" graduate course; supervision and training of postdoctoral fellows and residents. Research participation in studies of obesity, depression, and drug efficacy

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  Murphy, Greer 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Neurosciences
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Geriatric Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Glial cell neurotoxicity and neuroprotection in Alzheimer's disease. Genome wide expression analysis of mouse models for Alzheimer's disease. Pharmacogenetics of mood disorders and nicotine addiction.

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  Nishino, Seiji 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  Research Interest

  The research focus of the Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology (SCN) Laboratory is the study of the sleep and circadian physiology using various animal models. A portion of the research is carried out using rodent models of narcolepsy and circadian rhythm sleep disorders. The laboratory also carries out pharmacological studies aiming to develop new treatments for these sleep disorders.

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  O'Hara, Ruth 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric
  Research Interest

  Dr. O’Hara’s research aims to identify physiological markers of neurocognitive impairment in a broad range of late-life disorders, including Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Late-Life Depression, and Late-Life Anxiety disorders.

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  Ohayon, Maurice 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  Research Interest

  Main focus is epidemiology of sleep and psychiatric disorders in the general population and clinical settings: 1)sleep habits and patterns; 2) prevalence, diagnosis, co-morbidity, treatment and Public Health impact of sleep disorders; 3) pain, posttraumatic stress disorder, social phobia, panic disorder and generalized anxiety; 4) epidemiology of narcolepsy and hypersomnia.

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  Parker, Karen J
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychiatry/Neuroscience/MSLS
  Research Interest

  Oxytocin and vasopressin brain systems and their relationship to social functioning and pathology; stress, coping, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis physiology; autism and major depression

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  Patel, Sujata 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Vaden
  Clinical Focus

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• 
  Patton, Michael 
  Academic Appointments

  • Senior Lecturer, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
• 
  Pelayo, Rafael 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Sleep Disorders
  • Sleep Medicine
  Research Interest

  Sleep Disorders in Adults and Children

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  Pfefferbaum, Adolf 
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  • Member, Bio-X
  Research Interest

  Development and application of magnetic resonance imaging approaches for in vivo studies of human and animal brain integrity in neurodegenerative conditions, including alcoholism, HIV infection, Alzheimer's disease, and normal aging

• 
  Phillips, Jennifer M
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
  • Psychology, Child and Adolescent
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Autism spectrum disorders, young child assessment, developmental disabilities

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• 
  Poon, Amy W
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Geropsychiatry
• 
  Post, Lisa 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
• 
  Pribram, Karl H
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
• 
  Prichard, Gail 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Vaden

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  Rait, Douglas S
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Research Interest

  Therapeutic alliance in couples and family therapy, family adaptation to chronic health conditions, work/family balance, family therapy training, and the influence of technology on family relationships. Currently studying: the relationship between therapeutic alliance, treatment process, and treatment outcomes in marital therapy in the VA health care system; and family therapy training in child psychiatry fellowship programs.

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  Rasgon, Natalie 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  • Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Obstetrics & Gynecology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Dr. Rasgon has been involved in longitudinal placebo-controlled neuroendocrine studies for nearly two decades, and she has been involved in neuroendocrine and brain imaging studies of estrogen effects on depressed menopausal women for the last eight years. It should be noted that in addition to her duties as a Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Dr. Rasgon is also the Director of the Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Program and of the Women's Wellness Program.

• 
  Reicherter, Daryn 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
• 
  Reiss, Allan 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research
  • Professor, Radiology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
  • Neurodevelopmental and neurogenetic disorders
  Research Interest

  My laboratory, the Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), focuses on multi-level scientific study of individuals with typical and atypical brain structure and function. Data are obtained from genetic analyses, structural and functional neuroimaging studies, assessment of endocrinological status, neurobehavioral assessment, and analysis of pertinent environmental factors. Our overarching focus is to model how brain disorders arise and to develop disease-specific treatments.

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  Ringold, Alan L
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
• 
  Robinson, Anstella 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Sleep Disorders
  • Sleep Medicine
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  Rosen, Allyson C
  Academic Appointments

  • Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric
  Research Interest

  My primary goal is to apply functional MRI (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and cognitive neuroscience to answer questions which are meaningful for older adults. The focus of my research has been to refine our understanding of individual differences in age-related brain changes. I have spent my years before coming to Stanford completing training in clinical neuropsychology so that my research will be sensitive to the everyday needs of older adults. My initial research focused on..

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  Rosen, Craig 
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  Research Interest

  My health services research aims at improving processes and outcomes of mental health care, especially for people suffering from post-traumatic stress. My primary focus is evaluating VA services for veterans with psychiatric disorders. My second emphasis is using telemedicine technologies in mental health and substance use care. My third area is evaluating mental health services in response to disasters and terrorism.

• 
  Roth, Walton 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric
  Research Interest

  Laboratory and ambulatory recording of physiological, responses to stressors in anxious and phobic patients.

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  Safer, Debra 
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Eating Disorders
  • Binge-Eating Disorder
  Research Interest

  Primary research interests include the nature and treatment of eating disorders (particularly bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder), the development and treatment of obesity, and the relationship between binge eating and the metabolic syndrome.

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  Sanbom, Katherine 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
• 
  Sanders, Mary 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Child Abuse
  • Eating Disorders
  • Eating Disorders, Pediatric
  Research Interest

  Dr. Sanders is the Program Director of the Comprehensive Care Unit at Stanford where she teaches and works with inpatients with eating disorders. She has specialized in the treatment of eating disorders for the past 20 years at Stanford. She also works in the outpatient clinic at Stanford and is a therapist in an on-going treatment outcome study through Stanford Child Psychiatry. She has written extensively and presented nationally on the subject of the evaluation and treatment of eating di..

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  Schatzberg, Alan 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  • Member, Bio-X
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Biological bases of depressive disorders;, glucocorticoid/dopamine interactions in delusional depression;, pharmacologic treatment of depressive disorders.

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  Shaw, Richard 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  • Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Pediatrics
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Psychological issues in medically ill children. Medical posttraumatic stress disorder. Treatment adherence. Transplant psychiatry. Pediatric oncology. Forensic psychiatry.

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  Sheikh, Javaid 
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  Research Interest

  My research focuses on studying phenomenology, vulnerability factors, and psychiatric and medical comorbidity of panic disorder in old age, as well as treatment responses to medication in elders with panic disorder. I am presently involved in establishing and extending our preliminary finding that Late-Onset Panic Disorder (LOPD) (onset at or after age 55) is a phenomenologically distinct syndrome from Early-Onset Panic Disorder (EOPD).

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  Shepard, Roger N
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
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  Singh, Manpreet 
  Academic Appointments

  • Acting Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Child Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  As part of the Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Program, Dr. Singh conducts research in the phenomenology, neurobiology, pharmacology, and genetic aspects of bipolar disorder in children. These studies include brain imaging (MRI, MRS, fMRI), medication, and psychotherapy trials. She is particularly interested in risk factors for the development of bipolar disorder and associated morbidities, and early intervention strategies to delay the onset and progression of symptoms.

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• 
  Sohal, Vikaas 
  Academic Appointments

  • Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
• 
  Solvason, Hugh B
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
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  Sommer, Barbara 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  I am interested in the clinical investigation of cognitive stresses during younger adulthood that may give rise to frank intellectual impairment with older age. Examples may include specific kinds of chronically taken medications.

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  Sourkes, Barbara 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - Intensive Care
  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology, Child and Adolescent
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• 
  Spiegel, David 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychosocial
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
  • Medical Director, Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine
  Research Interest

  Dr. Spiegel's research program involves mind/body interactions, including cancer progression, the response to traumatic stress, and the effect of hypnosis on the perception of pain and anxiety.

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  Srivastava, Shefali 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
• 
  Steiner, Hans 
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus (Active) Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Diagnosis and treatment of developmental psychopathology; especially maladaptive aggression and its disorders, delinquency; psychiatric trauma and related psychopathology; adolescent eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Study of normal stress response, self regulation and coping, resilience under duress and elite athleticism Psycholinguistic methods to study mental content and the healing aspects of oral and written expression of emotions

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  Sudhof, Thomas 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Molecular & Cellular Physiology
  • Professor (By courtesy), Neurology & Neurological Sciences
  • Professor (By courtesy), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
  Research Interest

  Information transfer at synapses mediates information processing in brain, and is impaired in many brain diseases. Thomas Südhof is interested in how synapses are formed, how presynaptic terminals release neurotransmitters at synapses, and how synapses become dysfunctional in diseases such as autism or Alzheimer's disease. To address these questions, Südhof's laboratory employs approaches ranging from biophysical studies to the electrophysiological and behavioral analyses of mutant mice.

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  Sullivan, Edith 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Neurosciences
  • Member, Bio-X
  Research Interest

  Application of magnetic resonance imaging modalities and component process analysis of cognitive, sensory, and motor functions to identify brain structural and functional mechanisms disrupted in neurodegenerative conditions: alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, HIV infection, and normal aging. Our laboratory is applying structural MRI, MR spectroscopy, and MR diffusion tensor imaging to animal models of aging and alcoholism in parallel with the human studies.

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  Sullivan, Shannon 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Pediatrics
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  Suppes, Patricia 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA Research
  Research Interest

  Long-term treatment strategies for bipolar disorder, treatment for bipolar II disorder, use of treatment algorithms, and treatment of bipolar depression.

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  Taylor, Craig 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Behavioral Medicine
  Research Interest

  Dr. Taylor is developing and evaluating innovative electronic and computer-assisted programs to make treatments, proven effective for treating various lifestyle and psychosocial problems, more cost-effective and available. He is also developing new models of evidence-based psychiatry care for eating, anxiety and depressive disorders.

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  Thompson, Dolores 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  Research Interest

  My research focuses on evaluation of the efficacy of various psychosocial intervention programs to reduce distress in family caregivers of older adult relatives with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. These programs assess impact on a variety of physiological & psychological variables such as: cortisol level, depression, & anxiety. They are conducted with individuals from diverse ethnic, cultural, and lingusitic backgrounds and are funded by the NIA & the Alzheimer's Assn.

• 
  Tinklenberg, Julie 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Vaden
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
• 
  Tinklenberg, Jared 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric
  Research Interest

  Psychopharmacology of dementia and Alzheimer's disease;, biological correlates of Alzheimer's disease; sexual dysfunction in, Alzheimer's disease; memory disorders.

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  Trockel, Mickey 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry

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  Van Natta, John 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus (Active), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
• 
  Vemuri, Mytilee 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry

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  Wang, Po 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
• 
  Wang, Raziya S
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Vaden
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
• 
  Warchola, Johanna 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
• 
  Warner, Dhyanne 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
• 
  White, Matthew P
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  Pharmacological Treatments and Functional Imaging (fMRI) in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Trichotillomania, and Impulse Control Disorders

• 
  Williams, Sharon 
  Academic Appointments

  • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
  • Psychology, Child and Adolescent
  Research Interest

  Dr. Williams’ work focuses primarily on cognitive and emotional recovery of children who have been medically compromised. With improved medical treatment and increased survival rates comes the need to better understand the challenges that patients face following a life threatening illness or injury. Advances in medical technology have opened the door to a better understanding of cognitive development and the recovery or deterioration process over time. Currently, Dr. Williams is examining th..

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• 
  Williams, Katherine E
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry
• 
  Wilson, Kimberly A
  Academic Appointments

  • Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Research Interest

  My focus is on the etiology and treatment of anxiety disorders. Currently I have a grant to study cognitive vulnerabilites of adolescent girls at risk for developing panic disorder.

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  Wren, Frances 
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry
  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics
  Clinical Focus

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  The core goal of Dr Wren’s academic work is to develop innovations in clinical intervention and health care delivery that will improve clinical outcomes and access to effective care for depressed and anxious children and adolescents seen within the pediatric medical system and to evaluate clinical and cost-effectiveness.

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• 
  Wroolie, Tonita 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology

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  Yang, Calvin K
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychopharmacology
• 
  Yesavage, Jerome 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA Research
  • Professor (By courtesy), Neurology & Neurological Sciences
  Clinical Focus

  • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
  Research Interest

  We study cognitive processes and aging in our research center. Studies range from molecular biology to neuropsychology of cognitive processes.

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  Zappert, Laraine 
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Behavioral Medicine
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychology
• 
  Zarcone, Vincent P
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
• 
  Zeitzer, Jamie M
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric
  Research Interest

  Dr. Zeitzer's research concerns examination of human and primate circadian rhythms and sleep; notably, the neural mechanisms that underlie wakefulness and circadian photoreception. He is also involved in collaborative efforts in examining the role of sleep disruption in medical pathologies such as Alzheimer's disease, spinal cord injury, and breast cancer.

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  Zeszotarski, Robert S
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Vaden
  Clinical Focus

  • Psychiatry