Megan C. Ichinose, Ph.D.
2020-24, Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Clinic
Dr. Ichinose is a licensed clinical psychologist currently completing her fourth year as a Max Gray Fellow. As a fellow, she has received specialized training in the evaluation, diagnosis, and psychosocial treatment of mood disorders under program director Dr. David Miklowitz. Her clinical focus is on providing individual, family, and group treatments for adolescents and young adults with mood and commonly co-occurring disorders (e.g., patients with both anxiety and ADHD). Over the past year, she has taken on the role of clinical supervisor in the Max Gray Child and Adolescents Mood Disorders Program (CHAMP) and the Adult Mood Disorders Clinic. As supervisor, she trains masters-level therapists and psychiatry residents in family-focused therapy. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Ichinose helps coordinate and provide clinical care for adolescents and their families participating in research studies at CHAMP, including the Child Bipolar Network, a multi-site longitudinal study examining the trajectory and treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder. She is also involved in a family therapy intervention study for youth at high risk for psychosis.
Dr. Ichinose earned her bachelor's degree in psychology and global health at Northwestern University. After working as a research assistant in the Belief, Learning & Memory Lab at Yale School of Medicine, she pursued a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Vanderbilt University under the supervision of Dr. Sohee Park, a leader in the field. Dr. Ichinose completed her predoctoral internship at UCLA, where she specialized in adolescent serious mental illness.