James McGough, MD, MS

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Semel Institute of Neuroscience & Human Behavior & David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
jmcgough@apsard.org

James J. McGough, M.D. is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.  Dr. McGough graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine in 1986, where he remained for his residency in Psychiatry.  He completed a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCLA and has been a member of the faculty in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry since 1994.  He presently serves as director of clinical teaching programs in both Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which are required training venues for child psychiatric residents.  Dr. McGough is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Addictions Psychiatry.  He is the recipient of a NIMH funded K23 Career Development Award for ADHD pharmacogenomics, and received a M.S. degree in clinical research under UCLA’s NIMH funded K30 program.  Dr. McGough has been a principal or co-principal investigator in over 40 clinical trials, including both NIH and industry sponsored studies.  He has authored over 60 research publications, reviews, and book chapters with a particular emphasis on pediatric psychopharmacology and ADHD genetics.

 

Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosure in the last Year

 

  • Dr. McGough has no stock ownership to report

 

  • Dr. McGough has received grant/research report from Eli Lilly, and the National Institutes of Health.

 

  • He is/has been a consultant or on the advisory board for Shire
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