Kunmi

Sobowale

, MD

Biography

Dr. Kunmi Sobowale is an Assistant Professor and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the University of California, Los Angeles Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. His research interest is the prevention and early intervention of mental illness in the perinatal period and early childhood. His current research leverages digital health technologies, including mobile sensing devices and electronic health records data, to examine determinants of perinatal depression and the mechanisms by which perinatal depression affects the caregiver-child interaction and child developmental outcomes.

Education

Yale University, BA
University of Chicago, MD
Yale Department of Psychiatry, Adult Psychiatry Residency
UCLA, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
UCLA, T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship
UC Davis, Infant-Parent Mental Health Fellowship

Research & clinical interests

Digital Health, Perinatal Mental Health, Early Childhood, Mental Health, Health Care Disparities, Community-Partnered Research

Roles within the division/Fellowship

Attending, Psychopharmacology Clinic Attending, UCLA Telehub Clinic Psychiatrist, Faculty Practice Lectures on topics such as Mood Disorders