Research Centers, Programs and Initiatives
This master listing shows all current research-focused groups (Centers, Programs, Initiatives and Multi-disciplinary Teams) within the Semel Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA. The groups are listed alphabetically, but you can narrow down the listing by using the drop-down search filters below.
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Youth Stress and Mood Program The Youth Stress & Mood Program is a clinical and research program specializing in depression and suicide prevention in children and adolescents. |
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UCLA PEERS® Clinic Evidence-based social skills intervention for motivated children and young adults to improve social skills |
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UCLA Neuroscience Genomics Core Offer academic researchers the custom snp genotyping, whole genome genotyping, whole genome gene expression screens and sequencing services |
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UCLA Longevity Center Mission is to enhance and extend productive and healthy life through preeminent research and education on aging,caregiver education,alzeheimer's |
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UCLA Integrative Center for Neurogenetics UCLA Integrative Center for Neurogenetics |
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UCLA Family Development Project To enhance the capacity of the members of a family to support each other and to effectively recognize and meet the needs of their infant. |
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UCLA Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Program for Psychiatric Disorders Offering patients with severe, treatment-resistant Obsessive Compulsive Disorder an additional treatment option using Deep Brain Stimulation |
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The Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program (CHAMP) The CHAMP program provides diagnostic evaluations, second opinion consultation, and short-term treatments for youth who have mood disorders |
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Tennenbaum Center for the Biology of Creativity To study the mechanisms that result in cognitive enhancements and explain unusual levels of performance in gifted individuals. |
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Tarjan Center Provide leadership in education, research and innovative practices that supports all people with disabilities |
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Staglin IMHRO Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group |
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Section on Psychosis Improve the lives of people with psychotic illnesses through a multi-disciplinary program that includes research, education, and clinical care |
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Parenting & Children's Friendship Program Social skills training for parents, children and adolescents |
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Open Doors to College Provides information for students and families as they consider their next steps from high school |
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Nurmi/McCracken Lab The Nurmi/McCracken Laboratory studies genetic factors underlying brain functioning, psychiatric disorders, and effects of psychotropic medications. |
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Mood Disorders Research Program Aims to cultivate a better understanding of mood disorders through research. |
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Mood Disorders A virtual group encompassing the various research, clinic and integrated groups involved in Mood Disorders |
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Mindful Awareness Research Center MARC fosters mindful awareness through education and research to promote well-being and a more compassionate society. |
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Later Life Depression, Stress and Wellness Research Program Aiming to promote wellness in seniors and their caregivers |
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Intellectual Development and Disabilities Research Center To provide new knowledge concerning the understanding and treatment of Intellectual Development & Disabilities |
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Integrative Study Center in Mood Disorders Recruit and integrate researchers into Mood Disorders studies, and raise public awareness of related conditions |
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Integrated Substance Abuse Programs Advance the knowledge base on drug problems and to improve the delivery of drug abuse treatment services through an array of projects |
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Hatos Center for Neuropharmacology Focuses on research concerned with addictive drugs, including opioids, nicotine and psychostimulants. |
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Fuster Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience Fuster Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience |
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Dual Diagnosis Program The Dual Diagnosis Program specialize in the treatment of co-occurring substance use and other Axis I disorders. |
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Division of Medical Psychology-Neuropsychology Provides administrative oversight for over 200 faculty, staff, and trainees in Clinical Psychology throughout the UCLA Health System |
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Division of Geriatric Psychiatry Division of Geriatric Psychiatry |
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Division of Adult Psychiatry Provides comprehensive programs for clinical research, teaching, and treatment for adults suffering from psychiatric illness |
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Cultural Neuropsychology Initiative Cultural Neuropsychology Initiative |
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Creativity - Autism Research A group studying the Biology of Creativity in Autism |
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Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology Understanding the interactions between the brain and the body and the importance of psychological well-being for both health and recovery from illness |
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Coppola Lab Genetic and genomic studies in neurodegenerative diseases. |
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Collaborative Center for Trauma and Mental Health Disparities Examining the prevalence and impact of traumatic experiences on PTSD, depression and concomitant processes in ethnic minority populations. |
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Childhood OCD, Anxiety & Tic Disorders Program Clinical research program that specializes in the evaluation and treatment of anxiety and related problems in children and adolescents |
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Center for Translational Research on Addiction Identify effective treatments and new therapies for drug abuse and dependence |
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Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS) The Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS) |
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Center for Sleep Research Understanding the evolution, function and disorders of REM sleep. |
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Center for Neurocognition and Emotion in Schizophrenia UCLA Center for Neurocognition and Emotion in Schizophrenia |
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Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics Discovering the genetic basis of major psychiatric and neurological disorders to shed light on the development, function, or degeneration of the CNS |
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Center for Health Services and Society Researches how health services are delivered and to improve health services for persons with psychiatric and neurologic disorders across the lifespan |
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Center for Culture and Health Examines how social, structural, psychological, and cultural factors affect mental and physical health |
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Center for Community Health Mission is advance the understanding of and to improve the health, development, and quality of life for children and adults in high-risk situations |
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Center for Biomedical Modeling The main focus of research is to develop the study of infectious diseases into a predictive science |
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Center for Autism Research & Treatment Understanding the biological and psychosocial basis of autism to develop and disseminate new and more effective treatments for ASDs |
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Center for Addictive Behaviors Aim to discover fundamental mechanisms that link addictive disorders and their behaviors with neurochemical phenotype and genotype i |
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Brain, Behavior, and Aging Research Center Alzheimer's and Dementia Research Group |
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Borderline Personality Disorder Initiative BPDI is dedicated to the treatment of BPD and to the education of clinicians in evidence-based treatment methods for this disorder |
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Body dysmorphic disorder The BDD Program is interested in understanding the brain basis of abnormal visual and emotional processing that may underlie disorders of body image. |
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Ahmanson Lovelace Brain Mapping Center Improving the understanding of the brain in health and disease, through the comprehensive and quantitative view of its structure and function |
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Adolescent Smoking Cessation Center A comprehensive research program investigation teen smoking and paths to cessation |
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Adolescence, Ethnicity and Immigration Research Program To conduct systematic research on the adjustment of adolescents from diverse ethnic and immigrant background |
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ADHD Program Clinic and research program for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ ADHD) |
