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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  
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                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  
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Elizabeth Baumler, PhD
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Professor, Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Director of Biostatistics, Center for Violence Prevention 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                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 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                J. Chase Findley, MD
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - The Patricia and Ian Butler Endowed Distinguished Professor in Medical Professionalism  
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Associate Professor 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Associate Dean,  Accreditation and Educational Quality Improvement 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Brandi Karnes, MD
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Assistant Professor 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Associate Program Director - General Psychiatry Residency Program 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Scott D. Lane, PhD
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Professor and Vice Chair for Research 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Associate Dean, Academic and Student Affairs, UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Director of Research, UTHealth Houston Dunn Behavioral Sciences Campus 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Associate Director, Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Wen Li, PhD
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Professor  
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Director , Center for Sensory and Systems Psychiatry (CSSP) 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Katherine A. Loveland, PhD
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Landmark Charities Professor in Autism Research and Treatment 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Program Director, UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences Clinical Psychology PhD Program 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Director, UTHealth Psychology Internship Program 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Director, Center for Human Development Research 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Director, UTHealth C.L.A.S.S. Clinic 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                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 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                B. Isabel Moallem
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Assistant Professor, Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Bobby Nix, MD
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Associate Professor 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Director, UT Physicians Behavioral Health Outpatient Services 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Michelle Patriquin, PhD, ABPP
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - John S. Dunn Distinguished Professorship 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Associate Professor 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Assistant Dean, Digital Health & Innovation, UTHealth School of Behavioral Health Sciences  
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Co-Director of Research , John S. Dunn Center Behavioral Sciences Center 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Deborah A. Pearson, PhD
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Professor 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs  
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Director, Developmental Neuropsychology Clinic 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Associate Director, Clinical Psychology Internship Program 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Co-Director, Lonestar LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders) 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                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
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Associate Professor 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Associate Medical Director, John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Campus 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Director, Inpatient Psychosis Program 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                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 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Salih Selek, MD
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Professor 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Director, Refractory Mood Disorders Program, UTHealth HCPC 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Lokesh Shahani, MD, PhD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Associate Professor 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Associate Dean, Clinical Integration 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Vice Chair Inpatient Clinical Services , Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences  at UTHealth Houston 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Chief Medical Officer, UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Campus 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                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 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Leslie K. Taylor, PhD
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Associate 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  
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                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 
 
                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                
                                             
                                            
                                         
                                     
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Leila Wood, PhD, MSSW
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    - Professor, Louis A. Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Director of Research and Evaluation, Center for Violence Prevention