Work:
UCLA
- UCLA Semel Institute, Department of Psychiatry & BIobehavioral Sciences, since 1982
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Professor
Education:
Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Interests:
Development of language and thinking in children
Childhood psychosis and epilepsy
Brain, behavior, and development in children
Honor & Awards:
American Epilepsy Society Rebecca Goldberg-Kaufman Ethical Neuropsychiatry Award, 2011
Distinguished Educator Award, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, 2007
Distinguished Research Mentor, Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2003
Shire Award, Epilepsy Foundation of America, 2003
AADPRT/Wyeth IMG National Mentor Award, 2000
Alexander Gralnick Award for outstanding contributions to research and clinical application of the understanding and treatment of schizophrenia in children and adolescents, American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children1997.
Outstanding House Staff Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, 1996.
Stanley Foundation Research Award, 1993.
olunteer of the Year Award 1991/1992, Los Angeles Chapter of the Epilepsy Society, 1992
Level I NIMH Research Scientist Development Award, 1985-1990
Research Fellowship Stipend in Child Psychiatry, Joint Distribution Committee, Israel, 1979-1981