Faculty and Staff

 

Lori Altshuler Faculty Director Mood Disorders Research Dr. Altshuler holds the Julia S. Gouw Endowed Chair for Mood Disorders, and is the founding and current Director of the MDRP. She has been recognized for her research by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and the National Depressive, Manic-Depressive Association.
Michael Gitlin Faculty Director of Mood Disorders Clinic
Vivien Burt Faculty Director Women's Life Center
Rita Suri Faculty
Susan Lynn Marusak Faculty
Carrie Bearden Faculty
Alex Lin Fellow
Ana Aquino Research Staff Project Coordinator for the Risk and Predictors of Postpartum Depression study. Ana joined the UCLA Mood Disorders Research Program in 1999 and is currently our senior research coordinator
Jeffrey Fischer Research Staff Project Coordinator for the “Structural and Functional MRI in Persons with and without Bipolar Disorder, Depression and Attention Deficit Disorder,” study.
Lara Foland Research Staff
Gerhard Hellemann Research Staff At the UCLA Mood Disorders Research Program, Dr. Hellemann is responsible for the analysis of the data associated with the Stanley Database Core.
Conor Penfold Research Staff
Jennifer Townsend Research Staff
Teri English Admin Staff Mood Disorders Research Program Admin Director (West LA VA)
Debra Perlo Admin Staff Mood Disorders Research Program Admininstrator