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Olvera, Rene L. Sr.

School of Medicine
Psychiatry

olverar@uthscsa.edu

Dr. Olvera MD, MPH graduated from Harvard University with a major in Biology. He completed his medical degree and his psychiatry residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He then completed a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at UTHSCSA. In 1995 he joined the faculty in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In 1996 Dr. Olvera received a Faculty Development Award from the Department of Health and Resource Service Administration and the UTHSCSA Hispanic Center of Excellence. This award allowed Dr. Olvera to obtain a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health - San Antonio campus, in 1999.

Dr. Olvera divides his time between research, clinical practice and teaching. His primary research interest is in studying mood and impulse control disorders in particular, Bipolar Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Major Depression, and Aggression. Dr. Olvera has an interest in the clinical, biological, and phenomenological research of mood instability. His primary focus is on integrating the clinical expression of mood disorders with potential biomarkers of risk ascertained by neuroimaging, cognitive testing, and genetics. He recently completed a National Institute of Mental Health K-award MRI Study of Impulse & Mood Disorders in Youth Offenders, and is a collaborator on a number of nationally funded research projects with a focus on pediatric mood disorders. Dr. Olvera is the author of numerous peer reviewed articles on bipolar disorder, depression, and impulse control disorders. He has been an invited speaker on a local, state and national level.

Dr. Olvera is actively involved in the training of the next-generation of physicians and psychiatrists through his teaching and supervision of medical students, psychiatry, and child psychiatry residents. He is the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award for Child Psychiatry on a number of occasions.

Dr. Olvera has a busy clinical practice within the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division, and with the Bexar County Juvenile Probation system. His principal area of expertise is in the diagnosis and treatment of Bipolar Disorder and co-occurring conditions such as: Attention Deficit Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Intermittent Explosive Disorder and Major Depression. While Dr. Olvera does not practice psychotherapy, he collaborates with several psychologists in the department as well as therapist in the community.

Appointments Education Expertise Teaching Publications Grants

6/2008 - Present	Director of Psychiatric Services	Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Treatment Center, Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX
9/2004 - Present	Associate Professor with tenure	The University of Texas Health Science Center, Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX
7/2002 - Present	Medical Staff	The Brown Schools at Laurel Ridge, Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX
7/1995 - Present	Medical Staff	Christus Santa Rosa Childrens Hospital, Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX
7/1995 - Present	Medical Staff	University Hospital System, Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX
7/1995 - Present	Medical Staff	The Child Guidance Center, Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX

Date	Description	Institution	# Students
1/2013 - Present	Child & Adolescent - Cgc	The University of Texas Health Science Center	4 students
Neurobiology Seminar: Mood Disorders
1/2013 - Present	Child & Adolescent - Cgc	The University of Texas Health Science Center	4 students
Neurobiology Seminar: Substance Abuse
1/2013 - Present	Child & Adolescent - Cgc	The University of Texas Health Science Center	4 students
Neurobiology Seminar: Schizophrenia
7/2011 - Present	Child & Adolescent - Cgc	The University of Texas Health Science Center	8 students
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents Substance abuse in children and adolescents
7/2011 - Present	Child & Adolescent - Cgc	The University of Texas Health Science Center	8 students
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents Obesity
1/2011 - Present	Child & Adolescent - Cgc	The University of Texas Health Science Center	4 students
Neurobiology Seminar: Neuroimaging I & II
1/2008 - Present	Behavioral Science	The University of Texas Health Science Center	200 students
MS-2 Lectures Cluster B Personality Disorders
7/2007 - Present	Child & Adolescent - Cgc	The University of Texas Health Science Center	8 students
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
7/2007 - Present	Child & Adolescent - Cgc	The University of Texas Health Science Center	8 students
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents Postraumatic Stress Disorder
1/2007 - Present	Behavioral Science	The University of Texas Health Science Center	200 students
MS-2 Lecture: Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
2/2005 - Present	Pediatric Psychopharmacology	UTHSCSA	16 students
This lecture gives PGY-2 residents an overview of pediatric psychopharmacology with an emphasis on stimulants in the treatment of ADHD.
7/2004 - Present	Child & Adolescent - Cgc	The University of Texas Health Science Center
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents Psychopathology - Affective Disorders
3/2004 - Present	Imaging in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder	UTHSCSA	14 students
This lecture reviews the neuroimaging findings to-date in peiatric bipolar disorder. The audience is PGY-4 reidents.
7/2000 - Present	Introduction to Interviewing	UTHSCSA	3 students
This seminar provides the opportunity for residents to watch a faculty member interview patients. The goal of this experience is to provide the framework for interviewing children and adolescents. provides the framework and basic skills for performing a diagnostic interview with children and adolescents.
7/2000 - Present	Diagnostic Formulation Seminars	UTHSCSA	3 students
This seminar provides practice with live patients to improve interviewing skills and bio-psycho- social case formulation.
7/1999 - Present	Psychiatry Clerkship	The University of Texas Health Science Center	26 students
Introduction to Conduct Disorders
7/1999 - Present	Rotation Student Supervision	Cindy Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Teatment Center

7/1998 - Present	Child & Adolescent - Cgc	The University of Texas Health Science Center	3 students
Co-Course Director - Research Principles Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents
7/1998 - Present	Rotation Student Supervision	Bexar County Juvenile Detention Center

Journal Article

Harzke AJ, Baillargeon J, Baillargeon G, Henry J, Olvera RL, Torrealday O, Penn JV, Parikh R. Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the Texas juvenile correctional system J Correct Health Care 2012 Apr;18(2):143-157.

Olvera RL, Bearden CE, Velligan D, Almasy L, Carless MA, Curran JE, Williamson DE, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Glahn DC. Common Genetic Influences on Depression, Alcohol, and Substance Use Disorders in Mexican-American American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B 2011 Jul;156(5):561-568.

Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Lancaster J, Winkler A, Karlsgodt K, Olvera RL, Curran JE, Carless MA, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Blangero J. Blood pressure and cerebral white matter share common genetic factors in Mexican Americans Hypertension 2011 Feb;57(2):330-335.

Zappitelli MC, Bordin IA, Hatch JP, Caetano SC, Zunta-Soares G, Olvera RL, Soares JC. Lifetime psychopathology among the offspring of Bipolar I parents Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2011 Jan;66(5):725-730.

Caetano SC, Olvera RL, Hatch JP, Sanches M, Chen HH, Nicoletti M, Stanley JA, Fonseca M, Hunter K, Lafer B, Pliszka SR, Soares JC. Lower N-acetyl-aspartate levels in prefrontal cortices in pediatric bipolar disorder: a H magnetic resonance spectroscopy study J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2011 Jan;50(1):85-94.

Kochunov P, Glahn DC, Lancaster J, Winkler A, Karlsgodt K, Olvera RL, Curran JE, Carless MA, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Blangero J. Blood Pressure and Cerebral White Matter Share Common Genetic Factors in Mexican Americans Hypertension 2010 Dec;.

Olvera RL, Caetano SC, Stanley JA, Chen HH, Nicoletti M, Hatch JP, Fonseca M, Pliszka SR, Soares JC. Reduced medial prefrontal N-Acetyl-Aspartate levels in pediatric major depressive disorder: A multi-voxel in vivo(1)H spectroscopy study Psychiatry Res 2010 Nov;184(2):71-76.

Kochunov P, Glahn D, Lancaster J, Winkler A, Kent JW, Olvera RL, Cole SA, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Blangero J. Whole brain and regional hyperintense white matter volume and blood pressure: overlap of genetic loci produced by bivariate, whole-genome linkage analyses Stroke 2010 Oct;41(10):2137-2142.

Kochunov P, Glahn D, Lancaster J, Winkler A, Kent JW, Olvera RL, Cole SA, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Blangero J. Whole Brain and Regional Hyperintense White Matter Volume and Blood Pressure. Overlap of Genetic Loci Produced by Bivariate, Whole-Genome Linkage Analyses Stroke 2010 Aug;.

Ogburn KM, Sanches M, Williamson DE, Caetano SC, Olvera RL, Pliszka S, Hatch JP, Soares JC. Family environment and pediatric major depressive disorder Psychopathology 2010 Jul;43(5):312-318.

Karlsgodt KH, Kochunov P, Winkler AM, Laird AR, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Olvera RL, Fox PT, Blangero J, Glahn DC. A multimodal assessment of the genetic control over working memory J Neurosci 2010 Jun;30(24):8197-8202.

Baloch HA, Hatch JP, Olvera RL, Nicoletti M, Caetano SC, Zunta-Soares GB, Soares JC. Morphology of the subgenual prefrontal cortex in pediatric bipolar disorder J Psychiatr Res 2010 May;.

Glahn DC, Winkler AM, Kochunov P, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Carless MA, Curran JC, Olvera RL, Laird AR, Smith SM, Beckmann CF, Fox PT, Blangero J. Genetic control over the resting brain Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 Jan;107(3):1223-1228.

Kochunov P, Glahn D, Winkler A, Duggirala R, Olvera RL, Cole S, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Fox PT, Blangero J. Analysis of genetic variability and whole genome linkage of whole-brain, subcortical, and ependymal hyperintense white matter volume Stroke 2009 Dec;40(12):3685-3690.

Evans-Lacko SE, Zeber JE, Gonzalez JM, Olvera RL. Medical comorbidity among youth diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the United States J Clin Psychiatry 2009 Oct;70(10):1461-1466.

Olvera RL, Fonseca M, Caetano SC, Hatch JP, Hunter K, Nicoletti M, Pliszka SR, Cloninger CR, Soares JC. Assessment of personality dimensions in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder using the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2009 Feb;19(1):13-21.

Belardinelli C, Hatch JP, Olvera RL, Fonseca M, Caetano SC, Nicoletti M, Pliszka S, Soares JC. Family environment patterns in families with bipolar children J Affect Disord 2008 Apr;107(1-3):299-305.

Caetano SC, Fonseca M, Hatch JP, Olvera RL, Nicoletti M, Hunter K, Lafer B, Pliszka SR, Soares JC. Medial temporal lobe abnormalities in pediatric unipolar depression Neurosci Lett 2007 Nov;427(3):142-147.

Olvera RL, Caetano SC, Fonseca M, Nicoletti M, Stanley JA, Chen HH, Hatch JP, Hunter K, Pliszka SR, Soares JC. Low levels of N-acetyl aspartate in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of pediatric bipolar patients J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 2007 Aug;17(4):461-474.

Giggie MA, Olvera RL, Joshi, MN. Screening for Risk Factors Associated with Violence in Pediatric Patients Presenting to a Psychiatric Emergency Department Journal of Psychiatric Practice 2007 Jul;13(4):246-252.

Abstract

Olvera RL, Sheftall, A., Mathias CW, Dougherty DM. Gender and Ethnicity Differences in Reported Suicide Attempt and Self Harm in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Adolescents; 2012 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 59th Annual Meeting).

Baddam, S., Culip, M., Williams, S, Seddighzadeh, F., Olvera RL, Williamson DE. Increased Self-Reported Emotional Neglect Is Not Independently Associated with Evening Chronotype in Adolescents; 2012 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 59th Annual Meeting).

Soares JC, Mangewala, V, Nicoletti, M, Henna, E., Zunta-Soares, G., Hatch JP, Baloch, H., Olvera RL. Morphological Hippocampal Changes in Patients with Pediatric Bipolar Disorder on Divalproex Treatment; 2012 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 59th Annual Meeting).

Glahn, D.C.,Carless, M.A.,Olvera, R.L.,Kent, J., Dyer, T.D.,Johnson, M., Curran, J.E.,Moses, E.K.,Goring, H.H., Duggirala, R, Blangero, J., Almasy, L.,. Genome-Wide Significant Association Implicates a Novel Risk Locus for Alcoholism; 2012 May. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 71, no. 1S).

Glahn, D.C.,Carless, M.A.,Curran, J.E.,Kent,J.W.,Johnson, M.,Gring< H.H.,Cole, S.A.,Dyer, T.D.,Moses. E.K., Olvera, R.L., Duggirala, R.,Almasy, L.,Blangero, J. Quantitative Trait Loci Localized for Spatial Working Memory: General and Family Specific Loci; 2012 May. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 71, no. 1S).

Olvera RL. Role of the Immunomodulatory Cytokines Interferon Alpha (IFNa)-2 and Interleukin (IL)-10 in the Pathogenesis of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Adolescents: Effect of familial Risk and Stress; 2012 May. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 71, no. 1S).

Glahn, D.C.,Carless, M.A.,Winkler, A.M.,Dyer, T.D.,Curran, J.E., Johnson, M.P., Goring, H.H.,Moses, E.K., Olvera, R.L.,Kochunov, P.,Fox, P.T.,Almasy, L.,Duggirala, R, Blangero, J.,. Genome-Wide Significant Quantitative Trait Locus Localized for Amygdala Volume and Fear Processing in Humans; 2012 May. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 71, no. 1S).

Curran, J.E., Winkler, A.M., Olvera RL, Carless, M.A., Dyer, T.D., Kent, J., Kochunov P, Mahaney, M.C., Comuzzie, A.C., Fox PT, Almasy, L., Duggirala, R, Blangero, J., Glahn, D.C. Genome-Wide Search for Pleiotropic Effects on Obesity and Neuroanatom; 2012 May. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 71, no. 1S).

Crum PM, Sheftall AH, Mathias CW, Kuckertz JM, Muench KB, Farris SJ, Olvera RL, Dougherty DM. Suicidal behavior and suicide risk among adolescent patients who use alcohol; 2012 Jan. (Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research; vol. 36, no. s1).

Pliska SR,Glahn DC, Olvera RL. Developmental Effects of OROS Methylphenidate on Amygdala Function; 2011 Nov. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 58th Annual Meeting).

Holden P, Olvera RL. Impact of Religious Retreats on Disruptive Behavior on Incarcerated Youth; 2011 Nov. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 58th Annual Meeting).

Williamson DE and Olvera RL. Substance Use Initiation in Adolescents At Risk for Depression; 2011 Nov. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 58th Annual Meeting).

Pliszka SR, Glahn DC, Olvera RL. Developmental Effects of OROS Methylphenidate on Anterior Cingulate Function; 2011 Nov. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 58th Annual Meeting).

Baddam, S, Olvera RL, Williamson DE. Externalizing Disorders but Not Internalizing Disorders Are Associated with the Disruption of Sleep Patterns in a Community Sample of Adolescents; 2011 Nov. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 58th Annual Meeting).

Glahn, D.C., Carless, M.A., Kent, J.W., Winkler, A.M., Curran, J.E., Charlesworth, J.C., Johnson, M.P., Goring, H.H.H., Dyer, T.D., Moses, E.K., Olvera RL, Kochunov P, Duggirala, R., Fox PT, Almasy, L., Blangero, J. Endophenotype Ranking Facilitates Identification of Novel QTLs for Recurrent Major Depression; 2011 May. (Biological Psychiatry).

Glahn, David C., Olvera RL, McKay, D.R., Winkler, A.M., Kochunov P, Almasy, L., Duggirala, R., Carles, M.A., Curran, J.E., Laird AR, Fox PT, Blangero, J. Common Genetic Factors Influence Risk for Major Depression and Default Mode Brain Connectivity; 2011 May. (Biological Psychiatry).

Ramage AE, Olvera RL, Lin A, Williamson DE. Altered Resting rCBF in the Default Mode Network Associated with Pre-clinical Symptoms in Adolescents with Familial Loading for Depression; 2011 May. (Biological Psychiatry).

Mathias CW, Dougherty DM, Daviss WB, Dawes MA, Olvera RL, Sheftall AH, Lopez AJ. Callous Unemotional Traits in Untreated Adolescent Conduct Disorder: Differences in Inhibition and Reward Choice Performance; 2011 Jan. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 58th Annual Meeting).

Glahm, DC, Winkler, AM, Kochunov P, Almasy, LA, Duggirala, R, Carless, MA, Curran, JC, Olvera RL, Laird AR, Smith, SM, Beckerman, CF, Fox PT, Blangero, J. Genetic Control Over the Resting Brain; 2010 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 57th Annual Meeting).

Ramage AE, Olvera RL, Williamson DE. Resting State and Task Activated Neural Markers of Risk in Adolescents with Family Loading for Major Depressive Disorder: Gender by Risk Interactions; 2010 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 57th Annual Meeting).

Olvera RL, Glahn, DC, Ramage AE, Fox PT, Williamson DE. Neuroanatomical Changes in Adolescent Offspring with High Family Loading for Major Depressive Disorder; 2010 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 57th Annual Meeting).

Taiym, W, Olvera RL, Ramage AE, Glahn, DC, Rao, U, Williamson DE. Gene-Stress-Brain Contributions to Symptoms of Depression in Adolescents: The Combined Roles of the CRHR1 Gene, Stress, and Hippocampus; 2010 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 57th Annual Meeting).

Williamson DE, Olvera RL, Ramage AE, Fox PT, Kochunov P. Attenuated White Matter Integrity is Associated with Increased Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: Evidence from the Teen Alcohol Outcomes Study (TAOS); 2010 May. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 67, no. 9).

Karlsgodt KH, Kochunov P, Winkler AM, Laird AR, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Olvera RL, Fox PT, Blangero J, Glahn DC. A Multimodal Assessment of the Genetic Control over Working Memory; 2010 May. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 67, no. 9).

Olvera RL, Glahn, DC, Null, M, Ramage AE, Williamson DE. A Voxel Based Morphometry (VBM) Study of Adolescent Offspring with High Family Loading for Major Depressive Disorder; 2010 May. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 67, no. 9).

Glahn DC,Winkler AM,Curran JE, Carless MA, Charlesworth JC, Johnson MP, Gring HHH, Almasy L, Fox PT,Kochunov P, Olvera RL, Duggirala R, Blangero J. Genome-Wide Combined Linkage/Association Scan Localizes Two QTLs Influencing Human Cortical Volume; 2010 May. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 67, no. 9).

Winkler AM, Karlsgodt KH, Almasy L, Kochunov P, Fox PT, Duggirala R, Olvera RL, Blangero J, Glahn DC. Common Genetic Factors Influence Intelligence and Cortical Surface Area; 2010 May. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 97, no. 9).

Yeh, P.H., Zhu, H., Nicoletti, M.A., Miles, G.A., Baloch, H., Hatch JP, Caetano, S.C., Zunta-Soares, G., Olvera RL, Soares, J.C. Different Regional Patterns of Gray Matter Volume and Cortical Thickness Between Adolescent Bipolar and Major Depressive Disorders; 2009 Apr. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 64, no. 8s).

Carvalho, M.M., Baloch, H.A., Tinney, Q., Hatch JP, Caetano, S.C., Zunta-Soares, G., Olvera RL, Fazier, T., Youngstrom, E., Soares, J.C. Comorbidity Patterns in Pediatric Affective; 2009 Apr. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 64, no. 8s).

Woolsey, M.D., Chaves, O.C., Olvera RL, Martinez, D.M., Rice, P., Fox PT, Blangero, J., Glahn, D.C.,. Endophenotypes for Recurrent Major Depression Identified in Randomly Ascertained Multigenerational Pedigrees; 2009 Apr. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 64, no. 8s).

McClure, R.K., Walss-Bass C, Nicoletti, M., Nery, F.G., Matsuo, K., Zunta-Soares,G., Hatch JP, Olvera RL, Escamilla MA, Soares, J.C. Association of NRG1 snp rs3924999 with Lifetime History of Psychosis and Decreased Anterior Cingulate Grey Matter Volume in Bipolar Disorder; 2009 Apr. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 64, no. 8).

Balcoh, H.A., Pierson, M., Carvalho, M., Frazier, T.W., Caetano, S.C., Zunta-Soares, G., Olvera RL, Hatch JP, Nicoletti, M., Youngstrom, E., Soares, J.C. Pregnancy and Obstetric Complications as Risk Factors for Pediatric Mood Disorders; 2009 Apr. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 64, no. 8s).

Hahn T, Frazier TW, Hooper S, Hatch JP, Kopecek, M, Olvera RL, Zunta-Soares G, Pliszka SR, Youngstrom EA, Soares JC. An Investigation of Pediatric Bipolar Patients with and without ADHD Using Baddeley''s Multi-Component Model of Working Memory: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; 2008 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry).

Joseph, MF, Youngstrom, EA, Caetano, S, Hatch JP, Olvera RL, Walss-Bass C, Nicoletti, M, Pliszka SR, Escamilla MA, Soares, JC. Possible Interaction Among BDNF Genotype, Family Environment, and Brain N-Acetyl-Aspartate Levels in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; 2008 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry).

Olvera RL, Pliszka SR, Nicoletti M, Stanley JA, Soares JC. Decreased N-Acetyl-Aspartate in the Hippocampus of Juvenile Offenders with Bipolar Disorder: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; 2008 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry).

Karen E. Muoz, Rene L. Olvera, Douglas E. Williamson, Ahmad R. Hariri. Amygdala and Ventral Striatum Reactivity in Adolescents at High-Risk for Depression; 2008 Apr. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 63, no. 7s).

Tinney, Q., Hatch JP, Olvera RL, Zunta-Soares, G., Frazier, T., Youngstrom, E., Pliszka SR, Soares, J.C. Clinical Characteristics across Pesiatric Bipolar Disorder Subtypes; 2008 Apr. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 63, no. 7s).

Kopecek, M, Quinones MP, Olvera RL, Hatch JP, Pliszka SR, Soares JC. A Critical Role of Viral Infections in the Development of Symptoms and Suicide Behavior in Bipolar Disorder; 2008 Apr. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 63, no. 7s).

Olvera RL, Glahn DC, Pliszka SR, ODonnell L, Bearden, CE, Dierske, NA, Soares JC. Decreased Prefrontal Gray Matter Density in Bipolar Patients with Comorbid Conduct Disorder; 2008 Apr. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 63, no. 7s).

Caetano, S.C., Olvera RL, Stanley, J., Hatch JP, Nicoletti, M, Pliszka SR, Soares, J.C. Abnormal Metabolism in the Cingulate of Child and Adolescent Offspring of Bipolar Patients: An in vivo H-MRS Study; 2008 Apr. (Biological Psychiatry; vol. 63, no. 7s).

Quinones MP, Ahmadi Sara, Ahuja SS, Torres V, Nery FG, Olvera RL, Hatch JP, Pliszka SR, Soares JC. Differential involvement of inflammatory markers in adult and pediatric bipolar disorder; 2007 Dec. (Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology; vol. 17, no. 6).

Olvera RL, O''Donnell,L, Semrud-Clikemand, M, Pliszka, SR. Neurocognitive Deficits in Bipolar Adolescents with Conduct Disorder; 2007 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Amerocan Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry).

Daviss, WB, Nery, F, Olvera, RL,diler, R, Mezzomo, K, Soares, JC. Exploratory Factor Analyses of the Childrens Depression Rating Scale-revised (CDRS-R) in Youths with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); 2007 Oct. (Scientific Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting Meeng of the American Academy of Child and Adoles).

Electronic/Web Publication

Olvera RL. Behavioral Disorder: ADHD/Conduct Disorder 2012 Dec. Available from: http://www.designacase.org An interactive web-based clinical case, which has undergone a thorough peer review process, and is being used in medical student education at UTHSCSA and at other institutions.

Federal
Funding Agency	NIAAA
Title	Binge Drinking: Individual Difference in the Capacity to Alter Drinking Patterns
Status	Active
Period	4/2010 - 6/2015
Role	Co-Investigator
Grant Detail	The major goals of this project are to provide fundamental information on how specific behavioral processes relate to individual differences in the ability to reduce alcohol consumption. The results of this study will inform the development of treatments aimed at this unique population of problem drinkers, and inform us about how differences in these markers might be used by clinicians to match treatment plans to specific individuals
Funding Agency	National Institute on Drug Abuse
Title	Consequences of Adolescent Substance Use on the Development of Impulse Control
Status	Active
Period	5/2010 - 2/2015
Role	Co-Investigator
Grant Detail	This grant is designed to determine when, how, and to what extent individual differences in impulse control and family histories of substance use disorders contribute to the initiation of substance use, and how subsequent substance use affects developmental trajectories of impulse control.
Funding Agency	NIH
Title	Immune System & Genetic Modulation of Brain Development & Behavior in Adolescence
Status	Active
Period	9/2009 - 5/2014
Role	Co-Investigator
Grant Detail	This study will investigate the role that inflammatory markers, as modulated by genetic make-up, play on regulation of functional and structural brain systems and behavior across the adolescent developmental period, prior to onset of psychiatric disorders.
Funding Agency	NIH
Title	Genetics of Brain Structure and Function: Genome-Wide Association
Status	Active
Period	9/2008 - 6/2013
Role	Co-Investigator
Grant Detail	The goal of this project is to identify genes that influence variation in brain structure and funtion using high-density genome-wide association (GWA) analysis. The ultimate promise of this research is the discovery of genes that predispose to brain disorders and mental illnesses.
Funding Agency	National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Title	Alcohol Binging: Disruptions in Impulse Control and 5-HT as Underlying Mechanisms
Status	Active
Period	12/2009 - 11/2012
Role	Co-Investigator
Grant Detail	The study is designed to determine how adults, binge and non-binge drinkers, are differentially affected by a simulated alcohol binge and reduction of serotonin synthesis.
Funding Agency	National Institute of Mental Health
Title	Impulsivity and Biological Markers for Suicidality and Drug Use in Adolescents
Status	Active
Period	4/2007 - 3/2012
Role	Co-Investigator
Grant Detail
Funding Agency	NIH/NIMH
Title	Genetics of Brain Structure and Function
Status	Active
Period	8/2006 - 7/2011
Role	Co-Investigator
Grant Detail	The goal of this project is to identify quantitative trait loci associated with variation in brain structure and function. Our specific aims are to: 1) perform high quality MRI and neuropsychological examinations on 1,000 previously genotyped Mexican American individuals, from 30 extended families, who have been part of our ongoing genetic research studies for the past 15 years, 2)assess the quantitative genetic architecture of brain-related phenotypes by estimating their heritabilities and their genetic correlations,3)classify specific brain morphological variables and quantitative leukocyte-derived gene expression measures and endophenotypes related to brain function, 4)localize QTLs influencing variation in the quantitative brain related phenotypes by performing linkage-based genome scanning using the variance component method 5) refine the position of localized QTLs and identify positional candidate loci using an objective prioritization strategy that jointly utilizes in silico bioinformatics, genetic, and transcriptional data, and 6) identify the most likely functional variations within the two best positional candidate genes. OVERLAP: There is no scientific or budgetary overlap.
Funding Agency	NIH/NIMH
Title	Recovery Act Administrative Supplement for Impulsivity and Biological Markers for Suicidality and Drug Use in Adolescents
Status	Active
Period	7/2009 - 6/2011
Role	Co-Investigator
Grant Detail	The major goals of this project are to compare the direct and interactive contributions of impulsivity, 5-HT, stressful life events, and the outcomes of drug use and Suicidality in high-risk adolescents across a 5-year period.
Funding Agency	NIH/NIAAA
Title	Affective and Neurobiological Predictors of Adolescent-Onset Alcohol Use Disorder
Status	Active
Period	4/2006 - 3/2011
Role	Co-Investigator
Grant Detail	The purpose of this project is to examine risk factors involved in the development of alcohol use disorders in adolescents and how preexisting risk for depression moderate these disorders.
Funding Agency	NIH/NIMH
Title	Genetics of Bipolar Disorder in Latino Populations.
Status	Active
Period	9/2005 - 7/2010
Role	Contributor
Grant Detail	Study aimed to ascertain 385 pedigrees with two or more cases of diagnosed bipolar I disorder from the Latino population throughout the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America and to use diagnostic and endophenotypic data to search for genes predisposing to bipolar disorder. Role description: To lead the best estimation process.
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Funding Agency	Ortho-McNeil
Title	Functional Neuroimaging of Acute Concerta Treatment of ADHD: Differences Across Development
Status	Active
Period	9/2009 - 3/2011
Role	Co-Investigator
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Funding Agency	Baptist Health Foundation
Title	Early Interventions for Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia in at Risk Youth
Status	Active
Period	9/2008 - 8/2010
Role	Co-Investigator
Grant Detail	This award (PI: Escamilla) will pilot early identification and treatment of bipolar disorders and schizophrenia in youth at high familial risk within an underserved population.

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Year	Degree	Discipline	Institution
1999	MPH	Public Health	University of Texas Health Science Center Houston School of Public Health San Antonio Campus , TX
1995	Residency	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX
1993	Residency	Psychiatry	University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Dallas , TX
1990	MD	Medicine	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Dallas , TX
1986	BA	Biology	Harvard University Cambridge , MA

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