Patricia

Walshaw

, PhD

Co-Director, Max Gray Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program (CHAMP)

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 & 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 division/Fellowship

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