Thanh Le, PhD

Thanh Le, Ph.D., joined the Green Lab in 2021 through the support of a T32 grant, which is funded through the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (co-mentors: Dr. Michael Green and Dr. Keith Nuechterlein). He received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, San Diego, and subsequently was hired as a research assistant at the VA San Diego Healthcare System under the mentorship of Dr. Eric Granholm. He earned his doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Louisiana State University where he was mentored by Dr. Alex Cohen. He completed his clinical internship at the UCLA Semel Institute under the mentorship of Dr. Nuechterlein. His graduate research focused on using innovative assessment (digital phenotyping, biobehavioral tools) with serious mental illness (SMI) and at-risk populations to investigate the dynamic predictors of social dysfunction and related psychopathological risk states. Thanh plans on continuing this line of research in the Green Lab by investigating the influence of social motivation on community integration among Veterans who experience homelessness and SMI using digital phenotyping methods. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including World Psychiatry, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Schizophrenia Research, and Journal of Psychiatric Research. Additionally, he is a member of the Society for Research in Psychopathology.