Research
Primary Research Interest:
Prenatal brain, behavior, and cognition.Perinatal stress and HPA activation, maternal psychopathology (schizophrenia and
depression) and fetal development, Fetal Brain Imaging and neuro-cognitive development.
Secondary Research Interest:
Maternal psychopathology in expectant women, depression in welfare mothers, and effects of out-of-home and foster care on
child psychological development.
Clinical and Applied Interest:
Clinical and Neuropsychological evaluation, expert psychological testimony, obstetric malpractice litigation. Therapeutic
orientation is cognitive-behavioral in culturally relevant context. Diversity of experience and training in clinical
psychological research.
Current Projects
Relationship of prenatal teratogens (caffeine, nicotine, psychotropic medication) on fetal neurobehavioral profiles. Computer
based models for categorizing and analyzing fetal neurobehavioral profiles, fetal learning and memory.
Recent Theses and dissertations supervised:
- John Dieter, Ph. D. 1999
- Marlyene Israelian, Ph.D. 1998
- Dawn Peoples, Ph.D. 1997
Recent Theses and dissertations supervised:
- Kim Bard, Ph.D. 1997-1999
- B. Denise Raynor, M.D. 1997-1999
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