
John Piacentini
Director, Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support · UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Credentials: · · ·
History
PresentCenter for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support · UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
PresentNIMH Postdoctoral Research Training (T32) Program in the Science of Child Mental Health Treatment · UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
PresentMedical Psychology Program Division · UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Until 1985

Research
Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain
Science · 2018 · 1,466 citations
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · 1996 · 1,047 citations
Cognitive behavioral therapy, sertraline, or a combination in childhood anxiety
New England Journal of Medicine · 2008 · 842 citations

102 papers

86 papers

59 papers
- GG
53 papers

48 papers
- MR
45 papers
- GN
43 papers
- JB
43 papers
Grants
- 2025–2029
National Institute of Mental Health · R42
PI · $1.2M · Virtuallybetter Health Llc
- 2006–2027
Training the Science of Child Mental Health Treatment
National Institute of Mental Health · T32
Contact PI · $4.4M · University of California Los Angeles
- 2017–2021
National Institute of Mental Health · R42
PI · $1.7M · Virtually Better, Inc.
- 2001–2016
6/6-Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Extended Long-Term Study (CAMELS)
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
Contact PI · $611.1K · University of California Los Angeles
Clinical trials
- 2018–2021
Randomized Controlled Trial of Standard ERP and OC-Go
Principal investigator · Completed
University of California, Los Angeles
- 2017–2018
Initial Development and Dissemination of OC-Go
Principal investigator · Completed
University of California, Los Angeles
- 2013–2016
Attention Training for Childhood Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Principal investigator · Completed
University of California, Los Angeles
- 2012–2016
Attention Training for Childhood Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: An Open Case Series
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 1
University of California, Los Angeles



