Faculty with Strong Research Interests in Children and Family Issues
Faculty who are not likely to take a student in the academic year are indicated by an asterisk.
* Natacha Akshoomoff, Ph.D. (SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology), Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCSD. Diagnostic and assessment practices for children with autism. Neuropsychological development of attention and visuospatial processes in normal and atypical development. (Neuro)
Sandra A. Brown, Ph.D. (Wayne State University), Professor and Chief, Psychology Services VASDHS, UCSD. Adolescent and adult alcohol/substance abuse; stress and coping; psychiatric comorbidity. (BMED and Exp Psy)
Leslie J. Carver, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota), Assistant Professor, UCSD. Brain basis of cognitive and social development in infancy. Emphasis on infants with typical development and autism. (Neuro and Exp Psy)
Eric Courchesne, Ph.D. (University of California at San Diego), Professor, UCSD. Developmental neuroscience; anatomical and functional neuroimaging; neurobiology of autism; human neurophysiology. (Neuro)
* Terry L. Jernigan, Ph.D. (University of California at Los Angeles), Professor in Residence, UCSD. Clinical Research Psychologist, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Brain imaging correlates of cognitive dysfunction in aging, dementia, HIV infection and other neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. (Neuro)
Alan J. Litrownik, Ph.D. (University of Illinois), Professor, SDSU. Developmental psychopathology, child maltreatment effects and interventions; cancer risk reduction. (BMED and Exp Psy)
Vanessa L. Malcarne, Ph.D. (University of Vermont), Professor, SDSU. Children and families; chronic illness, especially stress and coping processes; multicultural issues, including assessment of ethnic identification/acculturation; gender issues. (BMED and Exp Psy)
Sarah N. Mattson, Ph.D. (SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology), Associate Professor, SDSU. Behavioral teratology; Child neuropsychology; neuropsychological, cognitive, neuroanatomical effects of prenatal exposure to drugs, alcohol, medications, and other agents; visual-spatial function and attention; neuropsychological effects of abnormal brain development.
Jeffrey E. Max, MMBCh-M.D. (University of the Witwatersrand), Associate Professor in Residence, UCSD. Neuropsychiatry clinical research and neuroimaging of child and adolescent traumatic brain injury and focal lesions due to stroke. (Neuro)
Joseph M. Price, Ph.D. (Purdue University), Professor, SDSU. Developmental psychopathology, role of early experiences in the development of social behavior problems, child maltreatment, links between social cognition and social behavior, and interventions for maltreated children and children in foster care. (Exp Psy)
Judy S. Reilly, Professor, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles. Language and affective development in normal and atypical populations including children with early focal brain damage, children with language impairment, & children with Williams Syndrome. Cross-cultural studies of emotional development. (Neuro)
Edward P. Riley, Ph.D. (Tulane University), Professor, SDSU. Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on brain and behavioral development in children; effects of other drugs of abuse on development; alcohol studies. (Neuro)
* James F. Sallis, Ph.D. (Memphis State University), Professor, SDSU. Health promotion; approaches to changing physical activity, nutrition, and smoking behaviors in adults and children, environmental influences on health behavior. www.drjamessallis.sdsu.edu (BMED)
* Laura E. Schreibman, Ph.D. (University of California at Los Angeles), Professor, UCSD. Behavior modification, infantile autism, applied behavior analysis and psychopathology in children. (Exp Psy)
* Steven Sparta, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles), Professor, UCSD; Adjunct Professor, SDSU; Adjunct Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; ABPP. Forensic psychology; psychological evaluation; child abuse and neglect; child and family psychology. (Exp Psy)
Doris A. Trauner, M.D. (Medical College of Virginia), Chief of Pediatric Neurology, Professor, UCSD. Neurobehavioral correlates of metabolic disorders and brain injury in children; development of prosody in brain damaged, autistic, and language impaired children; visual processing. (Neuro)
