Associate Professor at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA ,Los Angeles, United States
Dr. Arpana Gupta earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Nuclear Medicine Technology from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1998, followed by a Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification from George Washington University. She later obtained a Master of Education in Community Counseling from Wake Forest University in 2003, and a Ph.D. in Psychology, with specializations in Neuropsychological Assessment and Statistics, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2010. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the psychological impacts of acculturation and adherence to Asian values among Asian Americans.
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Education:
B.Sc. in Biology, Nuclear Medicine Technology 🧪, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1998 Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification 🏥, George Washington University, 1998M.Ed. in Community Counseling 🧑🏫, Wake Forest University, 2003Ph.D. in Psychology 🧑🔬,University of Tennessee, 2010 Thesis: Acculturation and Well-being Among Asian Americans: A Meta-Analytic Study Dissertation: Acculturation and Adherence to Asian Values As Moderator Variables…
Professional Experience:
Present:2022-Present: Associate Professor in Residence, Co-Director of the Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center; Director of the Neuroimaging Core; Director: Obesity, Metabolic Disorders, and Eating Behaviors; G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience; Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases; Department of Medicine; University of California, Los Angeles 🧑🏫🔬🧠🍽️🏛️
Previous:1998 – 2000: Nuclear Medicine Technologist, Georgetown Medical Center and Columbia Hospital for Women, Washington, DC 🏥2000 – 2001: Nuclear Medicine Technologist, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC 🏥2002 – 2002: Mental Health Therapist Intern, Provided Career Counseling, Wake Forest University Career Center, Winston-Salem, NC 🎓💼2002 – 2002: Mental Health Therapist Intern, Provided Individual Therapy, Forsyth Hospital Employee Assistance Program, Winston-Salem, NC 🧠2002 – 2003: Mental Health Therapist Intern, Provided Individual and Family Therapy, Children’s Home Incorporated, Winston-Salem, NC 🧑🤝🧑2003 – 2004: In-Home Mental Health Therapist, Psychology Associates and Empowering Families Program, Charlottesville, VA 🏡2004 – 2005: Pre-practicum Clinical Psychology Intern, Provided Career Counseling, University Career Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 🎓💼2004 – 2010: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Neuropsychological Assessments, Best Practices in Teaching, Counseling Foundations and Micro-Skills, Around the World Program: Introduction to Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 🧑🏫📚2005 – 2006: Practicum Clinical Psychology Intern, Provided Individual Outpatient Counseling, University Counseling Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 🧠🗣️2006 – 2007: Psychotherapy Group Leader, Group Leader for Adult Oncology Cancer Patients Using “Personal Construct Therapy”, Baptist Hospital, Knoxville, TN 🧑🤝🧑🎗️2006 – 2007: Psychotherapy Group Leader, Group Leader for Pre-Adolescent Female Group on Verbal and Social Aggression, Episcopal School of Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 🧑🤝🧑🗣️2007 – 2008: Advanced Practicum Clinical Psychology Intern, Provided Individual, Couples, and Family Counseling and Neuropsychological Assessments, University of Tennessee Psychological Clinic, Knoxville, TN 🧑🤝🧑🧠2008 – 2009: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Co-ordinated counseling volunteers & assessment students, University of Tennessee Psychology Department, Knoxville, TN 🧑🏫2009 – 2010: Clinical Psychology Resident, Provided Outpatient Psychotherapy, Neuropsychological Assessment, Research, and Emergency Room Intakes, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical Center, Boston, MA 🧠🏥2010 – 2012: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 📚🔬2012 – 2015: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 📚🔬2015-2017: Adjunct Assistant Professor, G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 🧑🏫🔬2017-2021: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Director of the Neuroimaging Core, G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 🧑🏫🔬🧠2021-2022: Adjunct Associate Professor, Director of the Neuroimaging Core, G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 🧑🏫🔬🧠
Research Focus in :
Dr. Gupta’s work aims to develop comprehensive models that elucidate the bidirectional interactions between the brain and peripheral systems, including immune cells and gut microbiota. She employs advanced multivariate analytic techniques to integrate data from neuroimaging, inflammatory markers, microbiome, metabolite profiles, and behavioral assessments (UCLA CNS).
Additionally, her research addresses racial and ethnic health disparities, focusing on discrimination processes, cultural variables, and stereotypes affecting mental health outcomes and help-seeking attitudes among Asian and South Asian Americans. She also investigates intimate partner violence, considering cultural factors, immigration status, and acculturation levels (Semel UCLA).
For further details, you can visit her profiles on the UCLA Semel Institute and the G. Oppenheimer Center websites (Semel UCLA) (UCLA CNS).
Citations:
📚 Citations: 6,253
📄 Documents: 5,397
📝 Number of documents: 101
📈 h-index: 39
Publication Top Notes:
- Social Isolation, Brain Food Cue Processing, Eating Behaviors, and Mental Health Symptoms
- Authors: Zhang, X.; Ravichandran, S.; Gee, G.C.; Vaughan, A.; Gupta, A.
- Published in: JAMA Network Open, 2024, 7(4), pp. E244855
- Citations: 0
- Mapping Brain Structure Variability in Chronic Pain: The Role of Widespreadness and Pain Type and Its Mediating Relationship With Suicide Attempt
- Authors: Bhatt, R.R.; Haddad, E.; Zhu, A.H.; Mayer, E.A.; Jahanshad, N.
- Published in: Biological Psychiatry, 2024, 95(5), pp. 473–481
- Citations: 0
- Existing and Future Strategies to Manipulate the Gut Microbiota With Diet as a Potential Adjuvant Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders
- Authors: Ross, F.C.; Mayer, D.E.; Gupta, A.; Stanton, C.; Mayer, E.A.
- Published in: Biological Psychiatry, 2024, 95(4), pp. 348–360
- Citations: 2
- Neural correlates of perceived and relative resilience in male and female patients with irritable bowel syndrome
- Authors: Kilpatrick, L.A.; Gupta, A.; Tillisch, K.; Mayer, E.A.; Chang, L.
- Published in: Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 2024, 36(2), e14710
- Citations: 0
- The Association Between a Mediterranean Diet and Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Authors: Chen, E.Y.; Mahurkar-Joshi, S.; Liu, C.; Mayer, E.A.; Chang, L.
- Published in: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2024, 22(1), pp. 164–172.e6
- Citations: 7
- Improved psychosocial measures associated with physical activity may be explained by alterations in brain-gut microbiome signatures
- Authors: Guan, M.; Dong, T.S.; Subramanyam, V.; Barry, R.L.; Gupta, A.
- Published in: Scientific Reports, 2023, 13(1), 10332
- Citations: 1
- Machine learning model to predict obesity using gut metabolite and brain microstructure data
- Authors: Osadchiy, V.; Bal, R.; Mayer, E.A.; Stains, J.; Gupta, A.
- Published in: Scientific Reports, 2023, 13(1), 5488
- Citations: 3
- Multi-omics profiles of the intestinal microbiome in irritable bowel syndrome and its bowel habit subtypes
- Authors: Jacobs, J.P.; Lagishetty, V.; Hauer, M.C.; Tillisch, K.; Mayer, E.A.
- Published in: Microbiome, 2023, 11(1), 5
- Citations: 24
- Circular-SWAT for deep learning based diagnostic classification of Alzheimer’s disease: application to metabolome data
- Authors: Jo, T.; Kim, J.; Bice, P.; Ong, E.; Fernandez, D.
- Published in: eBioMedicine, 2023, 97, 104820
- Citations: 2
- Maximizing Training and Mentorship in Sex as a Biological Variable Research Across Different Brain-Body Disorders
- Authors: Chang, L.; Gupta, A.; Naliboff, B.D.; Kilpatrick, L.A.; Mayer, E.A.
- Published in: Journal of Women’s Health, 2023, 32(8), pp. 869–876
- Citations: 1