Lectures and seminars StratNeuro Seminar with Carrie Bearden

Dr. Carrie E. Bearden is a Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Bearden received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and completed her clinical training at UC San Diego. She joined the UCLA faculty in 2003. Her work aims to understand neurobiological risk factors for the development of severe mental illness in youth, both in clinically defined high-risk cohorts and in highly penetrant genetic conditions. She is particularly known for her research taking a ’genetics first’ approach to studying brain mechanisms underlying the development of severe mental illness. Dr. Bearden is the Director of the UCLA Center for Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS), a clinical research program for youth at high risk for psychosis and co-directs UCLA’s Neurogenetics Training Program. She has over 400 peer-reviewed publications and is among the world’s most highly cited scientists, according to Clarivate, Web of Science. Currently, she serves as Deputy (Reviews) Editor for the journal Biological Psychiatry, as Chair of the DSM-V Serious Mental Disorders Committee and is President of the Society of Biological Psychiatry. She is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Dr. Bearden has received numerous awards and honors, both for her research achievements and for teaching and mentorship, including the ACNP Joel Elkes Research Award. the Society of Biological Psychiatry Gold Medal Award, an NIH Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) award and most recently the  Translational Research Award from the Schizophrenia International Research Society.