Faculty & Staff

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY RESEARCH CLINIC PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

Rita Horton, MD

• Acting Chair, LSUHSC-S Department of Psychiatry
• Clinical Associate Professor
• Director of Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, LSUHSC-S
• Board Certified in General Psychiatry and in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program
• Chair, Institutional Review Board, Panel 2
• Specializes in psychiatric disorders of children, adolescents, and adults

Marc Colon, MD

• Associate Professor of Psychiatry
• Director of Forensic Services, LSUHSC-S
• Specializes in Forensic Psychiatry
• Board certified in Psychiatry and Neurology

Mary Jo Fitz-Gerald, MD

• Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
• Vice Chair for Psychiatry at LSUHSC-S
• Distinguished Life Fellow, Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP)
• Psychosomatic Fellowship Program Director
• Director of Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Service
• Board Certified in Psychosomatic Medicine and Board Certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine

Douglas Moul, MD, MPH, FAASM

• Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
• Joint Appointment in the Department of Neurology
• Board Certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine
• Specializes in chronic insomnia and related disorders

James Patterson, MD, PhD

• Associate Professor, LSUHSC-S Department of Psychiatry
• Director - Laboratory of Biological Psychiatry
• Director - Emergency Psychiatry
• Director of LSUHSC-S Psychiatry Residency Training 
• Board Certified in Psychiatry
• Director - PET Neuroimaging Research, PET Imaging Center, Biomedical Research Foundation
  

 Jasjit Singh, MD, CPI   

• Assistant Professor, LSUHSC-S Department of Psychiatry
• Former Chief Resident & Graduate of LSUHSC-S Residency Program
• Assistant Director of Outpatient Clinical Services, LSUHSC-S Department of Psychiatry
• ACRP Certified Physician Investigator

Lee Stevens, MD

• Clinical Professor, LSUHSC-S Department of Psychiatry
• Director of Psychiatric Inpatient Child and Adolescent Services
• Specializes in psychiatric disorders of children and adolescents, geriatrics and addiction disorders
• Board Certified in General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent, and Geriatric Psychiatry

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY RESEARCH CLINIC STAFF

Barbara Roggero, BA, Certified Clinical Research Coordinator, Administrative Director

Angela Benedetto, MA, Clinical Research Recruiter & Outreach Coordinator

Amy Jones, BS, Clinical Research Coordinator

Kelly Hoffman, BS, Certified Clinical Research Coordinator

Lindsey Mann, BS, BA, Clinical Research Coordinator

Barbara Adger, BA, Administrative Assistant III

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY RESEARCH CLINIC STUDENT WORKERS

Kelsey Long, BS

Mikki Olsson, BS