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Gil Hoftman, M.D., Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Hoftman’s laboratory works in the areas of genetic and clinical high risk for psychosis, schizophrenia, and neurodevelopment using imaging transcriptomics and molecular neuroscience, with the goal of connecting the molecular underpinnings of disruptions in neural circuitry in psychosis risk to in vivo human brain development. His research is or has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists, Sorensen Foundation Award for Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Karen Seykora Young Investigator Award, UCLA Friends of Semel Institute Award, and Della Martin Award. Dr. Hoftman is dedicated to delivering evidence based TMS treatment for depression and numerous additional conditions offered in clinic, as well as its applications for psychosis and in children and adolescents.

Robert Asarnow, Ph.D.

Faculty Member

Della Martin Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Department of Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles

 

Biography

Dr. Asarnow is the director of the UCLA Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program. He is the Della Martin Professor of Psychiatry in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and also a Professor in the UCLA Department of Psychology. He is a neuropsychologist with extensive experience in the neuropsychological evaluation of children and adolescents with TBI and in the use of brain imaging and electrophysiology in clinical research. Dr. Asarnow and his students and colleagues have conducted one of the major studies of the cognitive and psychological outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury in children and one of the largest controlled studies of cognitive training in children with brain injuries. By enhancing our understanding of the likely range of outcomes after a child incurs a mild traumatic brain injury these studies have provided information that help parents develop plans to maximize the recovery of their children. He is the principal investigator of two studies of pediatric traumatic brain injuries funded by the National Institute of Health that are currently being conducted in the laboratory. In addition to his research Dr. Asarnow also sees patients with traumatic brain injuries and their families clinically.

Amjad Askary, Ph.D.

Faculty Member

Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
College of Life Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles

 

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