Biography

Kenneth B. Wells, MD, MPH is Professor-in-Residence of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute & Hospital and Senior Scientist at RAND. He is a psychiatrist and health services researcher. Dr. Wells is the Principal Investigator of the NIMH-funded UCLA/RAND Center for Research Quality in Managed Care; the Robert Wood Johnson-funded Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Supplement to the Community Tracking Study; and of the Partners in Care (PIC) Study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), The MacArthur Foundation, and the National Institute of Mental Health.Dr. Wells directs the UCLA-NPI Health Services Research Center, which focuses on improving quality of care for psychiatric and neurologic disorders across the lifespan. He us Director of the UCLA Clinical Scholars Program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Wells is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and currently is Chair of the Institute of Medicine's Neuroscience and Behavioral Health Board. He was the first recipient of the Young Investigator Award and more recently honored with the Distinguished Investigator Award by AcademyHealth. He was also a recipient of an NIMH Senior Research Scientist Award in mental health services research and of the Senior Health Services Research Award of the American Psychiatric Association.