Mary O'Connor
Dr. O'Connor is a child clinical psychologist who has served on the UCLA School of Medicine faculty since joining the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences in 1981. Dr. O'Connor earned her B.A. in psychology at Wake Forest University and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at UCLA. Dr. O'Connor is actively involved in graduate and medical education. She is a recipient of the Deparatment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Outstanding Housestaff Teaching Award. Dr. O'Connor has served on several national panels as an expert in prenatal alcohol exposure. She currently is on the National Task Force for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects, an appointed body that reports directly to Congress.
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760 Westwood Plaza, 68-265A Semel Institute Los Angeles, CA 90095 UNITED STATES |
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Research Interests
| Mary J. O'Connor, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She is the Director of the UCLA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Clinic and holds a Diplomate in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). She is Training Director for the Lanterman/UCLA Training grant designed to train clinical psychology interns and post doctoral fellows in developmental disabilities. Dr. O?Connor has been conducting research on the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure for over 15 years, with a focus on the relation between prenatal exposure and socioemotional functioning in children. Dr. O'Connor has worked vigorously to provide training in prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Most recently, Dr. O'Connor has been involved in developing medical and other allied health education programs for students and professionals in the area of fetal alcohol syndrome and related conditions. Dr. O'Connor has considerable experience in collaborative national initiatives and all of her funded studies are designed with the long-term goal of developing best practice models to train others in the prevention and treatment of prenatal alcohol exposure. |
Courses taught
- *243 ABC Mental Retardation Interdisciplinary Core Curriculum
- 416 - Section 4 Treatment Planning Meetings - Section 4.
- 425 Section 2. Teaching Case Conference - Section 2.
- 478 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Related Disorders
