UCLA IDDRC List of all faculty

UCLA IDDRC faculty list

Arthur P. Arnold Office: 4113 Life Science Buildin Phone: (310) 825-2169 EMail: arnold@ucla.edu Sexual differentiation of the brain, sex chromosome effects on neural development	Joan R. Asarnow Office: 123 Semel Institute Phone: (310) 825-0408 EMail: jasarnow@mednet.ucla.edu Developing and evaluating interventions and service delivery strategies for youth depression and suicidality	Robert F. Asarnow Office: 48-240C Semel Institute Phone: (310) 825-0394 EMail: rasarnow@mednet.ucla.edu Recovery of function following pediatric brain injury Neurocognitive function in acquired and genetic brain disease	Carrie E. Bearden Office: 2265𧈬 Medical Plaza Phone: (310) 206-2983 EMail: cbearden@mednet.ucla.edu Genetic, cognitive and neurobiological risk factors for the development of child- and adolescent-onset neuropsychiatric disorders.
Gene D. Block Office: Phone: EMail: gdblock@mednet.ucla.edu Cellular organization of biological clocks related to dysfunction and aging	Alexandre Bonnin Office: 329 USC ZNI Phone: EMail: bonnin@usc.edu Materno-fetal interactions impact on fetal brain development	Susan Y. Bookheimer Office: C8-881 Semel Institute Phone: (310) 794-6386 EMail: sbook@ucla.edu Functional magnetic resonance imaging of developmental disorders	Carole H. Browner Office: Phone: EMail: browner@ucla.edu Communication about genetics and genetic testing during clinical encounters between neurologists, movement disorder patients, and their family
Anthony T. Campagnoni Office: 260M NRB Phone: (310) 825-5006 EMail: acampagnoni@mednet.ucla.edu Role of myelin protein genes in glial, neuronal and immune function	Daniel B Campbell Office: 407 USC ZNI Phone: EMail: dbcampbe@usc.edu Defining functional genetic variants that contribute to autism risk	Rochelle Caplan Office: Phone: EMail: rcaplan@ucla.edu Under-pinnings of impaired development of social communication or thought disorder in children with neurobehavioral disorders	Ellen M. Carpenter Office: 303 NRB Phone: (310) 206-3404 EMail: ecarpenter@mednet.ucla.edu Genetic mechanisms of central nervous system patterning
Stephen Cederbaum Office: 347 NRB Phone: (310) 825-0402 EMail: scederbaum@mednet.ucla.edu Human arginases, mental retardation and gene therapy	Karen Chang Office: 235 USC ZNI Phone: EMail: changkt@usc.edu Functional protein interaction network in Down syndrome and mitochondrial dynamics in neurons	Marie-Francoise Chesselet Office: B114 Reed Phone: (310) 267-1781 EMail: mchessel@ucla.edu Molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases	Christopher S. Colwell Office: 77-352 Semel Institute Phone: (310) 206-3973 EMail: ccolwell@mednet.ucla.edu Neural control of behavior, circadian rhythms
Mirella Dapretto Office: 101 Brain Mapping Cntr Phone: (310) 206-2960 EMail: mirella@loni.ucla.edu Neural Basis of Language and Social Cognition in Typical and Atypical Development	Jean de Vellis Office: 375D NRB Phone: (310) 825-9395 EMail: jdevellis@mednet.ucla.edu Regulation of development and regeneration of brain cells	Esteban E. Dell'Angelica Office: 6357B Gonda Phone: (310) 206-3749 EMail: edellangelica@mednet.ucla.edu Genetic bases of the devlopment of schizophrenia pathogenesis	Sherin U. Devaskar Office: B2-325 MDCC Phone: (310) 825-9436 EMail: sdevaskar@mednet.ucla.edu Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury; Fetal origins of adult disease
Katrina M. Dipple Office: 5506B Gonda Phone: (310) 825-1997 EMail: kdipple@mednet.ucla.edu Understanding complexity in simple mendelian disorders	John Edmond Office: 341 NRB Phone: (310) 825-6535 EMail: jedmond@mednet.ucla.edu Carbon monoxide and the vulnerability of the developing brain	Guoping Fan Office: 6357 Gonda Phone: (310) 267-0439 EMail: gfan@mednet.ucla.edu Epigenetic mechanisms in neural development and stem cell differentation	Nelson B. Freimer Office: 3506A Gonda Phone: (310) 794-9571 EMail: nfreimer@mednet.ucla.edu Genetic mapping of neurobehavioral phenotypes
Adriana Galvan Office: 2263B Franz Hall Phone: (310) 206-4850 EMail: agalvan@ucla.edu Adolescent brain development	Richard A. Gatti Office: Phone: EMail: rgatti@mednet.ucla.edu Pathogenesis and preclinical analyses of children with ataxia-telangiectasia	Daniel H. Geschwind Office: 2560A Reed Phone: (310) 794- lab EMail: dhg@ucla.edu Identification of genes that contribute to cerebral development and cerebral hemispheric specialization and to autism in humans	Wayne W. Grody Office: IP-249 CHS Phone: (310) 825-5648 EMail: wgrody@mednet.ucla.edu Molecular genetics of metabolic and heritable neoplastic diseases
Ronald M Harper Office: 78-113 BRI Phone: (310) 825-5303 EMail: rharper@ucla.edu Neural mechanisms in sleep	David A. Hovda Office: Phone: EMail: dhovda@mednet.ucla.edu Recovery of function following brain injury in children and adults	Connie Kasari Office: Phone: EMail: kasari@gseis.ucla.edu Social-emotional development of children with autism and of children with down syndrome	Harley I. Kornblum Office: 55-555 gonda Phone: (310) 794-7866 EMail: harley@ucla.edu Growth factors in brain development and plasticity & neural stem cells
David E. Krantz Office: 3357C Gonda Phone: (310) 206-8508 EMail: Dkrantz@mednet.ucla.edu Regulation of synaptic transmission as related to neuropsychiatric illness	Jin Hyung Lee Office: 307 NRB Phone: (310) 206-8335 EMail: ljinhy@ee.ucla.edu Neural plasticity & advanced imaging techniques	Michael S. Levine Office: 58-258E Semel Institute Phone: (310) 825-7595 EMail: mlevine@mednet.ucla.edu Cellular mechanisms of normal and abnormal development and in models of genetic and neudegenerative diseases	Pat Levitt Office: 123 USC Phone: EMail: plevitt@usc.edu Development of brain architecture that controls learning, emotional and social behavior in children
Gerald Lipshutz Office: 8501G𧏵 Westwood Plaza Phone: (310) 825-8206 EMail: glipshutz@mednet.ucla.edu Gene and Cellular Therapy for Genetic Disorders by In Utero Therapy	Le Ma Office: 251 USC ZNI Phone: EMail: le.ma@usc.edu Nerve branching during development related to developmental disorders in the brain	Nigel T. Maidment Office: 2579 MRL Phone: (310) 206-6787 EMail: nmaidmen@ucla.edu Neurochemistry of motivated behavior	Kelsey C. Martin Office: 3506C Gonda Phone: (310) 267-9507 EMail: kcmartin@mednet.ucla.edu Cell biology of learning-related synaptic plasticity
Gary W. Mathern Office: 2123 Reed Phone: (310) 206-8777 EMail: gmathern@ucla.edu Clinico-pathologic studies of catastrophic seizures in childhood and infancy, with special interest in malformations of cortical development	James T. McCracken Office: Phone: EMail: jmccracken@mednet.ucla.edu Biological aspects of major psychiatric illnesses in children and adolescents	Paul E. Micevych Office: 73-074 Semel Institute Phone: (310) 206-8265 EMail: pmicevych@mednet.ucla.edu Reproductive neuroendocrinology, neuroprotection, pain	Stanley Nelson Office: 5554 Gonda Phone: (310) 794-7981 EMail: snelson@ucla.edu Genetics of complex human diseases
Bennett G. Novitch Office: 63-251 CHS Phone: (310) 794-9339 EMail: Bnovitch@mednet.ucla.edu Formation, function, and repair of neural circuits	Mary J. O'Connor Office: Phone: EMail: moconnor@mednet.ucla.edu Association between prenatal alcohol exposure and child socio-emotional development	Richard W. Olsen Office: 23-316 CHS Phone: (310) 825-5093 EMail: rolsen@mednet.ucla.edu Gaba receptors, epilepsy, MRDD and Angelmans syndrome	Patricia E. Phelps Office: 3802 Life Science Buildin Phone: (310) 825-7264 EMail: pphelps@physci.lifesci.ucla.edu Spinal cord development and regeneration; cell migration and axon outgrowth
Carlos Portera-Cailliau Office: A-145 Reed Phone: (310) 206-4396 EMail: cpcailliau@mednet.ucla Factors controlling neurogenesis and connectivity	Alcino J. Silva Office: 2554 Gonda Phone: (310) 794-6345 EMail: silvaa@mednet.ucla.edu Molecular and cellular mechanisms of learning and memory	Gary W. Small Office: 88-201 Semel Institute Phone: (310) 825-0291 EMail: gsmall@mednet.ucla.edu Detection and intervention strategies to enhance brain health and memory ability	Michael V. Sofroniew Office: 501 NRB Phone: (310) 794-4944 EMail: sofroniew@mednet.ucla.edu Neural Injury and Repair
Elizabeth R. Sowell Office: 1-138𧏆 Westwood Plaza Phone: (310) 267-5116 EMail: esowell@ucla.edu Understanding the effects of prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse on child and adolescent brain development	Yi E. Sun Office: 351 NRB Phone: (310) 825-9506 EMail: ysun@mednet.ucla.edu The molecular control of neural stem cell proliferation and differentation and the epigenetics of Rett Syndrome	Seema K Tiwari-Woodruff Office: Phone: (310) 267-4778 EMail: seemaw@ucla.edu Molecular mechanisms involved in proliferation and migration of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in the CNS	Nim Tottenham Office: 2243C Franz Phone: (310) 794-7779 EMail: ntottenham@psych.ucla.edu Neurodevelopment of social behavior
Eric Vilain Office: 6357C Gonda Phone: (310) 267-2455 EMail: evilain@ucla.edu Genetics of mammalian sexual development	Harry V. Vinters Office: 18-170B Semel Institute Phone: (310) 825-6191 EMail: hvinters@mednet.ucla.edu The study of neurodegenerative diseases of the human nervous system	Rhonda R. Voskuhl Office: Phone: EMail: rvoskuhl@ucla.edu Immunopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (ms) and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (eae), a murine model for ms	James A. Waschek Office: 345 NRB Phone: (310) 825-0179 EMail: jwaschek@mednet.ucla.edu Growth factor and immunomodulatory actions of neuropeptides: impact on brain development, injury, and immune response
Joseph Watson Office: 47-429 Semel Institute Phone: (310) 825-7587 EMail: jwatson@mednet.ucla.edu Role of oxidative processes in modulating synaptic plasticity during development and aging	Thomas S. Weisner Office: NPI BX 62� WW Phone: (310) 794-3632 EMail: tweisner@ucla.edu Sociocultural and family influences on adaptation to children with MR/DD	Stephanie A. White Office: 2353 Life Science Buildin Phone: (310) 794-1888 EMail: sawhite@ucla.edu Social influences of learning and memory	William X. Yang Office: 3309 Gonda Phone: (310) 267-2761 EMail: xwyang@mednet.ucla.edu Mouse genetic approaches to study the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases