Sparsh Moondhra

Sparsh Moondhra is the Associate Administrative Director at the Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS) at UCLA. She supports and coordinates administrative, research, and clinical operations across multi-site studies focused on the early identification and prevention of serious mental illness.

At CAPPS, Sparsh is responsible for study coordination and day-to-day operations, including participant recruitment and scheduling, data management and quality control across platforms such as REDCap and MindLAMP, and coordination of clinical, behavioral, and neuroimaging workflows (e.g., EEG and MRI). She works closely with principal investigators, clinicians, and research staff to ensure protocol adherence, regulatory compliance, and efficient study execution, and assists with onboarding and training of research staff.

Sparsh earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Disability Studies from UCLA. Her prior experience includes work on the UCLA Digital Mental Health Study under the mentorship of Dr. Eliza Congdon, crisis counseling at the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center, and providing behavioral and cognitive support to children with developmental disabilities through UCLA’s KidsConnect program. Her interests center on using multimodal approaches to better understand early trajectories of serious mental illness in diverse populations. Outside of work, she enjoys cooking, experimenting with new pasta recipes, and binge-watching thriller television series.