RRTP Career Mentors

Kim

Young Shin Kim, MD, PhD

Professor in Residence

Research focus: genetic epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), developmental psychopathology, bullying, suicide, stigma (social death), public health policy

Krystal

Andrew Krystal, MD, MS

Ray and Dagmar Dolby Distinguished Professor in Psychiatry
Vice Chair for Research

Research focus: sleep disorders, mood and anxiety spectrum disorders

Mangurian

Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Research focus: mental health services research, schizophrenia, metabolic effects of antipsychotic medications, health disparities

Manoli

Devanand Manoli, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Executive Committee Member, Research Resident Training Program

Research focus: basic neuroscience approaches to understand the neurobiology of social attachment, and how this is disrupted in the context of neuropsychiatric illness

Daniel Mathalon, MD, PhD

Daniel Mathalon, MD, PhD

Professor in Residence
Co-Director, Resident Research Track Program

Research focus: anxiety disorders, brain imaging, electrophysiology, ERP, mood disorders, prodrome, schizophrenia

Molofsky

Anna Victoria Molofsky, MD, PhD

Associate Professor in Residence

Research focus: glial cells in brain development and synapse formation

John L.R. Rubenstein, MD, PhD

John L.R. Rubenstein, MD, PhD

Nina Ireland Distinguished Professor in Child Psychiatry

Research focus: basic science, developmental health, forebrain, neuroscience

Sohal

Vikaas Sohal, MD, PhD

Associate Professor in Residence
Executive Committee Member, Resident Research Track Program

Research focus: basic science research about how microcircuits in the prefrontal cortex process information, and how this may be disrupted in psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia

Susan Voglmaier, MD, PhD

Susan M. Voglmaier, MD, PhD

Associate Professor in Residence
Co-Director, Resident Research Track Program

Research focus: basic science, cellular neurobiology, molecular neurobiology, neurotransmitter release, synaptic vesicle recycling, vesicle trafficking

Mark Von Zastrow, MD, PhD

Mark Von Zastrow, MD, PhD

Professor

Research focus: cellular neurobiology, psychopharmacology and drug abuse

Kristine Yaffe, MD

Kristine Yaffe, MD

Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology
Roy and Marie Scola Endowed Chair
Vice Chair for the Weill Institute in Psychiatry

Research focus: aging, cognitive aging