Dr. Miklowitz is Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the UCLA Semel Institute, and a Senior Clinical Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford University. He completed his undergraduate work at Brandeis University and his doctoral and postdoctoral work at UCLA. His research focuses on family environmental factors and family psychoeducational treatments for adult-onset and childhood-onset bipolar disorder.

Dr. Ichinose is a licensed clinical psychologist currently completing her fourth year as a Max Gray Fellow. Her clinical focus is on providing individual, family, and group treatments for adolescents and young adults with mood and commonly co-occurring disorders. Over the past year, she has taken on the role of clinical supervisor in the Max Gray Child and Adolescents Mood Disorders Program (CHAMP) and the Adult Mood Disorders Clinic. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Ichinose helps coordinate and provide clinical care for adolescents and their families participating in research studies at CHAMP. She is also involved in a family therapy intervention study for youth at high risk for psychosis.

Dr. Denenny received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and her MA in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her clinical interests involve working with teens and young adults who at high risk for or experiencing mood or thought disorders and their families. Her research focuses on stigma and evidence-based individual, family, and group interventions for young people and caregivers of youth with mental health difficulties. Additionally, Danielle is very interested in issues of mental health policy, including improving the quality of healthcare and access to evidence-based psychotherapy.

Dr. Horstmann completed her Child Psychiatry Fellowship at UCLA and received specialty training in the care of children with bipolar and major depressive disorders. Dr. Horstmann received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and her bachelor’s degree from Columbia University. She completed a post-baccalaureate fellowship in the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health and a residency in General Psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital/New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center. Since her year as a Max Gray Fellow, Dr. Horstmann has been working as a psychiatrist in the UCLA Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Clinic, where she supervises child psychiatry fellows and Max Gray fellows.

Dr. Jansen is a graduate of the UCLA child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship and T32 Research track fellowship. Dr. Jansen graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in human biology and adolescent mental health. She earned her medical and master of public health degree from Tulane University School of Medicine, where she was named a DeBakey Research Scholar. She completed her adult psychiatry residency at Washington University in St. Louis, having served as an NIMH R25 Psychiatry Research Fellow. Dr. Jansen’s clinical and research interests center on the intersection of mood disorders, adolescent identity development, and early-onset substance use. Her work has explored how family and cultural dynamics shape the development and course of mood disorders in youth, with a particular focus on personally tailored, developmentally attuned interventions.

Dr. Burns earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University and completed her internship at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA. Her clinical and research interests are centered on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological and psychological conditions in children, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and mood disorders.

Dr. Eales received her Ph.D. in clinical and developmental psychology from the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development. She has experience diagnosing and treating children and adolescents with mood and anxiety disorders, as well as challenges related to emotional dysregulation and externalizing concerns. She completed her predoctoral internship at the University of Minnesota and is currently completing her Postdoctoral Fellowship in Child Mental Health at UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Dr. Eales’ research primarily focuses on youth media use and family systems.

Dr. Walshaw is the Co-Director of the Max Gray Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program at UCLA and an Assistant Professor at the 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.

Georga is the Clinic Manager and a Research Coordinator at the UCLA CHAMP Clinic. She earned her BA in Psychology at Bates College in ME, with a focus on developmental processes in children and adolescents. She has been a part of the CHAMP Clinic since 2019,  and currently helps to oversee clinic operations, along with two active research studies: the Child Bipolar Network Study and Ketogenic Therapy for Youth Bipolar Disorder Study. 

Sophia is a Clinical Research coordinator at the UCLA CHAMP Clinic. She graduated from the University of Maryland’s Clinical Psychological Science MPS program, and earned her BS degree from Tulane University in Psychology and Studio Art. At CHAMP, she helps coordinate the Child Bipolar Network Study and Ketogenic Therapy for Youth Bipolar Disorder Study. Her primary interests involve psychosocial treatment development, improving long-term health outcomes, and optimizing treatment adherence for individuals living with, or at risk for, bipolar disorder.

Shelby is a Clinical Research Coordinator at the UCLA CHAMP Clinic. He completed his BA in Psychology at the University of Washington. Prior to working at CHAMP, he contributed as an assessor and data monitor for the Digital Mental Health Study at the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge. At CHAMP, he helps coordinate the Child Bipolar Network Study and Ketogenic Therapy for Youth Bipolar Disorder Study. He is passionate about novel treatments to improve outcomes for youth and young adults with mood disorders as well as the use of technology, such as mobile-based tools, to help adolescents with serious mental illness.