Dr. Nelson Freimer is Director of the Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics and Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA. He also directs two UCLA core facilities (the Southern California Genotyping Consortium and the Biological Samples Processing Core) as well as the NINDS-funded Postdoctoral Training Program in Neurobehavioral Genetics. He joined the UCLA faculty in 2000 after 10 years on the faculty at UC San Francisco. Dr. Freimer’s laboratory focuses on genetic mapping studies with a particular emphasis on neurobehavioral phenotypes and the investigation of population isolates.

Dr. Daniel Geschwind holds the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Chair in Human Genetics and is a professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine.  He is director of the Neurogenetics Program and the Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART) and co-director of the Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics.  Dr. Geschwind’s laboratory conducts research in three primary areas of neurogenetics:  autism and language; focal neurodegenerative syndromes; and the structural/molecular basis of human cognitive specializations.

• Carrie E. Bearden is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and the Department of Psychology at UCLA, and a faculty member in the Brain Research Institute.
• Dr. Rita M. Cantor is a statistical geneticist developing and applying methods for the identification of genes contributing to common genetically complex disorders.
• Dr. Lynn Fairbanks has been director of the Center for Primate Neuroethology and director of the Vervet Research Colony since 2000. She is a member of the board of directors and chair of the research committee for the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain and Development and serves as a statistical consultant for the UCLA Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
• An associate professor of neurology, Dr. George Jackson focuses on developing and utilizing Drosophila models of neuropsychiatric disorders to identify pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic targets.
• Dr. Sandra Loo is an assistant professor-in-residence in the Division of Child Psychiatry and the Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics. She is principal investigator of two NIH grants examining the genetics of electrophysiological (EEG) measurements in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
• Dr. Kelsey Martin is associate professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and biological chemistry. Her research focuses on the cell biology of transcription-dependent forms of synaptic plasticity, particularly those underlying learning and memory.
• Stanley F. Nelson is professor of human genetics and psychiatry in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where he has served as a faculty member since 1993. His laboratory develops and implements genome-scale genetic approaches to the study of complex and rare human disorders.
• Dr. Roel Ophoff holds a primary appointment at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, where he is an associate professor in the Department of Medical Genetics and the Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience.  He is an assistant professor of human genetics and psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences.
• Dr. Christina Palmer is an associate professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and human genetics. The two major thrusts of her research are to 1) identify susceptibility genes and develop statistical methodologies for detecting genes for complex traits; and 2) improve the educational, psychological, and behavioral outcomes of genetic counseling and genetic testing.
• Dr. Susan L. Smalley is a member of the Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics and a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine. She is also the director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center in the Semel Institute, which investigates and teaches mindful awareness to the UCLA community and the greater Los Angeles community.
• Dr. Eric Wexler is an assistant professor in the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine and the Semel Institute’s Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics. His research focuses on the role of Wnt signaling in adult neurogenesis.
• Dr. William Yang is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA and a member of the Neurobehavioral Genetics Research Center at Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behaviors. A unitary theme of his research is to uncover the fundamental mechanisms underlying the function, dysfunction, and degeneration of the mammalian basal ganglia.