Leanne M. Williams is a professor in psychiatry and behavioural sciences at Stanford University. [1] She is also the founding director of the Stanford Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness and of the Precision Psychiatry and Translational Neuroscience Laboratory in the Stanford Medical School. [2]
She received a B.A. in clinical psychology in 1987 from the University of Queensland, Australia, and then a Class I honours B.A. in psychology in 1990 from the University of New England, Australia She then received a Ph.D. from the University of New England, Australia PhD in 1996 for research conducted on a British Council scholarship at Oxford University. [3] In 1999 she was appointed Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, and promoted to associate professor there in 2002 , and then in 2008 to foundation professor of cognitive neuropsychiatry at the Sydney Medical School and director of the interdisciplinary Brain Dynamics Centre in Sydney. She went to Stanford as a visiting professor in 2013. [3]
Her research focuses on the use of human neuroimaging and computational approaches to find methods for diagnosing and treating mental disorders. She has developed a taxonomy for depression and related mood and anxiety disorders that quantifies large-scale human brain circuits for more precise diagnostic subtyping and for personalising treatment choices. [4]
Williams' most cited peer-reviewed articles are:
Leanne M. Williams is a professor in psychiatry and behavioural sciences at Stanford University. [1] She is also the founding director of the Stanford Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness and of the Precision Psychiatry and Translational Neuroscience Laboratory in the Stanford Medical School. [2]
She received a B.A. in clinical psychology in 1987 from the University of Queensland, Australia, and then a Class I honours B.A. in psychology in 1990 from the University of New England, Australia She then received a Ph.D. from the University of New England, Australia PhD in 1996 for research conducted on a British Council scholarship at Oxford University. [3] In 1999 she was appointed Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, and promoted to associate professor there in 2002 , and then in 2008 to foundation professor of cognitive neuropsychiatry at the Sydney Medical School and director of the interdisciplinary Brain Dynamics Centre in Sydney. She went to Stanford as a visiting professor in 2013. [3]
Her research focuses on the use of human neuroimaging and computational approaches to find methods for diagnosing and treating mental disorders. She has developed a taxonomy for depression and related mood and anxiety disorders that quantifies large-scale human brain circuits for more precise diagnostic subtyping and for personalising treatment choices. [4]
Williams' most cited peer-reviewed articles are: