Brief Resume

• Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco (Retired)
• Founder and Director, UCSF Autism Clinic (1989-2012)
• Founder and Executive Director, Autism Center of Northern California (2012-present)

Education and Training

• Ph.D. 1980, Stanford University: Child Development (major)/ Developmental Psychology (minor)
• Four Post-Doctoral Fellowships at Stanford University School of Medicine (1980-1985): Lifespan, Biostatistics, Clinical Research in Psychiatry, Developmental Psychopathology of Autism
• MA, Stanford University (1977) Early Childhood Education

Research Highlights

• Statistical modeling of how Autism and Asperger’s gets diagnosed
• Development of the PDDST-II, a Pearson Corp. autism screening test.
• Investigator in American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-III-R and DSM-IV standardization of autism diagnosis,
• Publication of APA treatment of autism chapters in TPD-IV and TPD-V.
• Publication of five books on autism by peer reviewed publishers.
• Authorship of over 100 peer-reviewed research articles, research abstracts, and scholarly chapters.

Service to the Autism Community

• In-service training and continuing education (CME / CEU) for physicians, psychologists, teachers, and allied professionals in many states, Canadian provinces, and overseas
• Service on Federal grant review panels
• Service on California Best Practice in Autsim commissions and commission to implement the California ABA mandate