Michael F. Green, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. He is Director of the Veterans Administration (VA) Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) on Enhancing Community Integration for Homeless Veterans, and is Director of the Treatment Unit of the VA VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC). Dr. Green obtained his BA at Oberlin College, his PhD at Cornell University, and his postdoctoral training in neuropsychology at UCLA. He is an associate editor for Schizophrenia Bulletin, and has authored over 300 journal articles. He has received numerous grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the VA.

Dr. Green directs the Green Lab (greenlab.dgsom.ucla.edu) that has explored the relationship between cognitive and social cognitive impairments in schizophrenia and activities of daily living, the neural mechanisms of cognitive and social cognitive dysfunction, and community integration in homelessness.

  • BA at Oberlin College
  • PhD at Cornell University
  • Postdoctoral training in neuropsychology at UCLA
  • Associate editor for Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Authored over 300 journal articles
  • 2013-2014 Clinical/Community Science Award from the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS)
  • 2015 Outstanding Research Mentor Award from the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
  • 2016 Lieber Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
  • A Fellow in the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)
  • A member of the work group for Psychotic Disorders for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
  • Past-president of the Society for Research in Psychopathology