Patricia Walshaw, PhD

Co-Director, Max Gray Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program (CHAMP)
- 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024
- Email: pwalshaw@mednet.ucla.edu
- Website
- Pubmed
biography
As Co-Director of the Max Gray Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program at UCLA and Assistant Professor, UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Dr. Walshaw has been an investigator on a number of research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, has authored and co-authored numerous published papers and book chapters, and has presented at national scientific meetings. She specializes in both differential diagnosis of psychopathology and cognitive issues across the lifespan. Her research has focused on neural underpinnings of psychopathology, specifically in childhood mood disorders and ADHD.
Education
- University of Pennsylvania, BA
- Temple University, PhD
- UCLA, Internship in Clinical Psychology
- UCLA, T32 Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Research and Clinical Interests
- Differential diagnosis of psychopathology in youth
- Neural and cognitive correlates of child and adolescent psychopathology and their relationship to treatment response
- Neuropsychology
Roles within the Department of Psychiatry
- Co-Director, Max Gray Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program (CHAMP)
- Director, Medical Psychology Assessment Center (MPAC)
- Director, Neurobehavioral Epilepsy Program
- Director, Clinical fMRI Program