Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program

ABOUT

PEOPLE

PROGRAM

Areas of Distinction

Specialty Clinics

GRAND ROUNDS

RESEARCH

FELLOW LIFE

APPLY

Application Information

UCLA CAP
TRAINING SITES

Joseph O’Neill, PhD, MS

Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Education

University of Southern California, B.S.
Rice University, M.S.
Universität-Gesamthochschule Siegen, Ph.D.
UCLA – BRI, Research Post-doc in Electroencephalography
UCSF – Department of Radiology, Research Post-doc in MRI

Research & clinical interests

Neurochemical, neurocognitive, and electrophysiological underpinnings of response to treatment of childhood and adult OCD with cognitive-behavioral therapy
MRI, magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of the brain in chronic methamphetamine abuse and its treatment
MRI, MRS, and DTI biomarkers for pediatric ADHD, autism, and childhood-onset and prodromal schizophrenia
MRS and DTI investigation of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease

Roles within the division/Fellowship

Medical Neurosciences Tutor in DGSOM Problem-Based Learning program for second-year medical students
Instructor in Neuroimaging at Sepulveda DVAMC for psychiatry fellows
Provide elective research opportunities and mentorship to interested graduate and undergraduate students