Our Team

Olusola Ajilore, MD, PhD

Dr. Ajilore is the University of Illinois Center for Depression and Resilience Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in biology. Dr. Ajilore went on to do his MD/PhD degree at Stanford University where he studied the deleterious effects of stress hormones on the brain. He joined the research track residency at UCLA where he transitioned into neuroimaging in major depression. He is currently using computational neuroimaging techniques and digital biomarkers to better track and treat neuropsychiatric disorders.

Alex Leow, MD, PhD

A professor of Psychiatry and Bioengineering at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and an attending physician at the University of Illinois Hospital, Dr. Leow’s unique multi-disciplinary skill set combines a medical degree with residency training and board certification in adult psychiatry and a PhD degree in applied mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles. As a renowned computational neuroimaging researcher, Dr. Leow has published more than 100 scientific articles that collectively have been cited thousands of times. Moreover, she is a skilled pianist who adores cats and fancy chocolate with her RAs!