Dr. Ellis is a clinical neuropsychologist who received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. She completed her pre-doctoral internship in Pediatric Neuropsychology at UCLA, and then received a T32 post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology and child and adolescent mood disorders at UCLA. She is now an assistant clinical professor in the department of psychiatry in the Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human behavior. In addition to being the Director and creator of the thinkSMART program, she works as an attending psychologist in the Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program (CHAMP). Dr. Ellis is also a prolific researcher who was awarded a K23 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to examine how neural response patterns of frustration and reward are associated with symptoms of depression and mania over time in youth with significant mood difficulties.Dr. Ellis maintainsa private practice in Los Angeles.