Faculty Mentors
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LEONARD ABBEDUTO, Ph.D. Director, UC Davis MIND Institute and Tsakopoulos-Vismara Endowed Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
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DAVID G. AMARAL, Ph.D. (Program Co-Director) Beneto Foundation Chair, Professor and Director of Research, MIND Institute; University of California Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
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ROBERT F. BERMAN, Ph.D. Professor, Vice Chair and Director of Research, Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine |
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SIMEON BOYADJIEV BOYD, M.D. Children’s Miracle Network Endowed Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine |
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CAMERON S. CARTER, M.D. Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine; Director, UC Davis Imaging Research Center, UC Davis Health System; Director, Center for Neuroscience, College of Letters and Science |
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CECILIA GIULIVI, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine |
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JEFFREY P. GREGG, M.D. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine |
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RANDI J. HAGERMAN, M.D. Endowed Chair in Fragile X Research and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine; Medical Director, MIND Institute |
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IRVA HERTZ-PICCIOTTO, Ph.D., M.P.H. Professor and Chief, Division of Epidemiology and Occupational Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine |
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DAVID HESSL, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
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LEE- WAY JIN, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine |
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JANINE M. LaSALLE, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Rowe Program in Human Genetics, School of Medicine |
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PAMELA J. LEIN, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine; Chair, UC Davis Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Group |
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A. KIMBERLEY McALLISTER, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences;Department of Neurology, School of Medicine; and Center for Neuroscience |
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PETER C. MUNDY, Ph.D. Lisa Capps Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Education, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine and School of Education; Director of Educational Research, MIND Institute |
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SALLY J. OZONOFF, Ph.D. Endowed Professor Research in Psychiatry and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
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ISAAC N. PESSAH, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine; Director, Children’s Center for Environmental Health and Disease Prevention |
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SUSAN M. RIVERA, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology and Center for Mind and Brain, College of Letters and Science |
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SALLY J. ROGERS, Ph.D. (Program Director) Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
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PHILIP A. SCHWARTZKROIN, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery and Center for Neuroscience, School of Medicine |
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JULIE B. SCHWEITZER, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
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FRANK R. SHARP, M.D. Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine |
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MARJORIE SOLOMON, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine |
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ALICE F. TARANTAL, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and California National Primate Research Center |
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ROSS A. THOMPSON, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Letters and Science |
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JUDY A. VAN DE WATER, Ph.D. Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine |
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KEITH F. WIDAMAN, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Letters and Science |


























