Michael F Green

Michael F. Green is Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA School of Medicine. His research focuses on social cognition, community integration for individuals with severe mental illness, and the neural mechanisms underlying psychosis. He directs the THRIVe Green Lab and serves as Principal Investigator on multiple NIH-funded projects.

Dr. Green received his BA in Psychobiology from Oberlin College (1979) and PhD in Neuropsychology from Cornell University (1984). His research interests span schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, social cognition, visual processing abnormalities, and veterans' mental health, with particular emphasis on understanding how social isolation affects clinical outcomes.

His publication record shows a clear trajectory from basic neuroscience investigations of early visual processing in schizophrenia toward increasingly translational research on community integration, social cognition, and functional outcomes. Recent work integrates machine learning approaches with traditional clinical methods to understand social isolation across diagnostic categories and the general population.

Dr. Green has secured continuous NIH funding since 1986, with current projects focusing on community integration for homeless veterans and social cognition across the psychosis spectrum. His work has significantly contributed to the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery and understanding the relationship between cognitive deficits and functional outcomes in schizophrenia.

He maintains an active research program with numerous ongoing collaborations across multiple institutions, mentoring a generation of researchers in schizophrenia and social cognition research. His lab employs diverse methodologies including fMRI, EEG, behavioral testing, and community-based assessments to understand the complex interplay between cognition, social functioning, and community integration.