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Jair C. Soares, MD, PhD

  • Vice President for Behavioral Sciences
  • Executive Director, John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center
  • Founding Dean , UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences
  • Professor & Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. Chair in Psychiatry, Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Director, Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders
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Ron Acierno, PhD

  • Professor
  • Vice Chair, Veteran Affairs
  • Executive Director, UTHealth Trauma and Resilience Center

Bhim Adhikari

  • Instructor , Louis A.. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Mohammed Ahmed, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Selina Akhter, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Taha Ali, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Gokay Alpak, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Zachary S. Appenzeller, PsyD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Director, UTHealth Houston Center for Eating Disorders

Funlola Are, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Jose A. Arriola Vigo, MD, MPH

  • Assistant Professor

Elaheh Ashtari, PsyD

  • Associate Professor
  • Chief, Psychology Services, UTHealth Houston Dunn Campus

Dean Atkinson, MD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Program Director - General Psychiatry Residency Program

Sangeeta Awasthi, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Taiwo Babatope, MD, MPH, MBA

  • Assistant Professor
  • Training Director , Child and Adolescent Fellowship Program
  • Director, ASD and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Specialty Care
  • Director, Senate Bill 11 HRI - Texas Child Mental Health Care Services

Tamika Backstrom-Sieh, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Jessica Badawi, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Director, Recovery-Oriented Treatment Program

Jennifer Bahrman, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Tatiana Barichello, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Jeffrey Barr, MD

  • Associate Professor

Elizabeth Baumler, PhD

  • Professor, Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Director of Biostatistics, Center for Violence Prevention

Glenn R. Belz, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Kawal Bir, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Patricia Butler, MD

  • Professor Emeritus

Kailey Caplan, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Charoo Chouhan, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Constanza de Dios, PhD

  • Research Instructor

Joao L. de Quevedo, MD, PhD

  • Professor
  • John S. Dunn Distinguished Professor
  • Vice Chair, Faculty Development & Outreach
  • Director, Interventional Psychiatry Program
  • Director, Treatment-Resistant Depression Clinic

Xiaoming Du, PhD

  • Assistant Professor- Research

Stephanie Emhoff, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Louis A. Faillace, MD

  • Professor Emeritus

Luis A. Fernandez, MD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Chief, Psychiatry Services, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital

J. Chase Findley, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Assistant Dean, Accreditation and Educational Quality Improvement

Gabriel R. Fries, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Madeline Gabe, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Amy K. Garcia, PhD, NCSP

  • Assistant Professor

Omar D. Gonzales, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Silvia Hafliger, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Angela M. Heads, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Umair Hemani, DO

  • Assistant Professor
  • Director, Telemedicine

Gregory Hestla, MD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Clerkship Director

Judy Hong, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Elliot Hong, MD

  • Professor
  • Director, Houston Psychosis Research Center

Killian Rainey Hughes, PhD, LP

  • Assistant Professor

Jennifer B. Hughes, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Martin Huynh, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Nesreen Ibrahim, MD, MBA

  • Assistant Professor

Benson M. Irungu, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Sarah Jackson, MFT, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Seema Jacob, PsyD

  • Assistant Professor

Vineeth John, MD, MBA

  • Professor
  • Vice Chair, Education
  • Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Section

Lisa Kan, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Shitij Kapoor, MD, MPH

  • Assistant Professor

Brandi Karnes, MD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Program Director - General Psychiatry Residency Program

Anahit Keshishyan, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Tyler S. Kimm, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Matthew King, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Bruno Kluwe-Schiavon, PhD

  • Instructor- Research

Micah J. Knobles, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Daryl Knox, MD

  • Associate Professor

Peter Kochunov, PhD, MS, MSEE, DABMP

  • Professor, Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • John S. Dunn Chair , John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center

Scott D. Lane, PhD

  • Professor and Vice Chair for Research
  • Director of Research, UTHealth Houston Dunn Behavioral Sciences Campus
  • Associate Director, Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction

Luca Lavagnino, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Edison Leung, MD PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Wen Li, PhD

  • Professor
  • Director , Center for Sensory and Systems Psychiatry (CSSP)

Deborah M. Little, PhD

  • Professor
  • Director, Research, Trauma and Resilience Center

Katherine A. Loveland, PhD

  • Landmark Charities Professor in Autism Research and Treatment
  • Director, UTHealth Psychology Internship Program
  • Director, Center for Human Development Research
  • Director, UTHealth C.L.A.S.S. Clinic

Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, MD, PhD, MSc

  • Professor
  • Director, Bipolar Disorder Program
  • Director, Experimental Therapeutics and Molecular Pathophysiology Program

Saba Memon, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Thomas D. Meyer, PhD

  • Professor
  • Director, Psychological Intervention & Research Program on Mood Spectrum Disorders
  • Co-Director, The UTHealth Brain Collection for Research in Psychiatric Disorders

Mira Milad

  • Assistant Professor

Audrey K. Miller, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Kanwal Mirza, MD

  • Assistant Professor

B. Isabel Moallem

  • Assistant Professor, Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Olivia Moffitt, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Caesa Nagpal, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Justin Nguyen, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Bobby Nix, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
  • Director, UT Physicians Behavioral Health Outpatient Services

Olaniyi Olayinka, MD, MPH

  • Assistant Professor

Carolina Olmos, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Tessa Orellana, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Tomide Oyelakin, MD, MPH

  • Assistant Professor

Nicholas Patniyot, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Deborah A. Pearson, PhD

  • Professor
  • Director, Developmental Neuropsychology Clinic
  • Associate Director, Clinical Psychology Internship Program
  • Co-Director, Lonestar LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders)

Teresa Pigott, MD

  • Professor
  • Director, Psychopharmacology, UTHealth HCPC

Anilkumar Pillai, PhD

  • Professor
  • Louis A. Faillace, MD, Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Director, Pathophysiology of Neuropsychiatric Disorders Program
  • Director, Research Track Residency Program
  • Associate Program Director, General Psychiatry Residency Program

Nicola Riccardo Polizzotto, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Alan R. Prossin, MBBS

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, Neuroimmune Interactions in Depression, Addiction, and Pain (NIDAP)
  • Director, Interdisciplinary PET Working Group

Mary Robinson, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Sumera Salamat, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Marsal Sanches, MD, PhD, FAPA

  • Professor, Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Attending Psychiatrist and Associate Director for Research, UT Health Dunn Behavioral Sciences Campus

Cynthia Santos, MD

  • Clinical Professor

Giselli Scaini, PharmD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Joy M. Schmitz, PhD

  • Professor
  • Director, Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addictions

Salih Selek, MD

  • Professor
  • Director, Refractory Mood Disorders Program, UTHealth HCPC

Lokesh Shahani, MD, PhD, MPH, FACP, FASAM

  • Associate Professor
  • Chief Medical Officer, UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Campus
  • Vice Chair Inpatient Clinical Services , Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston

Anuj Shukla, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Nicholas H. Skefos, DO

  • Director, Student Counseling Services

Jair C. Soares, MD, PhD

  • Vice President for Behavioral Sciences
  • Executive Director, John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center
  • Founding Dean , UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences
  • Professor & Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. Chair in Psychiatry, Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Director, Center of Excellence on Mood Disorders

Cesar A. Soutullo, MD, PhD

  • John S. Dunn Professor
  • Vice Chair and Chief, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Director, ADHD Outpatient Program

Peggy Stephens, MD

  • Associate Professor

Sarah Stratton, MD

  • Assistant Professor

Robert Suchting, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Eric D. Sumlin, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor

Sason Tavakoli-Sabour, DO

  • Assistant Professor, Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Andrea N. Taylor, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Leslie K. Taylor, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Clinical Director, Child Services, Trauma and Resilience Center

Jeff R. Temple, PhD

  • Professor
  • Associate Dean for Clinical Research , School of Behavioral Health Sciences at UTHealth Houston
  • Betty and Rose Pfefferbaum Chair in Child Mass Trauma and Resilience

Anisha L. Thomas, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Sarahi Torres Planas, PsyD

  • Assistant Professor

Consuelo Walss-Bass, PhD

  • Professor
  • John S. Dunn Foundation Distinguished Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Director, Psychiatric Genetics Program
  • Director, UTHealth Brain Collection for Research in Psychiatric Disorders
  • Co-Director, Translational Psychiatry Program

Alexandra Ward, MD

  • Assistant Professor, Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Alia R. Warner, PhD, ABPP

  • Associate Professor
  • Managing Director, Psychosis Specialty Clinic

Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM

  • Professor
  • Medical Director, Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction

Heather E. Webber, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Zhenfu Wen, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Leila Wood, PhD, MSSW

  • Professor, Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for Violence Prevention

Cindy Woolverton, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Luba Yammine, PhD, APRN, FNP-C

  • Associate Professor

Jun Yin, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Jin H. Yoon, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Jason Yu, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Marina Zhukova, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

Amanda Zold, PhD

  • Assistant Clinical Professor

Giovana Zunta-Soares, MD

  • Associate Professor