Professor of Psychiatry, Director of EDAPT Clinic,
Director of Behavioral Health Center of Excellence,
University of California, Davis
Dr. Carter is the Director of the UC Davis Imaging Research Center and Director of the UC Davis Behavioral Health Center of Excellence. He is also a board certified psychiatrist and the Director of the UC Davis Early Psychosis Programs. In this role, Dr. Carter has substantial expertise in the implementation of evidence based early psychosis care, knowledge of the course of early psychotic illness and use of standardized clinical assessment of early psychosis symptoms, functioning, and outcomes. He provides substantial knowledge related to recruitment of individuals with early psychosis into research studies as well as analysis of complex longitudinal data. He assists with site recruitment and implementation of study procedures, supports the integration of the proposed study with ongoing research in the EDAPT and SacEDAPT clinics, provides direct support through the UC Davis Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, shares responsibility for examining data obtained through the project, and supports data analysis and reporting of results in conference presentation and manuscripts.