Biography:Catherine Lord (psychologist)
Catherine Lord (born 1950)[1] is an American psychologist and researcher. She is widely recognized as one of the world's leading experts in autism. She currently serves as a member of the International Advisory Board for The Lancet Psychiatry,[2] as co-chair of the Scientific Research Council of the Child Mind Institute,[3] and as the George Tarjan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Education at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.[4]
Dr. Lord is credited for co-developing the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R),[1] which are together considered the "gold standard" tools for diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Dr. Lord is also known for leading one of the largest and longest-running longitudinal studies of autism and related developmental conditions in modern research. Started in 1990, her longitudinal study of autism has followed a community sample of over 200 individuals, initially referred to community clinics for early autism evaluations as young children, and their families, for nearly 30 years.[5][6] She has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed journal articles and more than 10 books about autism through this study and others.[7]
Career
Dr. Lord received her B.A. in Psychology from UCLA in 1971, and her PhD in Psychology from Harvard in 1976.[8]
From 2012 to 2018, she was professor of psychology at Weill Cornell Medical College.[9]
In 2017, Dr. Lord joined[10] Tilray's Medical Advisory Board.
She is also professor emerita of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Michigan,[11] where she was formerly the director of the University of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders Center.[12]
Dr. Lord currently directs the Lord Lab at UCLA, where she serves as the George Tarjan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry in the David Geffen School of Medicine[13] and as a senior research scientist in the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.[14] There, she is the principal investigator of several studies, including the longitudinal study of autism. She also mentors a small group of PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and clinical trainees.
Awards and honors
Dr. Lord has received a considerable number of awards and recognitions throughout her career.
In 2010, she was awarded the APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research.[15]
In 2011, she received the award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology (Society of Clinical Psychology)[16]
In 2017, she received the Sarnat Prize in Mental Health from the National Academy of Medicine.[17]
In 2018, Dr. Lord was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[18][19][20]
In 2019, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Autism Research.[21]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Raphael A. Bernier; Jennifer Gerdts (2010). Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-59884-334-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=9RrshCudnIAC&pg=PA160.
- ↑ https://www.thelancet.com/lancet/international-advisory-board
- ↑ "Catherine Lord, PhD". https://childmind.org/bio/catherine-lord-phd/.
- ↑ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02433-8/fulltext
- ↑ Lord, C.; McCauley, J. B.; Pepa, L. A.; Huerta, M.; Pickles, A. (2020). "Work, living, and the pursuit of happiness: Vocational and psychosocial outcomes for young adults with autism". Autism : The International Journal of Research and Practice 24 (7): 1691–1703. doi:10.1177/1362361320919246. PMID 32431163.
- ↑ Elias, Rebecca; Lord, Catherine (2022). "Diagnostic stability in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: Insights from a longitudinal follow-up study". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 63 (9): 973–983. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13551. PMID 34890046.
- ↑ "Autism Center at University of Michigan to close as world-renowned founder resigns". https://www.annarbor.com/news/catherine-lord-to-leave-university-of-michigan-autism-center-to-close/.
- ↑ "Catherine Lord, PhD". https://childmind.org/bio/catherine-lord-phd/.
- ↑ "Lord, Catherine". http://vivo.med.cornell.edu/display/cwid-cal2028.
- ↑ "Tilray Announces Medical Advisory Board" (in en). 2017-06-05. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170605005403/en/Tilray-Announces-Medical-Advisory-Board.
- ↑ "Catherine Lord | U-M LSA Department of Psychology". https://lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/emeriti-faculty/celord.html.
- ↑ Keeping, Juliana (May 15, 2011). "Autism Center at University of Michigan to close as world-renowned founder resigns". The Ann Arbor News. http://www.annarbor.com/news/catherine-lord-to-leave-university-of-michigan-autism-center-to-close/.
- ↑ "Catherine Lord, Ph.D". https://www.semel.ucla.edu/autism/team/catherine-lord-phd.
- ↑ "Catherine Lord, PhD" (in en). https://childmind.org/bio/catherine-lord-phd/.
- ↑ "Catherine E. Lord: Award for distinguished professional contributions to applied research". American Psychologist 65 (8): 812–815. November 2010. doi:10.1037/a0020889. PMID 21058792. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2010-22995-038. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ↑ "Catherine Lord, PhD" (in en-us). https://childmind.org/bio/catherine-lord-phd/.
- ↑ "Dr. Catherine Lord Awarded the Sarnat Prize for Mental Health Research" (in en). https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2017/11/dr-catherine-lord-awarded-the-sarnat-prize-for-mental-health-research.
- ↑ "Bretscher, Lord elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences" (in en). http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/04/bretscher-lord-elected-american-academy-arts-and-sciences.
- ↑ "Catherine Lord" (in en). https://www.amacad.org/person/catherine-lord.
- ↑ https://www.autism-insar.org/
- ↑ "Catherine Lord, PhD". https://childmind.org/bio/catherine-lord-phd/.
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