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Michael McCarthy, M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigator of the McCarthy Lab, Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Michael McCarthy earned his B.S. in Biochemistry and Psychology from the University of New Mexico, after which he achieved his M.D. and Ph.D. at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. He completed his Residency in Psychiatry at UCSD and his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Psychiatry in the Welsh Lab prior to starting his own lab. In addition to studying circadian rhythms in cells derived from patients with mood disorders, Dr. McCarthy sees patients suffering from bipolar disorder at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. -
Heather Wei, M.S.
Lab Manager
Heather Wei earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biology at East China Normal University before completing her M.S. in Toxicology and Pharmacology at the University of Arizona. After holding numerous research positions at the University of Arizona, Merck Laboratories, Isis Pharmaceuticals, UCSD, Anesiva and Hyperion Biotechnology, she joined the Welsh-McCarthy group as lab manager. Her research efforts center on the study of circadian rhythms in skin cells from patients with depression and bipolar disorder, as well as in neuronal cells from mouse models of mood disorders.