Current Studies | Green Lab

Effects of COVID-19 Social/Physical Distancing Directives on Veterans

The Effects of COVID-19 Social Distancing on Community Integration for Veterans with Vulnerabilities. (M.F. Green, PI). IRB# 2020-000063. If you have general questions or are inquiring about participation, please call our lab at (310) 478-3711 ext. 41527.
The Enduring Effects of COVID-19 Infection on Psychological Factors, Cognition, and Social Integration in Recently Homeless Veterans. (J.K. Wynn, PI). If you have general questions or are inquiring about participation, please call our lab at (310) 478-3711 ext. 41527.

Cognitive, Social & Affective Neuroscience

Visual Tuning and Performance in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. (M.F. Green, PI) NIMH R01 2012-2018.
Evaluation of Cortical Plasticity Paradigms as Potential Biomarkers in Schizophrenia Research. (Green, M.F. and Marder, S.R. Co-PIs) Forum Pharmaceuticals. 2015-2017.
Motivational Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: Intervention and Biomarkers. (L.F. Reddy, PI; M.F. Green Sponsor) VA Career Development Award. 2015-2020.
The Cognitive Costs of Social Exclusion in Schizophrenia. (Reddy, L.F., P.I.) NARSAD Young Investigator Award. 2015-2017.
Establishing External Validity of a Cortical Plasticity EEG Paradigm in Schizophrenia: Associations with Learning, Memory, Cognition, and Daily Functioning. A. McCleery, P.I.) NARSAD Young Investigator Award. 2016-2018.
Perceptual learning in schizophrenia. (E. Reavis, PI; M.F. Green Sponsor). NIMH F32. 2016-2019.
Social Preference System and Social Cognition in Schizophrenia (J. Lee, PI). NIMH R21 Grant. 2014-2016.
Social Affiliation in Psychosis: Mechanisms and Vulnerability Factors. (Horan, W.P., PI) NIMH RO1, 2015-2019.
Affective Neuroscience of Motivation in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder (J.K. Wynn, PI) VA MERIT, 2020-2024.
The Determinants of Social Disconnectedness: A Spectrum from the General Community to Severe Mental Illness (Green, M.F., PI) NIMH R01, 2016 – 2021.
Social Processing Systems in Veterans with Schizophrenia: Identifying Deficits in Brain Activation and Network Organization (Green, M.F., PI). VA MERIT, 2018 – 2021
Cortical Plasticity Across Phase of Illness in Schizophrenia (McCleery, A.M., PI) NIMH Career Development Award. 2016 – 2021
Disrupted Neural Connectivity in Empathy Deficits in Schizophrenia (Jimenez, A., PI; Green, M.F., sponsor) VA Career Development Award. 2018 – 2023
New Applications of Neuroplasticity Biomarkers in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury or Schizophrenia (J.K. Wynn, PI) VA SPiRE, 2020-2022.
Disrupted Neural Synchrony during Naturalistic Perception in Schizophrenia: Toward a New Biomarker of Social Dysfunction (Reavis and Parkinson, Co-PIs), NIMH R01, 2021-2026
- Please click this link if you would like to participate and check your eligibility: https://uclahs.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a4t1aB2UsmSMLyK?source=labwebsite
- Neural Synchrony Study Flyer (108.55 KB)
Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Stress in Veterans with Schizophrenia (Y. Yang, PI; Green, M.F., sponsor). VA Career Development Award. 2020-2024.

Psychosocial and Training Interventions

Treatment of Social Cognition in Schizophrenia Trial (TRuSST). (M.F. Green, Los Angeles PI; M. Nahum overall P.I.) NIMH Small Business Innovation Research Grant. 2014 – 2018.
Evaluating Two Types of Cognitive Training in Veterans with Schizophrenia. (C. Jahshan, PI; M.F. Green, Sponsor) VA Career Development Award. 2013-2018.
Physical Exercise Effects on Determinants of Social Integration in Schizophrenia. (R.S. Kern, PI). VA SPiRE Grant. 2016-2018.

Psychopharmacological and Neurostimulation Interventions

Mechanisms of Improving Cognition and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia with N-Acetylcysteine: a Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study of Glutamate and Glutathione. (Y.S. Yang, PI) Friends of Semel. 2015-2018.
Enhancing Social Cognitive Training with Oxytocin: Linking Target Engagement to Clinical Effects (S.R. Marder, PI) NIMH R21/R33 2015-2020.
Effects of Non-Invasive Electrical Stimulation on Visual Cortical Plasticity in Schizophrenia. (C. Jahshan, P.I.) NARSAD Young Investigator Award. 2016-2018.
Adjunctive Withania Somnifera (Ashwagandha) for Persistent Symptoms in People with Schizophrenia. (S.R. Marder, PI). Stanley Medical Research Institute. 2018 – 2020

Veteran Homelessness

Homeless Veterans with Mental Illness: Predicting and Enhancing Recovery. M.F. Green, PI). VA Merit Grant. 2014-2018.
Research Enhancement and Award Program (REAP) on Enhancing Community Integration for Homeless Veterans. (M.F. Green, Director, R.S. Kern and S.R. Marder, Associate Directors) Department of Veterans Affairs. 2015 – 2020.
Social Cognitive Skills Training to Enhance Employment Outcomes in Homeless Veterans: An Efficacy Study in a Compensated Work Therapy – Transitional Residence Program. (Horan, W.P., Project PI). VA REAP project. 2015 – 2019.
Predicting Community Integration for Homeless Veterans. (Wynn, J.K., Project PI). VA REAP project. 2015 – 2018
Improving Recovery and Community Re-Engagement in the Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program (Gabrielian, S., PI) National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans Pilot Grant. 2017 – 2018