Faculty Member
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Life Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
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.
