News and Awards

Awards

Congratulations to Eric Reavis, PhD and Jonathan Wynn, PhD for receiving funding for a new NIMH R21, "Inter-Brain Synchrony as a Neural Mechanism of Social Connection in Schizophrenia"!
Congratulations to Dr. Lauren Catalano on receiving funding for her VA Career Development Award, "Approaches to Studying Social Motivation in Schizophrenia"!
Congratulations to Derek Novacek, PhD and Yvonne Yang, MD, PhD on receiving a UCLA Normal Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology seed grant for their study, "An examination of the psychological and immunological correlates of discrimination in a community-based sample of Black Americans"!
Congratulations to Eric Reavis, PhD and Carolyn Parkinson, PhD who are co-PIs on their new NIMH R01, "Disrupted Neural Synchrony during Naturalistic Perception in Schizophrenia: Toward a New Biomarker of Social Dysfunction"!!!
Congratulations to Derek Novacek, PhD for receiving funding for his VA Rehabilitation R&D Career Development Award, "Chronic Stress, Inflammation, and Resilience: Predictors of Social Integration in Recently Housed Black and White Veterans"!
Congratulations to Jonathan Wynn, PhD for receiving his VA Rehabilitation R&D Merit Award, "The Enduring Effects of COVID-19 Infection on Psychological Factors, Cognition, and Social Integration in Recently Homeless Veterans"!

"Four UCLA scientists honored for outstanding achievement in schizophrenia research"
"Leading homeless Veterans back into mainstream life"
A recent analysis has shown that our lab chief, Michael Green, is one of the most productive and collaborative researchers in schizophrenia research in the world. Access to this interesting article.
Congratulations to Michael Green for being one of the top 1% highest cited researchers in psychiatry in 2020.
Dr. Derek Novacek was a speaker for the UCLA Black Minds Matter panel “Black Minds Matter: Exploring Trauma, Dispelling Stigmas and Promoting Wellness.”
- Watch on YouTube
- Read Panel Discussion
Watch Dr. Derek Novacek discuss his research on race and psychosis with the Schizophrenia International Society's Education Committee Deputy Chair, Elisabetta del Re.
Work by Dr. Sam Abplanalp was recently featured in a news article from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. Dr. Abplanalp's work, which was recently published in JAMA Psychiatry, used network analyses to identify symptom patterns in people with schizophrenia that are associated with functional outcomes: anhedonia is related to global functioning while avolition is related to work outcomes.
An article published by Dr. Amy Jimenez was highlighted in the NIMH Newsletter. This work was supported by a grant to Dr. William Horan.

Congratulations to Yvonne Yang for receiving the 2019-2020 UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award (Outstanding Faculty House Staff Teaching Adult/Geriatric Division)!