Dr. Cook is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and is a Research Scientist at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior (formerly known as the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute) and the UCLA Brain Research Institute. His work has largely focused on the treatment of mental illnesses and disorders of complex human behavior; this site describes his research, clinical, and teaching activities, as well as his innovation applications of information technology.

Effective January 2007, Dr. Cook was named Director of Unipolar Depression Research at UCLA, a component of the Integrative Study Center for Mood Disorders at UCLA's Semel Institute. In May, 2008, he was named the inaugural holder of the Joanne and George Miller and Family Endowed Chair in Depression Research at UCLA.

He is also Associate Director of the UCLA Laboratory of Brain, Behavior, and Pharmacology and Director of the Academic Information Technology Core at the Semel Institute. He is an Attending Physician in the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, where he has attended on the Adult Inpatient Service, in the General Outpatient and Mood Disorders Clinics, in the Adult Partial Hospital Program, and on the Geriatric Inpatient ward. He is a member of the Peer Review Committee for Neuropsychiatric Hospital. In the Department of Psychiatry, he formerly was Chair of the Curriculum Committee, and continues to be Course Director for Psychiatry Grand Rounds, the PG3 Outpatient Psychopharmacology Course, the Professionalism and Ethics course, and the PG4 Clinical Neuroscience Course.

Dr. Cook received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and went to medical school at the Yale School of Medicine, before coming to UCLA for his residency in the UCLA/NPI and West LA VAMC psychiatry residency program.

In addition to his work in academia, Dr. Cook has also volunteered to support numerous professional societies and organizations and has served as a consultant to the health care and entertainment industries. He volunteers to support a number of charitable organizations by serving on advisory boards.

Select Links:

• Depression Research Project at UCLA - DepressionLA.com
• Dr. Cook's Publications with links for abstracts and full text, where available
• Links to mental health resources in LA
• Information on mental health advocacy web pages
• www.depression.ucla.edu
• www.agingbrains.com
• www.brain.ucla.edu Laboratory of Brain, Behavior, and Pharmacology
• PsychiatryGuidelines.com Evidence Based Guidelines in Psychiatry
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention