PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

MARTIN P. PAULUS, M.D.
Scientific Director and President,
Laureate Institute for Brain Research

Dr. Paulus studied Medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz from 1979-1985. He received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft  (German Research Foundation) in 1986 to study the effects of calcium antagonists on animal models of mania at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). In 1993, Dr. Paulus left UCSD to resume his medical training and completed his internship at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Zucker Hillside Hospital on Long Island, NY. In 1994, he rejoined the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD as a psychiatric resident.

Dr. Paulus completed his residency in psychiatry in 1997. At that time, he joined the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD as an Assistant Professor. He also became a staff psychiatrist at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Health Care System (VASDHS). Dr. Paulus is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD and Director of Telemental Health at the VASDHS, which focuses on delivering evidence based psychotherapy to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In May 2014, Dr. Paulus joined the Laureate Institute For Brain Research (LIBR) in Tulsa, OK, as the Scientific Director and President.

Dr. Paulus has published over 250 scientific papers, has been funded continuously by federal grants since 1997, and is currently the Principal Investigator on a NIMH R01 aimed at determining the biological basis for positive and negative valence domains in anxiety and depression. He has served on numerous research panels, study sections, and advisory committees. In addition to serving as the Principal Investigator for the NeuroMAP CoBRE Award, Dr. Paulus has initiated a large-scale study in Tulsa, termed the T-1000, to determine whether biological measures can be developed to help a clinician predict patient outcomes.

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ADMINISTRATIVE CORE

COLLEEN MCCALLUM, M.B.A.
CoBRE Program Coordinator

DIANNA ROE
Executive Assistant

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RESEARCH CORE

JERZY BODURKA, PH.D.
Chief Technology Officer, 
​Laureate Institute for Brain Research

KENT TEAGUE, PH.D.
Professor, Director of the OU-Tulsa Integrative Immunology Center

BRETT McKINNEY, PH.D.
Associate Professor,
Chair of Bioinformatics, 
University of Tulsa​

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MENTORS

AMIT ETKIN, M.D., PH.D.
Stanford University
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

MICHAEL IRWIN, M.D.
UCLA Semel Institute
Distinguished Professor, 
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

WALTER KAYE, M.D.
University of California- San Diego
Professor of Psychiatry

K. LUAN PHAN, M.D.
University of Illinois-Chicago
Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Anatomy and Cell Biology

MURRAY STEIN, M.D., M.P.H.
University of California- San Diego
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine and Public Health

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INTERNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

EXTERNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

BEVERLY GREENWOOD-VAN MEERVELD, PH.D.
Internal Advisory Committee Chair
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

DARRIN AKINS, PH.D.
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

GERALD CLANCY, M.D.
The University of Tulsa

JUDITH JAMES, M.D., PH.D.
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

JAMES SLUSS, PH.D.
The University of Oklahoma

JENNIFER HAYS-GRUDO, PH.D.
Oklahoma State University

CHARLES NEMEROFF, M.D., PH.D.
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

MARY PHILLIPS, PH.D.
University of Pittsburgh

STEPHEN HIGGINS, PH.D.
The University of Vermont

LEANNE WILLIAMS, PH.D.
Stanford University

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT