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Ethan Solomon
Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioDr. Solomon is an Instructor in the Department and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a member of the Stanford Precision Neurotherapeutics Lab. He earned his MD and PhD in Bioengineering through the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and completed residency training in psychiatry at the Stanford School of Medicine. His research focuses on electrophysiological techniques (stereo-EEG/ECoG, scalp EEG) and brain stimulation technologies (direct electrical stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation) to understand cognitive and perceptual processes in psychiatric illness. Dr. Solomon is a recipient of an NIMH K99 grant to study the use of theta burst stimulation in hippocampal-cortical networks of patients with schizophrenia.
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Natalie Solomon
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioDr. Solomon is a licensed psychologist, board certified in behavioral sleep medicine, and a clinical associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Solomon conducts research as a member of the Computational Psychiatry, Neuroimaging, Sleep Lab (CoPsyN Sleep Lab) and treats patients in the Sleep Health and Insomnia Program (SHIP). Dr. Solomon specializes in the study and treatment of sleep disorders. Her clinical interests include the intersection of sleep difficulties with overall quality of life and women’s health. Dr. Solomon enjoys treating a variety of sleep difficulties, including insomnia, hypnotic dependence, circadian rhythm disturbances, NREM parasomnias, and nightmares. Dr. Solomon additionally consults, teaches undergrads, graduate students, and continuing studies, supervises postdoctoral fellows, and trains providers to deliver insomnia treatment.
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Barbara Sommer
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in the clinical investigation of cognitive stresses during younger adulthood that may give rise to frank intellectual impairment with older age. Examples may include specific kinds of chronically taken medications.
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Ana Lilia Soto
Youth Development Manager, Psych/Public Mental Health & Population Sciences
Current Role at StanfordYouth Development Manager
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Aline Rocha
INSPIRE Training Manager, Psych/Public Mental Health & Population Sciences
Current Role at StanfordINSPIRE Training Manager
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Emily Spackman
Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry
BioI am an early career researcher with a PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia. I am currently working in a postdoctoral position at Stanford, where I am involved in several research projects focusing on measurement development, phenotypic characterisation, and advancing insights into the heterogeneity of autism. My primary research interest is to better understand heterogeneity in autism presentation as a stepping stone towards developing more individualised assessment and support.
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David Spiegel
Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor of Medicine
On Partial Leave from 10/01/2025 To 05/15/2026Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Spiegel's research program involves mind/body interactions, including cancer progression, the response to traumatic stress, and the effect of hypnosis on the perception of pain and anxiety.
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Caleb Matthew Spiro
Casual Non-Exempt, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioMy main research interest revolves around understanding the general cognitive and affective properties of the mind, and how the prognosis of good and poor mental health status affects the developmental trajectories under chronic stress. To what extent reward-based networks can lead to increased proximity to vulnerability or heightened sensitivity to mental illness, specifically within the context of youth and adolescents, is an area that I am especially interested in. I am most interested in what factors help individuals become more resilient and build a narrative that they can get better with the right treatment practices. I believe that this can be done by combining neuroscience and functional imaging techniques (ex: fMRI, EEG) into the study and practice of clinical psychology.
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Nicole Starace
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development
BioDr. Nicole Starace received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where she worked in the lab of Dr. Aaron T. Beck, the founder of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Her work at Penn sparked her interest in the growing field of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy. She received her MA and PhD in Clinical Psychology from UCLA, where she trained under Dr. Bruce Chorpita and conducted research in the field of Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy. Dr. Starace joined the faculty at Stanford in 2015 where she held appointments as a Clinical Instructor and a Clinical Assistant Professor. She continued to champion evidence based practices in her leadership roles and as a clinical supervisor for trainees in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Starace left Stanford in 2022 when she relocated back the East Coast, but she returned to Stanford as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in 2023. Dr. Starace specializes in the treatment of OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders and Parenting for youth with disruptive behavior challenges and anxiety. She works with children, teens, and adults.
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Maria-Christina Stewart
Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioDr. Stewart specializes in the prevention and treatment of eating, obsessive-compulsive, anxiety, and depressive disorders - and the intersection between them. At Stanford she lectures on evidence-based eating disorder treatments for children and adolescents. Dr. Stewart also runs a private practice, writes, consults, lectures, and hosts the 'Meaning Vs Merit' podcast - exploring how to find meaning in our achievement and merit-focused culture.
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Eric Stice
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health and Population Sciences)
BioDr. Stice served as an assistant professor and associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin and as a Senior Research Scientist at Oregon Research Institute before joining the faculty at Stanford University. His research focuses on identifying risk factors that predict onset of eating disorders, obesity, substance abuse, and depression to advance knowledge regarding etiologic processes, including the use of functional neural imaging. He also designs, evaluates, and disseminates prevention and treatment interventions for eating disorders, obesity, and depression. For instance, he developed a dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program that has been implemented with over 6 million young girls in 140 countries. He has published 335 articles in high-impact outlets, including Science, Psychological Bulletin, Archives of General Biological Psychiatry, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and Journal of Neuroscience.
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Nicole Stigler
Life Science Research Professional 1, Psych/General Psychiatry and Psychology (Adult)
BioI am driven to understand the neural mechanisms underlying psychiatric disorders to improve mental health outcomes.
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Savanna Elizabeth Stromberg
Associate Project Coordinator, Psych/Public Mental Health & Population Sciences
BioSavanna Stromberg, BS, is an Associate Project Coordinator at Stanford CDI, who will be working across projects on C-DIAS, CMHIS, and RASC. She recently received her BS in Psychology from the University of Washington, where she conducted research on trauma and mental health outcomes in the Honors Psychology program. With a strong interest in substance use interventions and mental health, Savanna is eager to expand her expertise in implementation research. At Stanford CDI, Savanna supports multi-project management, helps build and organize data, and assists with the development, communication, and design of research findings to internal and external audiences.
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Thomas Sudhof
Avram Goldstein Professor in the School of Medicine, Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsInformation transfer at synapses mediates information processing in brain, and is impaired in many brain diseases. Thomas Südhof is interested in how synapses are formed, how presynaptic terminals release neurotransmitters at synapses, and how synapses become dysfunctional in diseases such as autism or Alzheimer's disease. To address these questions, Südhof's laboratory employs approaches ranging from biophysical studies to the electrophysiological and behavioral analyses of mutant mice.
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Mariella Suleiman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Medical Psychiatry
BioDr. Mariella Suleiman is a board-certified, fellowship-trained psychiatrist with Stanford Health Care. She is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Suleiman has special training in treating women's reproductive mental health conditions across the lifespan, including but not limited to perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), and perimenopausal disorders. She also specializes in psychosomatic medicine, which focuses on appropriate psychological care for a range of reactions to illness. At Stanford Medicine, she works with the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service, which provides treatment recommendations to manage psychiatric conditions while patients are hospitalized.
Dr. Suleiman’s research interests span advocacy to improve regulation of medications to treat mania in bipolar disorder (valproate) in the childbearing years, clinical approaches to treating agitation during pregnancy, and evidence-based management of bipolar disorder during and after pregnancy.
Dr. Suleiman has published her research in peer-reviewed journals such as The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Academic Psychiatry, The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders, and CNS Drugs. She has presented to her peers at international, national, and regional meetings, including those of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP), the American Association for Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT), and the Royal Health Awareness Society (RHAS) of Jordan.
Dr. Suleiman is a member of the ACLP, the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the Jordan Medical Association (JMA), and the Northern California Psychiatric Society (NCPS). -
Edith Vioni Sullivan
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Laboratories and Clinical Translational Neurosciences Incubator)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsApplication of neuroimaging modalities and component process analysis of cognitive, sensory, and motor functions to identify brain structural and functional mechanisms disrupted in diseases affecting the brain: alcohol use disorder, HIV infection, dementia, and normal aging from adolescence to senescence.
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Trisha Suppes, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health and Population Sciences)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsLong-term treatment strategies for bipolar disorder, treatment for bipolar II disorder, use of treatment algorithms, and treatment of major depression.
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Niloofar Taheri
Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry
BioDr. Niloofar Taheri is a postdoctoral researcher (MD, Inv) in the Mignot Lab at Stanford University, where she conducts research in sleep medicine and neuroimmunology. Her work has been recognized with Gold Medals at international invention competitions, including the IFIA Members’ Competition for developing a novel diagnostic and therapeutic approach to neurodegenerative disorders, and the 2025 American Innovation Exhibition (AIIE) in San Diego, where she received a Gold Medal and Special Prize for designing a medication to improve the treatment of brain metastases in breast cancer. Most recently, she won a Gold Medal at the 2025 Kaohsiung International Invention & Design Expo (KIDE), for a patent on a novel diagnostic method for the early detection of major depressive disorder (MDD).
She brings experience in clinical practice, co-founding an autoimmune society, and developing wet-lab models. She is also a verified peer reviewer for psychiatry and neuroscience journals. -
Miranda Tan, DO
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Medicine
BioDr. Tan is a board-certified sleep medicine physician with the Sleep Medicine Center at Stanford Health Care. She is also a clinical associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Tan specializes in diagnosing and treating common and rare sleep disorders. Her multidisciplinary approach to care is focused on improving patients’ quality of life and long-term health. Dr. Tan is fellowship-trained and board-certified in sleep medicine, pulmonary medicine, and critical care medicine.
Some of Dr. Tan’s research has focused on improving the understanding of fatigue and sleep disorders in cancer patients and survivors. Her work has also highlighted the positive potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance diagnostic methods for sleep disorders.
Dr. Tan has published her work in numerous prestigious peer-reviewed journals, including the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Chest, and the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. She has also been an invited guest speaker and moderator at national meetings, including those for the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Dr. Tan is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the American Thoracic Society. -
Steven Tate
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioDr. Steven Tate serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor specializing in addiction medicine within the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago and his master's in medical statistics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He then completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania and his fellowship in addiction medicine at Stanford. Dr. Tate sees patients in the Stanford Addiction Medicine/Dual Diagnosis Clinic and in the hospital on the Inpatient Addiction Medicine Consult Service. He is interested in teaching evidence-based addiction medicine and translating evidence into practice to improve the care of patients with substance use disorders.
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Pahnwat Tonya Taweesedt, MD
Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Medicine
BioDr. Pahnwat Taweesedt is a board-certified, fellowship-trained sleep specialist at Stanford Health Care. She is also a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Sleep Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Taweesedt specializes in diagnosing and treating sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central sleep apnea (CSA). She also treats obesity hypoventilation syndrome, a condition that causes breathing issues during sleep.
Her research focuses on sleep technology, the relationship between sleep and neurodevelopmental disorders, and sleep in the aging population. She has also studied medications for narcolepsy (a disorder that affects the brain’s ability to control sleep-wake cycles).
Dr. Taweesedt has contributed chapters to a variety of medical textbooks, including “Advances in Health and Disease” and “Vasculitis: From Diagnosis to Treatment.” She also serves as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed research journals, including Sleep Science and Practice, Healthcare, and Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Dr. Taweesedt is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, Sleep Tracker Task Force of World Sleep Society, and American Academy of Sleep Medicine. -
Allison L. Thompson, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioDr. Allison Thompson specializes in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety and depression, and severe mental illness. She has practiced at Stanford since 2008. She has a special interest in the treatment of underrepresented and underserved populations, such as people of color.
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Dolores Gallagher Thompson, PhD, ABPP
Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science (Public Mental Health and Population Sciences), Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy current research focuses on use of technology to improve mental health of older persons and their family members. I have a strong interest in how cultural diversity impacts mental health access, services, and outcomes. I am currently involved in several international research and demonstration projects in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the health care system in Thailand as well as projects in the US - notably, with rural caregivers and those of Asian American ancestry.
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Martin Tik
Affiliate, Psych/Major Laboratories and Clinical & Translational Neurosciences Incubator
BioDr. Tik is a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab and Group Leader at the Medical University of Vienna. His research bridges neuroimaging and brain stimulation to uncover mechanisms of therapeutic neuromodulation.
With a background in Biological Psychology and Medical Physics, Dr. Tik has developed innovative methods for integrating Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (TMS-fMRI), enabling real-time measurement of stimulation-induced brain activity. His lab (http://tmsfmri.com) advances these tools toward individualized, state-dependent stimulation paradigms and closed-loop applications.
Building on his long-standing collaboration with the Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab, Dr. Tik works closely with Dr. Nolan Williams and colleagues to translate these neurotechnological innovations into clinical research. This ongoing Vienna–Stanford partnership aims to optimize stimulation parameters and dosing strategies for personalized TMS therapy and a better general understanding of brain circuitry in health and disease. -
Jamie L. Tingey, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Tingey’s research broadly focuses on factors that promote positive outcomes in patients with complex and/or chronic conditions. She is committed to research that focuses on outcomes that are valued by patients and healthcare stakeholders.
Some of her research interests include self-management interventions in chronic conditions (e.g., multiple sclerosis, stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury) and adapting evidence-based treatments to provide equitable care to individuals with chronic conditions and disabilities. She is also passionate about integrating psychology services into critical care settings to improve health outcomes among ICU survivors. -
Julie Tinklenberg
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Vaden Health Center
BioDr. Julie Tinklenberg specializes in the treatment of mental illness in the university setting. She has worked in college mental health for over 15 years. Dr.Tinklenberg has a special interest in anxiety disorders, parenting issues, mood disorders and interpersonal/relationship problems.
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Hui Qi Tong
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Medical Psychiatry
BioClinical Professor, Stanford Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
HS Clinical Assistant Professor, UCSF Department of Psychiatry & San Francisco VA Health Care
Staff Psychologist: Women's Mental Health Program, San Francisco VA Health Care System
Academic visitor: Oxford Mindfulness Center, Department of Psychiatry, Oxford University
Psychology Post-doctoral Fellowship: UCSF/San Francisco VA Health Care System
Psychology Pre-doctoral Internship: UCSF/San Francisco VA Health Care System
Psychology Education: Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto University (2008)
Clinical Research Associate: Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine
Research Fellow: Genetics Division, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital,Harvard Medical School
Medical Education: Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China (1994) -
Lénie Torregrossa, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioDr. Lénie Torregrossa is a clinical psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. At Stanford, she works on the inpatient psychiatric units and the INSPIRE clinic. Dr. Torregrossa was previously a research psychologist in the brain imaging and EEG lab at the University of San Francisco (UCSF).
She specializes in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, psychosis, and serious mental illness. Her approach to treatment is person centered and recovery focused, grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and informed by acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). She emphasizes collaboration, values-based living, and meaningful functional goals.
Dr. Torregrossa's research focuses on risk and protective factors for schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, self-disturbances in schizophrenia, and improving treatments for psychosis.
She has published articles in many peer-reviewed journals, including JAMA Network Open, Schizophrenia Bulletin, Schizophrenia Research, and Frontiers in Psychiatry. She has presented to her peers at international, national, and regional meetings, including the European Conference on Schizophrenia Research, the International Consortium for Schizotypy Research, the Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society, and the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology.
Dr. Torregrossa is a member of the Schizophrenia International Research Society, the Society of Biological Psychiatry, the American Psychological Association, and the North America CBT for Psychosis Network. -
Jacob Towery
Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioJacob Towery, MD is an adolescent and adult psychiatrist in private practice in Palo Alto, California. He attended Duke University for his undergraduate studies, University of Virginia for medical school, and Stanford for his residency in adult psychiatry and fellowship in adolescent psychiatry. He is the author of "The Anti-Depressant Book," available on Amazon. He currently serves on the Adjunct Faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine. He enjoys seeing patients, snowboarding, scuba diving, traveling, reading fantasy novels, meditating, spending quality time with other humans, making gratuitously long lists, and writing about himself in the third person. More information can be found at www.jacobtowerymd.com
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Jahnia Gabrielle Treadwell
Affiliate, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioJahnia Treadwell is a Clinical Psychology doctoral student at the PAU-Stanford PsyD Consortium, graduating in 2030. Originally from Allentown, PA, and now in San Jose, CA, she holds a BA in Psychology from Bucknell University.
As an undergraduate, Jahnia completed an 80-hour certification at Transitions of PA to become an advocate counselor for the domestic violence crisis shelter. Her work in the Safe House and Housing Department strengthened her dedication to trauma-informed care and serving vulnerable populations.
Her clinical interests include trauma-informed therapy for at-risk youth and adults, emphasizing culturally responsive and spiritually integrated care. She plans to launch a private practice LLC offering Christian therapy and holistic wellness. Her long-term vision includes a multidisciplinary healing space with massage and acupuncture, an Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) clinic, and a soul cycling studio—uniting mental health, physical restoration, and spiritual renewal. -
Ranak Trivedi
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health and Population Sciences)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsEnhancing the role of informal caregivers in chronic disease self-management; assessment and treatment of mental illness in primary care settings; psychosocial antecedents and consequences of cardiovascular disease.
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Mickey Trockel
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioMickey Trockel is the Director of Evidence Based Innovation for the Stanford University School of Medicine WellMD Center. His development of novel measurement tools has led to growing focus on professional fulfillment as a foundational aim of efforts to promote physician well-being. His scholarship also identifies interpersonal interactions at work as a modifiable core determinate of an organizational culture that cultivates wellness.
Dr. Trockel serves as the chair of the Physician Wellness Academic Consortium Scientific Board, which is a group of academic medical centers working together to improve physician wellbeing. The consortium sites have adopted the physician wellness assessment system Dr. Trockel and his colleagues have developed, which offers longitudinal data for benchmarking and natural experiment based program evaluation. His previous research included focus on college student health, and evaluation of the efficacy of a national evidence based psychotherapy dissemination effort. His more recent scholarship has focused on physician wellbeing. He is particularly interested in developing and demonstrating the efficacy of interventions designed to promote wellbeing by improving social culture determinants of wellbeing across student groups, employee work teams, or larger organizations. -
Yuri Tsutsumi
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsClinical Psychology
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Xun Tu
Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAs a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Erin Gibson’s lab, I am integrating my expertise in molecular signaling and systems neuroscience to study the role of OPCs in sleep. My interest in sleep has been further reinforced by observing the dramatic shifts in sleep architecture across developmental stages as a new parent, highlighting the necessity of sleep for neural refinement. My current research uses in vivo calcium imaging and closed-loop optogenetics to determine how OPC-neuron communication coordinates hippocampal sharp-wave ripples. By characterizing how aging blunts OPC responsiveness to sleep, I aim to identify novel strategies to preserve memory and promote healthy cognitive aging.
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Jason Tucciarone, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry and Psychology)
BioJason Tucciarone, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. A neuroscientist and psychiatrist, he leads a laboratory focused on uncovering the biological mechanisms of mental illness and developing novel therapies for mood disorders and addiction. His research centers on defining new cell types and evolutionarily conserved neural circuits involved in emotional processing, with the goal of identifying new therapeutic entry points. Using optogenetic, chemogenetic, neuroimaging, and behavioral approaches in mouse models of addiction, his lab investigates vulnerable brain circuitry underlying opioid use disorder. He also works and collaborates with the Depression Research Clinic, participating in academic and industry sponsored clinical trials investigating novel antidepressant therapies.
Clinically, Dr. Tucciarone works in Stanford’s Neuropsychiatry Clinic, where he treats patients with complex presentations at the interface of psychiatry and neurology, with particular interest in functional neurological disorders. He also sees a small cohort of psychotherapy patients in the Individual Psychotherapy Clinic and works shifts on Stanford’s inpatient psychiatry units.
Dr. Tucciarone completed his psychiatry training through Stanford’s Research Residency Track, where he conducted postdoctoral research under the supervision of Drs. Robert Malenka and Alan Schatzberg. During residency, his research examined neural circuits recruited during opioid withdrawal and explored strategies to enhance the anti-suicidal effects of ketamine through μ-opioid receptor partial agonism.
He received his bachelor’s degree in biology and philosophy from Union College, followed by three years as a Post-Baccalaureate IRTA fellow at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, where he developed MRI-reportable contrast agents to map neuronal connectivity. He then entered the Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD) at Stony Brook University, completing his PhD in neuroscience under the mentorship of Dr. Josh Huang at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. His doctoral work used mouse genetic approaches to dissect excitatory and inhibitory cortical circuits, with a focus on chandelier interneurons in the prefrontal cortex.
In addition to his research and clinical work, Dr. Tucciarone is deeply committed to teaching and mentorship. During residency, he helped restructure neuroscience education for trainees and currently teaches introductory lectures on the neuroscience of addiction, PTSD, psychosis, and mood disorders. He leads resident group supervision in introductory psychodynamic psychotherapy and supervises undergraduates, medical students, residents, and clinical fellows in psychiatry clinics. -
Laura Turner-Essel, PhD
Program Manager, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Role at StanfordProgram Manager, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Dona Tversky
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioDona A. Tversky, MD, MPH is a psychiatrist and clinical educator whose work focuses on the intersection of psychodynamic psychotherapy and community-based preventive mental health. Her mission centers on the creation of psychologically healthy environments—at both the individual and systemic levels—to foster resilience and expand the scope of preventive psychiatric care. At Stanford, Dr. Tversky focuses on the training of future clinicians and the dissemination of psychiatric literacy. She serves as a clinical supervisor for residents in psychodynamic psychotherapy and teaches "How to Think Like a Shrink" for both Stanford undergraduates and the Stanford Continuing Studies program.
In her community-based work, Dr. Tversky serves as an educator and psychiatric consultant for the integrated behavioral health team at Ravenswood Family Health Center in East Palo Alto. Her current initiatives bridge clinical care with environmental design to promote wellness; these include a collaborative project to connect the Ravenswood clinic to the Baylands Bay Trail and a partnership with the Stanford d.school, Peninsula Healthcare Connection, and Palo Alto Medical Foundation to develop a psychology-informed clinic for unhoused individuals near the Stanford campus. -
Mirko Uljarevic
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioI am a medically trained researcher focused academic with a background in developmental psychopathology, psychometrics and big data science. My research takes a life-span perspective and is driven by the urgent need to improve outcomes for people with autism and other neuropsychiatric (NPD) disorders and neurodevelopmental conditions (NDD). My primary research interest has focused on combining cutting-edge psychometric procedures and a big data approach to better understand structure of clinical phenotypes across autism and other NPD and NDD and on using this knowledge to improve existing and develop new clinical assessments that are more effective for screening and diagnosis, tracking the natural and treatment-related symptom progression and for use in genetic and neurobiological studies. In addition to my focus on the development of outcome measures, I have collaborated with leading psychopathology researchers and groups in the United States, Europe and Australia on numerous projects spanning a range of topics including genetics, treatment and employment, with a particular focus on understanding risk and resilience factors underpinning poor mental health outcomes in adolescents and adults. Most recently, through several competitively funded projects, I have led the statistical analyses to uncover the latent structure of social and communication and restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRB) clinical phenotypes across NPD and NDD. These findings have enabled us to (i) start capturing and characterizing a highly variable social functioning phenotype across a range of disorders and understanding mechanisms underpinning this variability, (ii) combine phenotypic and genetic units of analyses to advance our understanding of the genetic architecture of RRB, and (iii) focus on identification and characterization of subgroups of individuals that share distinct symptom profiles and demonstrate clinical utility and neurobiological validity. Importantly, this work has provided key information for developing a programmatic line of research aimed at developing novel, comprehensive assessment protocols that combine parent and clinician reports, objective functioning indicators and incorporate state-of-the-art psychometric, mobile and connected technologies and procedures.
I am a co-director of the recently established Program for Psychometrics and Measurement-Based Care (https://med.stanford.edu/sppmc.html) that aims to bring together world-leading expertise in clinical science, psychometrics, and big data analytics to bridge the gap between the science of measurement development and clinical practice and bring improvements to both clinical care and research. -
Alexander Eckehart Urban
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Laboratories and Clinical Translational Neurosciences Incubator) and of Genetics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsComplex behavioral and neuropsychiatric phenotypes often have a strong genetic component. This genetic component is often extremely complex and difficult to dissect. The current revolution in genome technology means that we can avail ourselves to tools that make it possible for the first time to begin understanding the complex genetic and epigenetic interactions at the basis of the human mind.
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Keara E. Valentine
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioKeara E. Valentine, Psy.D., is a clinical assistant professor at Stanford University School of Medicine in the Psychosocial Treatment Clinic and OCD Clinic, where she specializes in the assessment and treatment of OCD and related disorders. Dr. Valentine utilizes behavioral-based therapies including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) with children, adolescents, and adults experiencing anxiety-related disorders.
Dr. Valentine completed an APA accredited pre-doctoral internship at Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, where she complete a rotation in OCD and anxiety disorders and a rotation in Eating Disorders. Dr. Valentine has experience working with individuals with OCD, anxiety, and/or eating disorders at various levels of care including outpatient, partial hospitalization, residential, and inpatient. -
Axel Valle, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioDr. Axel Valle is a licensed clinical psychologist providing individual psychotherapy in English and Spanish. He specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety disorders, with additional expertise in working with high-performance athletes.
Dr. Valle brings a distinctive international clinical background to his practice. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from The Wright Institute in Berkeley. He also holds a Master’s degree in crisis and trauma from Tel Aviv University and is a licensed clinical psychologist in Mexico City, his place of origin. -
Peter Johannes van Roessel
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioDr. Peter van Roessel, MD, PhD, completed his MD at Stanford University and his residency training in psychiatry at Columbia University and the New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, with additional training in psychodynamic psychotherapy via the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Prior to joining the clinical faculty at Stanford, he worked for several years as Associate Director of the general research unit of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, a premier state-funded research hospital affiliated with Columbia University.
At Stanford, Dr. van Roessel sees adult mood and anxiety disorders outpatients through the Assessment and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Clinics and participates in resident training and patient care as director of the resident Continuity Clinic and as a supervisor in psychodynamic psychotherapy. He additionally directs the third-year resident curriculum in psychopathology and psychopharmacology and co-leads a new adult outpatient ketamine-assisted psychotherapy clinic.
As Director of Clinical Research for the department's Rodriguez Translational Therapeutics Lab, he sees individuals with obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders for evaluations and research-protocol driven clinical treatment and leads clinical neuroscience studies pioneering rapid-acting interventions in OCD. Clinically motivated research interests include the nature and neural correlates of metacognitive awareness ('insight') in OCD and related disorders, and particularly the relationship of awareness to mechanisms of attentional control and the processing of incongruity and error. Dr. van Roessel additionally contributes as co-investigator to the Suppes Exploratory Therapeutics Laboratory and to the Williams PANLab, on clinical trials advancing psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies and biomarker-informed precision medicine in depression and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Dr. van Roessel pursued research training in basic neuroscience prior to his clinical training, completing an MPhil in Biology via the Open University, UK, for research performed at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen Germany, and a PhD in molecular and developmental neurobiology at the University of Cambridge, UK. He has contributed to work in the lab of Dr Julia Kaltschmidt (Stanford) on studies of GABAergic/Glutamatergic interneuronal circuity in mouse. He received a 2018 NARSAD Young Investigator Award to pursue study of nitrous oxide as a rapid-acting treatment for OCD, he was a 2020-2022 Miller Foundation Fellow, and from 2020 to 2022 was a Advanced Fellow in Mental Illness Treatment and Research via the Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center of the Palo Alto VA. Dr. van Roessel is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the American College of Psychiatrists. -
Nina Vasan, MD, MBA
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAt Brainstorm: The Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation, we lead the way in digital well-being: translating cutting-edge research into practical solutions for healthier tech use.
We are first and foremost practicing physicians; we treat patients and families. Then, grounded by the foundational oath in medicine to “do no harm,” we help companies build products that prioritize user health with responsibility and care. Our work has shaped platforms used by millions—helping Pinterest design "compassionate search", guiding TikTok in healthy screen-time management, and partnering with ML Commons to establish the first mental health safety benchmarks for large language models (LLMs).
Brainstorm is further committed to “do good” by leveraging these technologies to build a healthier digital world. We advised Dove’s Self-Esteem Project and Real Beauty Prompt Playbook, which studied AI’s impact on beauty and set new digital standards of representation. Additionally, after sharing the results of research conducted with the Stanford Center for AI Safety on the ethics, efficacy, and safety of LLMs providing mental health support, we developed the “Framework for Healthy AI” to guide industry best practices in AI product innovation.
As we apply this expertise to improve users' daily lives, it’s clear that addressing digital intimacy presents unique challenges compared to traditional human relationships. This technology is still emerging, and we are all adapting to it in real-time as it evolves. The big question is: How can we help users cultivate healthy, safe digital relationships?
After seeing success with the Stanford Social Media Safety Plan, which reduced harmful digital behaviors among users, we are now designing the Stanford GenAI Psychological Safety Plan (GPS). The Stanford GPS is a tool to help individuals, tech developers, and policymakers navigate this new terrain and make informed decisions about AI’s role in mental health.
Check out the start of the Stanford GPS in Fortune: This 4-question quiz from Stanford psychiatrists can help protect from the dangers of AI. -
Cristiana Vattuone, PhD
Clinical Research Associate, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development
BioDr. Vattuone is a clinician and researcher for the Autism and Developmental Disorders Research Program in the Division of Child Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Vattuone's expertise includes clinical and neuropsychological assessment of autism spectrum disorder and associated genetic conditions. Dr. Vattuone received her Ph.D. in Human Development and Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles with specialized training in evidence-based interventions. Dr. Vattuone’s research efforts focus on the early identification, diagnosis, and treatment of infants and toddlers, developmental trajectories, and the role of the family in supporting positive outcomes. Her dedication to research, treatment, and training continues at ADDRP to support individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their families.
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Mytilee Vemuri
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, with clinical and research interests in hormonal influences on women’s mental and cognitive health. After Psychiatry residency I completed a NIMH research fellowship studying gender differences in metabolic complications such as dyslipidemia, obesity, and insulin-resistance in patients with bipolar disorder. As a research fellow, I also provided clinical oversight for research participants in studies evaluating hormonal change, metabolic biomarkers and mood. More recently, I have collaborated with PI Duncan and her research group on projects studying relationships between sex hormones and mood/anxiety disorders, particularly in peri-menopausal women. From these experiences I have gained experience in conducting clinical research and collaborating in interdisciplinary research teams. I have also had over 20 years of clinical experience as an attending psychiatrist in Stanford Women’s Wellness psychiatry, general psychiatry and primary care clinics treating a wide range of psychiatric conditions including perimenopausal and geriatric mood disorders. I have published review articles detailing the evidence-basis for treating mood disorders in women during times of hormonal change, and the role of hormones as potential treatments. I also serve as the Stanford Psychiatry Department’s clinical quality improvement leader, where I oversee multiple interdisciplinary improvement teams charged with improving the quality and efficiency of care processes. I currently specialize in managing perimenopausal mood disorders and have an interest in the judicious use of menopausal hormone therapy as an adjunctive treatment for mood symptoms in this population. My clinical and research experience in the intersection of women’s mental health, sex-steroid hormones, and the perimenopause, along with broad experience working on cross-disciplinary teams, will bring valuable input to this research team.
