Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Vice Chair, Equity Diversity and Inclusion
Director, Children’s Forensic Services
760 Westwood Plaza, Room A8-228, Los Angeles, CA 90024
1994 – University of California, Berkeley, B.A.
1999 – Howard University College of Medicine, M.D.
2002 – Saint Vincent’s Hospital, Psychiatry Residency
2004 – NYU Psychoanalytic Institute, Postdoctoral Training, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training
2004 – NYU, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
2005 – NYU, Fellowship in Psychiatry and the Law
Research & clinical interests
Juvenile Justice
Foster Care
Systems of Care
Trauma
Disparities
Roles within the division/Fellowship
Director, Forensics Rotation
Supervision
Research mentorship
Lectures on such topics as juvenile justice system, foster care, and child maltreatment