T32 - Biopsychiatry and Neuroscience
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Program Director
P. Betty Shih, M.P.M., Ph.D. is the Director of the Fellowship and Director of Didactic Training. Dr. Shih received her Ph.D. in genetic epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh, and completed postdoctoral training at the UC San Diego Department of Medicine and Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Shih's research encompasses a synthesis of epidemiology and molecular genetic studies in both clinical and population-based samples. Her expertise is in the genetics and translational science of complex disorders and phenotype such as eating disorders, metabolic syndrome, aging, and psychiatric comorbidities. Dr. Shih has served the Fellowship as a training faculty since 2012.
Meet the Fellows
Dr. Kayla Rohr received her Ph.D. from Marquette University where she studied neuropeptide regulation of the master circadian clock. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the T32 Fellowship in Biological Psychiatry program at UC San Diego. Kayla studies the underlying circadian mechanisms involved in psychiatric disorders using induced pluripotent stem cell models.
Dr. Jiwandeep Kohli completed his PhD in the SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology in the Neuropsychology track with an emphasis in Quantitative Methods. He does interdisciplinary research using multimodal neuroimaging techniques, neuropsychological assessment, and advanced quantitative methods to study both etiology and outcomes in neurodevelopmental and neurological disorders across the lifespan. His current work employs these approaches to study changes in epilepsy and brain tumors in relation to both neuropsychological and psychiatric function. Jiwan is broadly interested in methods that allow us to draw improved links between brain structure, function, and cognition in heterogeneous mental health conditions.
Dr. Laura Campbell received her Ph.D. from the San Diego State University/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology in 2023, with a focus in neuropsychology. She completed the APA-accredited clinical internship training at the Charleston Consortium Psychology Internship Program. She is currently a second-year fellow in the T32 Fellowship in Biopsychiatry and Neuroscience. Laura’s current research focuses on (1) identifying biological and neuropsychiatric moderators of response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for middle-aged and older adults with treatment-resistant depression and (2) integrating digital tools (e.g., smartphone-based ecological momentary cognitive assessments, wearables) into clinical research.
Dr. Jessica Zakrzewski completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in neuropsychology at the University of Florida. She is a graduate of the Brown Psychology Internship Training Program.
Her research interests center on intersections between psychiatric disease and neurocognition, with a particular emphasis on chronic hoarding disorder and anxiety. Through her work she hopes to develop novel treatment methods and gain new understandings of biological mechanisms using neuromodulation, brain imaging, and psychophysiological techniques.
Advisory Committee
- P. Betty Shih, M.P.M., Ph.D., Program Director, Associate Professor, UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry
- Zafiris J. Daskalakis, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry
- John Kelsoe, M.D., Professor Emeritus, UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry
- Susan Tapert, Ph.D., Professor, UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry
- Neal Swerdlow, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry
- Jonathon Sebat, Ph.D., Associate Professor, UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry
- Murray Stein, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry
- Jay Giedd, M.D., Professor, UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry