Labs and Research Groups

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has maintained historical strengths while pivoting to add new methodology and new faculty. Our research has increasingly prioritized the use of neuroscience to understand the developmental roots of psychopathology. We continue to build on Columbia’s rich history of epidemiological sampling and longitudinal assessment while incorporating neuroscience and technology.

Adolescent Depression Research Group

The Adolescent Depression Research Group conducts research examining the evidence-based psychotherapy treatment and treatment outcomes for adolescent depression.

Center for Behavioral Health and Youth Justice

The Center for Behavioral Health and Youth Justice is at the forefront of local and national efforts to promote behavioral health services in community and youth justice settings.

Child Mental Health Disparities and Development Group

Our Lab uses state-of-the-art methodologies to support diverse, often underserved, and understudied populations in the United States and abroad.

Cognitive Development & Neuroimaging Laboratory

Our research focuses on understanding the neurodevelopmental trajectories of psychiatric disorders that arise during childhood and adolescence.

Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) is a unique suicide risk assessment tool that supports suicide risk assessment through a series of simple, plain-language questions anyone can ask.

Communication Sciences Lab

The Communication Sciences Lab focuses on the microanalysis of mother-infant communication, risk and resilience, and developmental outcomes.

Community Suicide Prevention Group

The Community Suicide Prevention Group conducts research that targets priorities of the U.S. National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.

Fitzgerald Lab

Our goal is to better understand anxiety disorders and develop effective treatments for children and families.

Levine Laboratory for Social-Developmental Neuroscience

The Levine Laboratory studies the role of social involvement in enhancing health and warding off adversity.

Lugo Lab

The Lugo Lab aims to understand the risk-protective factors that confer resilience to perinatal risk and allow young children and families to thrive, despite facing significant adversity.

Methodology and Measurement Group

The Methodology and Measurement Group provides expert consultation on methodological and measurement/assessment issues.

Non-Verbal Learning Disability (NVLD) Research Program

The NVLD Research Program aims to establish NVLD as a discrete clinical entity, increasing access to appropriate psychological and educational services.

PROMISE Project Research Program

The PROMISE research team at Columbia is dedicated to studying the underlying causes of learning disabilities and discovering novel therapeutic interventions.

Sultan Lab for Mental Health Informatics

Improving day-to-day treatment safety and quality of care with Innovative Epidemiology and Big Data. Topics: Schizophrenia, ADHD, Cannabis and Evolutionary Psychiatry

Sussman Lab

The Sussman Lab examines how exposure to adversities during childhood impact the development of decision making and related brain activity.

Translational Neurobiology of Development (TrND) Research Group

Dedicated to Helping Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Translational Research on Affective Disorders and Suicide Laboratory

The Translational Research on Affective Disorders and Suicide Laboratory focuses on the etiology and treatment of depression, suicide, and self-injurious behaviors.