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Leonard Abbeduto, Ph.D Leonard Abbeduto, Ph.D. Research/Academic Interests Dr. Abbeduto’s research is focused broadly on the development of language across the lifespan in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and on the family context for language development. Dr. Abbeduto has published more than 200 articles, chapters, reviews, and books on fragile X syndrome, autism, Down syndrome, and child development. His program of research has been funded nearly continuously by NIH since 1985. His current research is focused on understanding variation in language outcomes in various conditions associated with intellectual disability, the measurement of treatment effects in clinical trials, and the use of distance technology to deliver behavioral treatment. He serves as Principal Investigator and Director of the NIH-funded MIND Institute Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC), which provides core support to more than 80 projects and 40 scientists at the UC Davis MIND Institute. He also co-directs the UC Davis Redwood SEED Scholars program, which is a 4-year, residential, inclusive college program for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Title Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Director, UC Davis MIND Institute Specialty Autism, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Psychology Department Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Division Psychiatry Center/Program Affiliation UC Davis MIND Institute Address/Phone UC Davis MIND Institute, 2825 50th St. Sacramento, CA 95817 Additional Phone Phone: 916-703-0234 Clinic Phone: 916-703-0308 Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284) Email [email protected] Education M.A., Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL 1979 Ph.D., Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL 1982 B.A., Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL 1975 Professional Memberships American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities American Psychological Association (APA) American Speech and Hearing Association Society for Research in Child Development Leonard Abbeduto, Ph.D. Trisomy 21 Research Society Honors and Awards Edgar A. Doll Career Research Award, American Psychological Association (Division 33), 2017 Fellow, American Psychological Association (Division 33), 2014 Enid and William Rosen Research Award, National Fragile X Foundation, 2010 Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Wisconsin School of Education, 2008 Charles J. Anderson Professor of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Kellett Mid-Career Research Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008 Fellow, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2000 Vilas Associates Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997, 1998 Emil H. Steiger Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996 Faculty Stewardship Award, UC Davis, 2017 Select Recent Publications Bullard L, Harvey D, Abbeduto L. Exploring the feasibility of collecting multimodal multiperson assessment data via distance in families affected by fragile X syndrome. J Telemed Telecare. 2021 Apr 12:1357633X211003810. doi:10.1177/1357633X211003810. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33840279. Thurman AJ, Potter LA, Kim K, Tassone F, Banasik A, Potter SN, Bullard L, Nguyen V, McDuffie A, Hagerman R, Abbeduto L. Controlled trial of lovastatin combined with an open-label treatment of a parent-implemented language intervention in youth with fragile X syndrome. J Neurodev Disord. 2020 Apr 22;12(1):12. doi:10.1186/s11689-020-09315-4. PMID:32316911. Abbeduto L, Berry-Kravis E, Sterling A, Sherman S, Edgin JO, McDuffie A, Hoffmann A, Hamilton D, Nelson M, Aschkenasy J, Thurman AJ. Expressive language sampling as a source of outcome measures for treatment studies in fragile X syndrome: feasibility, practice effects, test-retest reliability, and construct validity. J Neurodev Disord. 2020 Mar 24;12(1):10. doi:10.1186/s11689- 020-09313-6. Erratum in: J Neurodev Disord. 2020 Apr 2;12(1):11. PMID:32204695. del Hoyo Soriano L, Rosser T, Hamilton D, Wood T, Abbeduto L, Sherman S. Gestational age is related to symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in late-preterm to full-term children and adolescents with Down syndrome. Scientific Reports. 2020;10(1):20345. doi:10.1038 Leonard Abbeduto, Ph.D. /s41598-020-77392-5. Abbeduto L, Thurman AJ, McDuffie A, Klusek J, Feigles RT, Ted Brown W, Harvey DJ, Adayev T, LaFauci G, Dobkins C, Roberts JE. ASD Comorbidity in Fragile X Syndrome: Symptom Profile and Predictors of Symptom Severity in Adolescent and Young Adult Males. J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Mar;49(3):960-977. doi:10.1007/s10803-018-3796-2. PMID:30382442. Conners FA, Tungate AS, Abbeduto L, Merrill EC, Faught GG. Growth and Decline in Language and Phonological Memory Over Two Years Among Adolescents With Down Syndrome. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2018 Mar;123(2):103-118. doi:10.1352/1944-7558-123.2.103. PMID: 29480772. Channell MM, Loveall SJ, Conners FA, Harvey DJ, Abbeduto L. Narrative Language Sampling in Typical Development: Implications for Clinical Trials. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2018 Feb 6;27(1): 123-135. doi:10.1044/2017_AJSLP-17-0046. PMID:29222570. McDuffie A, Banasik A, Bullard L, Nelson S, Feigles RT, Hagerman R, Abbeduto L. Distance delivery of a spoken language intervention for school-aged and adolescent boys with fragile X syndrome. Dev Neurorehabil. 2018 Jan;21(1):48-63. doi:10.1080/17518423.2017.1369189. Epub 2017 Sep 28. PMID:28956679. McDuffie A, Oakes A, Machalicek W, Ma M, Bullard L, Nelson S, Abbeduto L. Early Language Intervention Using Distance Video-Teleconferencing: A Pilot Study of Young Boys With Fragile X Syndrome and Their Mothers. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2016 Feb;25(1):46-66. doi:10.1044 /2015_AJSLP-14-0137. PMID:26502382. Abbeduto L, McDuffie A, Thurman AJ. The fragile X syndrome-autism comorbidity: what do we really know? Front Genet. 2014 Oct 16;5:355. doi:10.3389/fgene.2014.00355. PMID:25360144. Leonard Abbeduto, Ph.D. © 2021 UC Regents Danielle Alexander, M.D. Clinical Interests Dr. Alexander is a general psychiatrist who is also trained in primary care medicine. She provides outpatient mental health services to adults. Title Health Sciences Clinical Professor - Assistant Specialty Psychiatry, Family and Community Medicine Department Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Division General Psychiatry Clinic UC Davis Medical Group, Sacramento - Midtown Address/Phone Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2230 Stockton Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95817 Phone: 916-734-3574 UC Davis Midtown Ambulatory Care Center, UC Davis Medical Group - Midtown, 3160 Folsom Blvd Sacramento, CA 95816 Phone: 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284) Additional Phone Clinic Phone: 916-734-3574 Clinic Phone: 916-731-1830 Clinic Fax: 916-734-0849 Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284) Education M.D., Albany Medical College, Albany NY 2013 M.S., Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington DC 2008 B.S., UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA 2004 Internships Psychiatry and Family Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento CA (1 year) Residency Psychiatry and Family Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento CA (4 years) Board Certifications American Academy of Family Physicians American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Professional Memberships American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) American Balint Society American Psychoanalytic Association Danielle Alexander, M.D. Association of Medicine and Psychiatry Sacramento Psychoanalytic Society San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis © 2021 UC Regents David G. Amaral, Ph.D. Research/Academic Interests Dr. Amaral is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UC Davis. He is also the Beneto Foundation Chair and Research Director of the MIND Institute which is dedicated to studying autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. As Research Director, he coordinates a multidisciplinary analysis of children with autism called the Autism Phenome Project to define clinically significant subtypes of autism. More recently, Dr. Amaral has become Director of Autism BrainNet, a collaborative effort to solicit postmortem brain tissue to facilitate autism research. In April of 2015, Amaral became Editor-in-Chief of Autism Research, the journal of the International Society for Autism Research. In 2016, he was appointed to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Title Director of Research, MIND Institute Distinguished Professor Specialty Neurobiology , Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience Department Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Division Psychiatry Center/Program Affiliation UC Davis MIND Institute Address/Phone UC Davis MIND Institute, 2825 50th St. Sacramento, CA 95817 Additional Phone Phone: 916-703-0237 Phone: 916-703-0225 Fax: 916-703-0287 Email [email protected] Education Ph.D., Neuroscience/Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester NY 1977 B.A., Northwestern University, Evanston IL 1968 Fellowships Neuroanatomy. Washington University, St. Louis MO 1980 Professional Memberships American Association for the Advancement of Science International Society for Autism Research Society for Neuroscience Honors and Awards Appointment to NIH Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, 2015 Elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009 David G. Amaral, Ph.D. University of California, Distinguished Professor, 2009 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award, 2008 Elected President,
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