Faculty and Staff
Lori Altschuler Lori Altshuler Director
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.
George Bartzokis George Bartzokis
Patricia Walshaw, Ph.D. Patricia Walshaw, Ph.D.
Research Collaborator

Dr. Walshaw oversees our neurocognitive testing studies and data analysis and is a collaborator on our across the lifespan bipolar disorder studies.
John Brooks
Salvatore Torrisi Salvatore Torrisi
Data Analyst

Sam in our leading researcher in the area of brain functional connectivity in a bipolar population.
Vivien Burt
Director Women's Life Center
Teri English
Mood Disorders Research Program Admin Director (West LA VA)
Ana Aquino

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

Project Coordinator for the “Structural and Functional MRI in Persons with and without Bipolar Disorder, Depression and Attention Deficit Disorder,” study.
Conor Penfold
Rita Suri
Susan Lynn Marusak
Jennifer Townsend
Nathalie Vizueta
Postdoctoral Researcher
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