Department Training

Mary J. O’Connor, Ph.D., ABPP

OFFICE: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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Los Angeles, CA 90024

Phone: 310-***-****

FAX: 310-***-****

E-mail: abqhgr@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION:

19621966 B.A. with Distinction, Honors in Psychology, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Wake Forest University, Psychology

19721977 Ph.D., University of California, Developmental Psychology, Psychopathology, Physiological Psychology

Fellowship Support

19731977 NIMH Predoctoral Fellowship in Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, UCLA

19771978 NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship, Brain Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, UCLA

19791980 NIMH UAP Postdoctoral Fellowship, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA

LICENSURE:

1981 California, License #PSY6859

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (ABPP), American Board of Clinical and Adolescent Psychology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIEINCE:

1980 1984 Assistant Professor, Adjunct, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, UCLA

19851986 Assistant Professor, Adjunct, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1987-1995 Associate Professor, Adjunct, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1996- Professor, Adjunct, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1998-2004 Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles

Other Professional Experience

19661967 Research Associate, North Carolina Advancement School, Winston Salem, North Carolina

19671968 Program Analyst, Department of Compensatory Education, Office of Education, Washington, D.C.

19681971 Research Psychologist, Laboratory of Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD.

19711977 Postgraduate Research Assistant, Infant Studies Project, Department of Pediatrics, UCLAStaff Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

Hospital and Other Appointments

1986-2005 Program Director, Ward 5-West, Child Inpatient Service, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1991- Program Director, UCLA Infant and Preschool Service, Child Outpatient Service, Department of

Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1993-1994 Associate Training Director, Clinical Internship in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry

Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1997- Program Director, UCLA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Clinic, Department of Psychiatry,

Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1999-2001 Research Director, Tarjan Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

2000- Training Director, UCLA/Lanterman Clinical Psychology Internship in Developmental Disabilities, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

2002- Training Director, Tarjan Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLAProgram Director, UCLA ABC Child Day Treatment Program, Department of Psychiatry, Semel Institute, UCLAFaculty Advisory Board, Minor in Disability Studies, UCLA

HONORS AND AWARDS:

1966 Honors in Psychology, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Wake Forest University

2000 Outstanding House Staff Teaching Award, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Reviewer

Health Psychology

Child Development

Developmental Psychology

Journal of Pediatrics

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Alcohol Health and Research World

Development and Psychopathology

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Infant Behavior and Development

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Child Neuropsychology 2006

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2006, 2007

Behavioral and Brain Functions 2006

Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2006, 2007

Pediatrics 2006, 2007

International Journal of Nursing 2007

American Journal of Public Health 2008

Professional Organizations and Societies

Society for Research in Child Development

American Psychological Association

Society for Research on Alcoholism

International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Professional Committees

2007 Expert Panel on Prevention and Brief Intervention, SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence, DHHS

2007 Expert Panel on Intervention and Treatment for Alcohol-Affected Individuals, The Marcus Institute

2007 Grant Reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel, P20 Application, NIAAA, NIH, DHHSGrant Reviewer, Prevention Programme. The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and

Development

2006- Advisor, California Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Organization (CalFAS)

2006- 2007 National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect (NTFFAS/FAE), National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC, DHHS

2005 Grant Reviewer for the CDC and AUCD on grant to develop educational materials on FAS in Russia

2005 Expert Panel on FASD Screening in Juvenile Courts, SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence, DHHS

2005 National Advisory Group for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Guidelines for screening and brief intervention for alcohol use in women of childbearing age

2004 Scientific Working Group Member, National FASD Task Force, Diagnostic Guidelines for FAS and ARND, CDC, DHHS

2004 Legislative briefing on FASD, California State Legislature, Sacramento, CA.

2003- Board Examiner for the American Board of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP)

2003 Grant Reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel, Center Grant Reverse Site Visit, NIAAA, NIH, DHHS

2003 Member, Steering Committee, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Conference, Navigating our Future: Aligning Strategies and Science, CDC, DHHS

2002- National Scientific Working Group Member, CDC/NCBDD Regional Training Group, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Curriculum for Medical and Allied Health Education and Practice, CDC, DHHS

2001 Content Advisor, California State Council on Developmental Disability, community based grants

1999 National FAS/FAE Working Group on Diagnosis and Intervention. Department of Education and

NIAAA, NIH, DHHS

1997 Reviewer, Review panel for grants submitted for Early Head Start/University Partnerships focused on Mental Health, jointly funded by Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, NIH, DHHS

1996, 1999 Reviewer, Review panel for grants submitted for Local Research Partnerships for Early Head Start Grant Program, Head Start Bureau, Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, DHHS

1995 Reviewer, Review panel for program grants submitted to the Early Head Start Grant Program, Head

Start Bureau, Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, DHHS

1995- Reviewer, Review panel for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Office of Special Education

and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, Washington, D.C.

1995 Reviewer, Review panel for MONTS, Montana University System for the Development of Montana’s Research

Potential, National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research,

Washington, D.C.

1995- Reviewer, Review panel for the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Department of Health and Human

Services, Washington, D.C.Reviewer, Review Panel for Head Start Annual Research Conference

1992 Reviewer, Review panel for grants submitted to the Coordinated Discretionary Funds Program,

Administration for Children, Youth and Families, DHHS

1988 Member Special Grant Review Group of the ADAMHAPlanning Committee for the International Conference on Infant Studies, Los Angeles, CA

University/Hospital Committees

1995, 2004,

2006, 2007 Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion Review, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric

Institute, UCLA

1996, 2000,

2005 Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion Review, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

2001, 2003 Child Psychology Training, Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment, In preparation for APA Accreditation Review, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

2001- Neuropsychiatric and Behavioral Health Services, Board of Directors, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

2000- Continuous Quality Improvement Committee, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLADevelopmental Disabilities Advisory Board, UCLA School of Medicine, UCLA

2000-2001 Child Division Clinical Futures Committee, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1998- Managed Care and Contracting Committee, Standing Committee of the Board of Directors, Neuropsychiatric and Behavioral Health Sciences, UCLA

1997 Chair, Assessment of Patients, Review of JCAHO Standards, JCAHO Preparation Team, Department

of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1995-1996 Child Psychology Training, Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment in preparation for APA accreditation review Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1995-1998 Executive Committee, Biomedical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1994-1995 Brief Hospitalization Planning Committee, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1995- Child Psychiatry Fellowship Training Committee, Advisory Member, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1994-1995 Child Psychiatry Fellowship Training Committee, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1994- Professional Education and Clinical Services Committee, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1994-1995 Curriculum Revision Committee, Child Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1994-1995 Continuous Quality Improvement Committee, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1992- Quality Management and Peer Review Committee, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

19812000 Child Inpatient Administrative Committee, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1981 Administrative Committee, Ward 5West, Child Inpatient Service, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1981- Training Committee, Division of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

19812002 Administrative Committee, Division of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

Research Committees

2000- Member, Mental Retardation Research Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1997-2003 Member, Collaborative Alcohol Research Center, Charles R. Drew University School of Medicine &

Science, Los Angeles, CA

1996-2000 5 West Clinical Practices and Research Group, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

19811984 Investigator, Clinical Research Center for the Study of Childhood Psychosis, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLAAffiliate, UCLA Alcohol Center, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

Consultation and Other Professional Services

19771981 Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology, Psychological assessment and parent counseling of families with children on total parenteral nutrition, Marvin Ament, M.D., Department of Pe diatrics, UCLA

19791982 Consultant, Dubnoff Center for Child Development and Educational Therapy

1982- Paneled Psychologist California Children’s Services

1982-1985 Division of Genetics, Psychological assessment and counseling of families with children having

metabolic disorders, Stephen Cederbaum, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, UCLA

19821985 UCLA Newborn Screening Program, Center for Genetic and Metabolic Diseases,

Department of Pediatrics, UCLA

19841990 Advisor, UCLA grant to study Chronically Ill Children, Department of Pediatrics, UCLA 1986 Consultant, Infant Twin Study Institute of Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado

1987- Consultant, National Council on Alcoholism, Los Angeles County

2003 Expert Testimony, Town Hall Meeting on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration. Los Angeles, CA. Legislative Briefing on FASD, California State Legislature, Sacramento CA.Consultant, Los Angeles County Department of Mental HealthConsultant, Ventura County Department of Public Health

2006-2007 Consultant, Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Women of Child Bearing Age, NOFAS and Science Media, Inc. San Diego, CA

2006-2007 Advisor, Standards of Care Manual for Professionals Working with Alcohol-Affected Children and Adults, Grant awarded by the Spray Foundation to the Fetal Alcohol Center at the Marcus Institute, Atlanta, GA

Consultation to the Media

1993 Interviewed on NBC Television News on the suitability of Jurassic Park for viewing by young children

1995 Consultant to Kathy Kelleher on positive reinforcement of children, Los Angeles Times

1995 Consultant to Conrad Theodore on What do Kids Call Adult Friends, Parenting Magazine

1996 Interviewed on NBC Television News on violent behavior in young children

1996 Consultant to Kathy Kelleher on childhood play traditions, Los Angeles Times

1996 Interviewed by Chris Richard on child moral development California Report, National Public Radio

1996 Consultant to Early Childhood Public Awareness Campaign, International Creative Management,

Inc. and ABC-TV

1996 Consultant to Debra Hotelling on thumbsucking in young children, Los Angeles Times

1997 Consultant to Tracy Johnson on music classes for mothers and infants, Los Angeles Times

1997 Consultant on Early Discipline Techniques for Preschoolers, Better Health for Today’s Family,

UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute publication

1997 Interviewed by John Littman on Computers and Kids, Los Angeles Times Magazine

1998 Consultation to Barbara Burgower for Article Loosing Baby Teeth, Parent Magazine

1998 Consultant to Marnell Jameson for article And Baby Makes Too Many, Fit Pregnancy Magazine

1998 Consultant to Kathy Kelleher for article on selecting preschools, Los Angeles Magazine

1998 Consultant to Eileen Zimmerman for article Separation Anxiety in Preschoolers, Parenting Magazine

1999 Consultant to Eileen Zimmerman for article Limiting the No Word, Parenting MagazineConsultant to Eileen Zimmerman for article Childhood fears in two-year-olds, Parenting Magazine

2005 Consultant to Andrea Corrion for article on Drinking during pregnancy in Latinas, Hoy Newspaper

Community Service

1978 Health Advisory Board, Los Angeles Children's Museum

19831984 Crime Prevention for the Elderly, West Los Angeles Police Department and the Junior League of

Los Angeles

1987 Discussant, Dobson Series on Child Rearing, Saint Paul the Apostle Church Los Angeles

1989-1997 Board of Directors, St Paul the Apostle School Foundation

1990-2000 Loyola High School Mothers’ Guild, Loyola High School

1992-1994 Steering Committee, Heritage and Promise Campaign, Wake Forest University

RESEARCH GRANTS:

2007-2012 Co Principal Investigator, NIAAA. Neighborhood Alcohol and HIV Prevention in South African Townships. (Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, PI) Funding $5,860,375.

2007-2012 Investigator, NIAAA. Mapping the Brain, the Face, and Neurocognitive Function in FASD. (Elizabeth Sowell, PI) Funding $336,200.

2006-2008 Principal Investigator, California Department of Developmental Services ALL/33561: Lanterman Psychology Training Program. Funding $250,000.

2005-2009 Principal Investigator, CDC U01DD000041:Interventions for Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Transitioning Science to Community Projects. Funding $1,199,845.

2005-2008 Co-Principal Investigator, CDC U84/CCU925033: Health care providers knowledge and practices related to FAS and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure. (Margaret Stuber, PI) Funding $890,370.

2004-2009 Investigator, NIDA 1RO1DAO17830: Longitudinal MRI in Prenatal Methamphetamine or Alcohol Exposure. (Elizabeth Sowell, PI) Funding $3,080,532.

2002-2005 Sponsor, NIAAA AA13775: Neurocognitive Status and Social Skills in FAS and ARND. (Amy Schonfeld, PI). Funding $112,368.

2000-2006 Principal Investigator, California Department of Developmental Services ALL/33561: Lanterman Psychology Training Program. Funding $750,000.

2002-2006 Investigator, NIDA R21DAO15878: Analyzing Functional and Structural MRI in FAS Children. (Elizabeth Sowell, PI) Funding $457,500.

2002-2005 Co-Principal Investigator, CDC MM-0263-03-03: Medical-Allied Health Education on Fetal Alcohol Exposure. (Margaret Stuber, PI). Funding $748,932.

2001-2005 Principal Investigator, CDC U84CCU920158: Assisting Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure

in Developing Peer Friendships. Funding $1,215,473.

1999-2004 Principal Investigator, NIAAA 1RO1-AA12480: Preventing Alcohol Use in Pregnant Women Utilizing WIC. Funding $905,413.

1997-1999 Project Principal Investigator, NIAAA R03 MH63836: Socioemotional Development of Children

Exposed to Alcohol Prenatally. Pilot Project ($130,000, 10/1/97 to 09/30/99)

Collaborative Alcohol Research Center, Charles Drew University School of Medicine and Science,

(Eric Bing, Center PI). Center Grant $2,960,760.

19811983 Principal Investigator, UCLA Biomedical Research Support Grant: Infant Development and Maternal Alcohol Use. $50,000

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

19771983 Individual lectures, Neurophysiology of Behavior: Fetus, Newborn and Infant, Neuroscience 259,

Pediatrics, UCLA

19791983 Course Instructor, Child Development Ward Rounds, Pediatrics, UCLA

19791990 Individual lectures, Child Development Seminar, Pediatrics, UCLA

1981-1996 Course Instructor, Child Behavioral Medicine Rounds, Psychiatry 407, UCLA

1981 Course Instructor Treatment Planning, 5West (ABC Program 2005-), Psychiatry 416, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1981 Course Instructor, Child Case Conference, Psychiatry 425, 5West (ABC Program 2005-), Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1981 Individual Case Supervisor, Psychiatry 403, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

19841990 Course Instructor, Issues in Severe Psychopathology in Children, Psychiatry 470, Department of

Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1986- Individual lectures, Psychology Interns Seminar, Psychiatry 236, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1985-2000 Individual lectures, Psychological Aspects of Mental Retardation, Psychiatry M246, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1991- Course Instructor, Evaluation of Infant and Preschool Children, Psychiatry 488, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

Individual lectures, Introduction to Normal Development and Family and Child Psychotherapeutic

Approaches, Psychiatry 253, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

1997- Course Instructor, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Related Disorders, Psychiatry 478, Department of

Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

Advisor/Preceptor, Psychiatry 499, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

2000- Undergraduate Research Programs, Psychology SRP/194-196/199/M181A/B, Department of Psychology, UCLA

2002-2005 Course Instructor, Mental Retardation and Chronic Illness, Interdisciplinary Core Curriculum, Psychiatry 243A, B, C, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

2004- Individual lectures, Clinical Child Psychopathology and Psychopharmacology, Psychiatry 256, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

Supervision and Mentoring

19771985 Research supervision of Pediatric Fellows participating in the William T. Grant Residency Training Program in Behavioral Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, UCLA Supervision of Clinical Psychology Interns and Child Psychiatry Fellows in Case Management,

Psychodiagnostic Assessment, and Child Psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric

Institute, UCLA

1998- Child Psychiatry Fellow Mentoring, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA Faculty Mentor, Developmental Disabilities Emersion Program, UCLA Department of Psychology

2000- Faculty Mentor, Psychology 194/196/Student Research Program, UCLA Department of Psychology

2002- 2005 Faculty Sponsor, NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric

Institute, UCLA

2002 Faculty Mentor, Student Summer Research Program, UCLA Graduate Division

2003 Faculty Mentor, Medical Student Research Program, American Pediatric Society, Society for

Pediatric Research, UCLA School of Medicine

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS:

Peer Reviewed

Sigman, M., Kopp, C.B., and O’CONNOR, M.J. Object exploration and sensory motor schemes. Symposium: Infant's use of objects. Presented at the Western Psychological Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA., 1974.

Kopp, C.B., O’CONNOR, M.J., Sigman, M., Parmelee, A.H., and Marcy, T.G. Early cognitive development of preterm and fullterm infants: Component structure of sensorymotor and developmental examinations. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research and Child Develop ment, Denver, CO., April 1975.

O’CONNOR, M.J., Cummings, E.M., and Jeffrey, W.E. The acquisition of infant recognition memory for the components of a visual stimulus. Presented at the Western Psychological Association Meeting, Sacramento, CA., August 1975.

Goodman, G., and O’CONNOR, M.J. Backward habituation curves as a function of repeated auditory stimulation. Presented at the American Psychological Association Meeting, Washington, D.C., September 1976.

O’CONNOR, M.J. Cardiac variability and response to stimulus discrepancy in fourmonthold infants. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research and Child Development, New Orleans, LA., March 1977.

O’CONNOR, M.J. Response to stimulus discrepancy and mental ability in preterm infants. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research and Child Development, New Orleans, LA., March 1977.

Teplin, S., Howard, J., and O’CONNOR, M.J. Selfesteem in physically handicapped young children. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago, Il., October 1978.

O’CONNOR, M.J., Gates, B., and Clark, S.V. Assessment and thera peutic play with chronically hospitalized infants. Presented at the Fourteenth Annual Conference for the Association

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