Marian Elizabeth Williams, Ph.D.Curriculum Vitae

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CURRICULUM VITAE

  1. Personal Information:

NameMarian Elizabeth Williams, Ph.D.

Business AddressUSC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

4650 Sunset Blvd., Mailstop #53

Los Angeles, CA 90027-0980

Business Phone(323) 361-8525

Business Fax(323) 361-8305

E-Mail

  1. Education:

High SchoolAlbuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, Honor: English Department Award, 1978

CollegeWilliams College, Williamstown, MA, B.A., Psychology and English with Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1982

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology (APA accredited program), Honors: Psychology Department Book Award, Dissertation Award, 1990

InternshipHathaway Children’s Services (APA-accredited program,

Child Clinical Psychology), Sylmar, CA, September, 1989 – August, 1990

FellowshipDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, (Pediatric Neuropsychology), September, 1990 – August, 1991

LeadershipUCEDD Leadership Institute, Association of University Centers on Disability, University of Delaware, June 2012

Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) program, Maternal and Child Health Advanced Trainee, September, 2004 - May 2005.

LicensureLicensed Psychologist #PSY12787

California, 1992

  1. Professional Background:

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Dept of Pediatrics, Los Angeles, CA 2014 – present

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics,University of Southern California, Keck

School of Medicine, Dept of Pediatrics, Los Angeles, CA, 2006 – 2014

Clinical Assistant Professor,University of Southern California, Dept of Psychology,

2008 - present

Visiting Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics,University of Southern California,

Keck School of Medicine, Dept of Pediatrics, Los Angeles, CA, 2004 – 2006

Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Dept of Psychology,

1992 – 1999

Clinical Administrative Appointments

Director, Pediatric Neuropsychology Research Program, Maternal Child Immunology

Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1991 – 1994

Assessment Coordinator, UCLA Psychology Clinic, University of California, Los

Angeles,1991 – 1996

Director of Training (1997 – 1999); Assistant Director of Training (1996 – 1997),

Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center, Culver City, CA

Executive Vice President, Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center, Culver

City, CA,1999 – 2003

Director, the CHILD Center, USC University Center for Excellence in

Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 2007 – 2009

Program Area Lead, Early Childhood Mental Health Programs, USC UCEDD at

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles,2003 – 2007 and 2009 – present

Specific Teaching Responsibilities

Teaching assistant, Personality Psychology (undergraduate), University of

Southern California, Department of Psychology, 1987

Teaching assistant, Honors Seminar in Abnormal Psychology (undergraduate),

University of Southern California, Department of Psychology, 1988

Lecturer, Introduction to Personal Counseling Techniques (undergraduate),

University of Southern California, Department of Psychology, 1988

Coordinator, Pediatric HIV/AIDS Training Series, University of California, Los Angeles,

Department of Pediatrics, 1993 – 1994

Coordinator, Psychological Assessment Training and Supervision, University of California,Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, 1991 - 1996

Psychology Training Director; Psychology Intern Seminar Series, Didi Hirsch

Community Mental Health Center, 1996 – 1999

Coordinator, Staff Continuing Education Training Series, Didi Hirsch Community MentalHealth Center, 1996 – 1999

Coordinator, Professional Issues Seminar Series, Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center, 2002 – 2003

Coordinator, Management Training Series, Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center,1999 - 2003

Coordinator, Early Childhood Seminar Series for Psychology Interns, Children’s Hospital LosAngeles, 2003 – 2007

Psychology Education and Consultation for Pediatric Residents in Continuity

Care Clinic, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles/USC Keck School of Medicine, 2004 – 2005

Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND), USC UCEDD

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 2004 - present

Psych 660: Advanced Seminar in Child Clinical Psychology, (graduate),

University of Southern California, Department of Psychology, 2005

Psych 660: Mental Health Systems of Care (graduate), University of Southern

California, Department of Psychology, 2007

Preventive Medicine 583: Foundations of Early Childhood Mental Health

(graduate), University of Southern California, MPH Program in Preventive Medicine, 2007

Coordinator, Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders, annual seminar series, USC UCEDD, 2008 – present

Coordinator, Autism Fellow Team series, Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, USC UCEDD, 2008 – present

Psych 619: Psychological Intervention (graduate), University of Southern

California, Department of Psychology, 2008 and 2009

Coordinator, Research certification in Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale (ADOS), annual seminar series, USC UCEDD, 2010 – present

Psych 660: Advanced Seminar in Child Therapy Interventions (graduate),

University of Southern California, Department of Psychology, 2011

Coordinator, Advanced Fellows Seminar Series in Reflective Supervision, USC UCEDD, 2012 – 2013

Psych 660: Advanced Seminar in Child Therapy Interventions (graduate), University of Southern California, Department of Psychology, 2013

Reflective Practice Facilitation for Supervisors in Birth to Five Mental Health, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Fall, 2014

Other

Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California,

Los Angeles, CA,1985 – 1990

Staff Researcher, Infant Studies Project, Department of Pediatrics, University of

California, Los Angeles,1991 – 1993

  1. Society Memberships:

American Psychological Association, 1990 – present

Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, 2007 – present

Infant Development Association, 2008 – present

  1. Service:

Professional Organizations:

National/International:

Accreditation Site Visitor, American Psychological Association, 1997, 1999, 2003

Local:

President-Elect, California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies, 2002 – 2003

Board Member-at-Large, California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies, 1999 – 2002

University/CHLA Committees:

Division Strategic Planning Steering Committee, 2014

Grants Reviewer, USC Clinical Translational Science Institute (SC-CTSI), 2012, 2013

Reviewer, Grants Review Committee, USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 2007 – present

Family Therapy Taskforce, USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 2006.

Government Activities:

Member, Infancy, Childhood, and Relationship Enrichment (ICARE) Steering committee, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, 2014 – present
Representative from California Coalition of Community Mental Health Agencies,California Department of Mental Health Quality Improvement Committee, 2002 – 2003

Representative from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on the Infancy, Childhood, and Relationship Enrichment (ICARE) committee, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, 2003 – 2007

Representative from the Association of Community Human Service Agencies on the Clinical Policy Committee, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, 2001 – 2002

Representative from the Association of Community Human Service Agencies on the Indigent Care Task Force, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, 2002

Representative from Didi Hirsch on the Fee-for-service Hospital Linkage Subcommittee for Service Area 5, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, 2001

Journal Reviews:

Behavior Research Methods, 2012

Children and Youth Services Review, 2013

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2010

Infant Behavior and Development, 2011

Infant, Child, and Adolescent Nutrition, 2012

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 2008, 2011, 2012

Journal of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Social Work in Healthcare, 2013

Community Service:

Representative from Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center, Westside Shelter and Hunger Coalition, 2001 – 2003

Other:

Sessions Chaired

Women and children with HIV workshop, AIDS Researchers and Community BasedOrganizations: Toward a Collaborative Partnership, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Immunology and Disease (CIRID) at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1992. (with Rosen D & Szeles S)

1st Annual UCEDD/Behavioral Health Scholars Day, USC UCEDD at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, August 2013.

Consultantships

Psychology Consultant, Los Angeles Pediatric AIDS Network, Los Angeles, CA, 1992 – 1996

  1. Research Activities:

Major Areas of Research Interest:

Autism/Developmental Disabilities:

  • Assessment and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders
  • Autism spectrum disorders in ethnic minority groups
  • Assessment and development of bilingual children
  • Novel interventions for children with autism
  • Access to mental health and developmental disability services
  • Strategies for interdisciplinary training

Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health

  • Psychological and interdisciplinary assessment of young children
  • Infant/early childhood mental health
  • Empirically supported mental health treatments

Research in Progress:

  • Screening young children for autism in community settings
  • Training of infant mental health professionals
  • Development of autism in infants with tuberous sclerosis complex
  • Evaluation of the Early Childhood Interdisciplinary Assessment Clinic
  • Recruitment of Latino families for autism research
  • Services for children with autism and vision impairments
  • Improving dental care for children with autism
  • Uses of technology in assessment and intervention for autism spectrum disorders
  • Adaptation of psychological treatments for children with developmental disabilities

Current Grants:

  1. Mental Health Services Act Full Service Partnership, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, PI, 2006 – present. $758,250 annually

Designed and developed model program for intensive mental health services for children (% effort varies by year)

  1. Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities #8227–TGF006943-00, MCHB, Autism Training Coordinator, 2011 – 2015

(PI: Vanderbilt) Developed enhanced interdisciplinary training program in autism spectrum disorders (15% effort) $3,254,000 (total direct costs)

  1. Early Biomarkers of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Infants with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Autism Centers of Excellence, NIH/NINDS,RO1 HD073980-01, Co-Investigator (PI for CHLA), 2012 – 2017

(PIs: Sahin & Krueger) (10% effort)

$8,909,167 (total direct costs)

$357,562 (CHLA subcontract)

  1. Child-Parent Psychotherapy Infant Mental Health Services

Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, PI, 2013 – 2014 $20,000 (total)

  1. Training and Technical Assistance to Community-Based Agencies in Underserved CommunitiesProviding Early Identification of Autism and other DD and Linkage to Services, First 5 LA, Principal Investigator, 2014 – 2017

(20% effort)

$400,000 (total)

  1. Birth to Five Core Training Series, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Principal Investigator, 2014 – 2015

(10% effort)

$59,615 (total)

Grants Submitted, Under Review:

  1. Cermak (PI): Sensory Adapted Dental Environments (NIH/NIDCR), My role: Co-Investigator (submitted June 2014)

Completed Grants:

  1. Development of the Social Problem Solving Inventory, National Institute of Health, Biomedical Grant, Co-PI, 1990.

Developed and evaluated new measure for assessing children’s social skills (50% effort)

$1000 (total)

  1. Neurodevelopmental assessment, #MCH-Po9001-01-1, Maternal Child Health Bureau, Co-PI, 1992-1993.

Developed assessment protocol for infants with HIV for the Los Angeles Pediatric AIDS Network (20% effort)

$12,000 (total)

  1. Model Program for Neuropsychological Assessment Services inPediatric HIV, SHARE Foundation, PI, 1993.

Developed protocol for neuropsychological assessment of women and children with HIV to complement medical trials studies (20% effort)

$15,000 (total)

  1. AB34 Program for Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals Involved with the Criminal Justice System, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, PI, 1999Designed model mental health program for homeless mentally ill adults (15% effort)

$400,000 (total)

  1. Integrative Service System for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, #DMH-02285, SAMHSA, Clinical Director and Evaluation Liaison, 2005-2011.

(PI: Poulsen) Coordinate efforts of the research/evaluation team to collect clinical data at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (% effort varied by year)

$9,300,000 (total)

  1. LEND Enhancement in Autism Program, #2T73MC0008 enhancement, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Autism Training Coordinator, 2008 - 2011

(PI: Baer) Developed enhanced interdisciplinary training program in autism spectrum disorders (20% effort)

$900,000 (total)

  1. Robotics and Speech Processing Technology for the Facilitation of Social Communication Training in Children with Autism, #8029-RGN004929,Autism Speaks, Co-PI, 2008-2010

Developed novel technologies for evaluating social communication in autism (13% effort)

$100,000 (total)

  1. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Social Robotics for Enhancing Therapy with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder,USC Clinical Translational Science Institute, Co-PI, 2008 – 2009

Evaluated novel technologies for encouraging social interactions in children with autism (10% in-kind effort)

$50,000 (total)

  1. The MET Signaling System, Autism and Gastrointestinal Dysfunction, 1R21HD065289-01,NIH/NICHD, Psychologist, 2009 – 2011

(PI: Levitt) Genetic study of autism and gastrointestinal dysfunction (10% effort)

$570,222 (total)

  1. Autism in Urban Context: Linking Heterogeneity with Health and Service Disparities, #5R01 MH089474,NIMH, Co-PI, 2009 – 2011

(PI: Solomon) Ethnographic studies of African-American families with a child with autism (10% effort)

$1,248,025 (total)

  1. Assessment of Autism in Children with Vision Impairment, #8039-RCY006626-00, Drown Foundation, Co-PI, 2010-2011

(PI: Borchert) Development of assessment tools for assessing autism in children with vision impairment (4% effort)

$13,500 (total)

  1. Expanding Cross Cultural and Evidence-Based Competencies in Interdisciplinary Psychology Training, #1D40HP19641-01-00, DHHS/HRSA, Evidenced Based Practice Coordinator, 2010–2013

(PI: Sherer) Development and evaluation of enhanced graduate training for psychologists (10% effort)

$570,000 (total)

  1. Sensory Adapted Dental Environments to Enhance Oral Care for Children with ASD, NIH/NIDCR, R34 H50978, Co-Investigator, 2011 – 2013.

(PI: Cermak) Development of sensory adaptations to enhance oral care for children with ASD (5% effort)

$700,000 (total direct costs)

$468,848 (CHLA subcontract)

  1. Invited Lectures

State:

Pediatric HIV infection, Women and HIV Conference, University of California, Irvine, CA, 1992.

Improving access to mental health services: Reducing the wait for child treatment, Access Improvement Project, San Francisco Behavioral Health, San Francisco, CA, 2003.

Case studies in vendor selection and software implementation: Best practices and lessons learned, California Mental Health Information Management Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2003.

Collaborative approaches to feeding interventions, Center for Learning and Development, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA, 2006 (with J Turman & A Harris).

Partnerships and resources in delivering services to families experiencing neglect, abuse, poverty, or addiction, Early Start Skillbuilder, Los Angeles, CA, December 18, 2006 (with S Ambrose).

Partnerships and resources in delivering services to families experiencing neglect, abuse, poverty or addiction, Early Start Statewide Institute, Burbank, CA, 2007.

Working with families under stress, Early Start Skillbuilder, Oakland, CA, March 11, 2008, (with S Ambrose).

Building pathways to early identification and intervention for children with developmental challenges in underserved communities (Panel presentation), Help Group Summit, Los Angeles, CA, 2008.

Families at risk for abuse and neglect: Implications and strategies. Early Start Institute, Garden Grove, CA, March 18, 2009 (with S Ambrose).

Families at-risk for abuse and neglect: Implications and strategies. Early Start Institute, Redondo Beach, CA, November, 2009, (with S Ambrose).

Behavioral strategies for young children to increase independence and engagement in therapy. Sykes Symposium on Pediatric Physical Therapy, Health, and Development. Los Angeles, CA, March, 2012.

Local:

Working with children anticipating/experiencing loss of parent or sibling, When More than the Law is Required, Public Counsel: Children’s Rights Project, Los Angeles, CA, 1994.

Developmental functioning of children with HIV, Voices with Choices conference, Los Angeles Pediatric AIDS Network, Los Angeles, CA, 1994.

Improving access to mental health services, Program Directors meeting, Association of Community Human Service Agencies, Los Angeles, CA, 2001.

Bonding and attachment, Grand Rounds, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2005.

Mental health systems, Children with Special Healthcare Needs course, University of California, Los Angeles, November 3, 2005.

Mental health interventions in early childhood. Behavioral Medicine Rounds, LA County – USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2006.

Project ABC, Department of Children and Family Services, Los Angeles, CA, July 5, 2007.

Dyadic therapy with young children, School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, September 5, 2007.

System of care for young children, School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, October 2, 2007.

Mental health systems of care, Public Health class, University of California, Los Angeles, November 1, 2007.

Community practices in autism assessment, USC Psychology Department, Los Angeles, CA, April, 2008.

Mental health systems of care for children, Department of Public Health course, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, December 17, 2008.

Developmental assessments and mental health interventions for babies and toddlers, Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, March, 2009.

Diagnosing autism: Cultural considerations, differential diagnosis, and the DSM-5, Interdisciplinary Autism & Developmental Disabilities Lecture Series, California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA, August 25, 2010.

Psychological interventions for children, guest lecture for Psychology 619, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. November 8, 2011, March 12, 2013, March 11, 2014.

Autism spectrum disorders: Considerations for the hearing impaired population, John Tracy Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, June 3, 2014.

Mental Health Diagnosis of Infants and Toddlers: Diagnostic Classification: 0 – 3 Revised (DC: 0 – 3R), Birth to Five Mental Health Core Training Series, Los Angeles, CA. June 5 and 6, 2014; October 27 and 28, 2014.

First Connections: Early identification and linkages to intervention for autism and other developmental disabilities in young children, Early Identification and Intervention Collaborative meeting, Los Angeles, CA, September 19, 2014.

Reflective Practice Facilitation in Infant Mental Health, Los Angeles, CA. October 9 and 10, 2014.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles:

Maternal mental illness, maternal medical problems and attachment, Early Childhood Mental Health Seminar Series, September 23, 2003.

School observations, Psychology Intern Assessment Seminar, January 7, 2004.

Case-based presentation in early childhood, Psychology Intern Seminar Series, March 10, 2004.

Attachment theory and infant mental health, Early Childhood Mental Health Seminar Series, August 4, 2004 (with N Ezra).

Diagnosis of young children, Early Childhood Mental Health Seminar Series, September 1, 2004 (with N Ezra).

Sexual development in young children, Psychology Intern Seminar Series, October 22, 2004.

Helping children sleep, Psychology Intern Seminar Series, February 16, 2005.

Cultural differences and early childhood work, Early Childhood Mental Health Seminar Series, March 9, 2005.

Maternal mental illness, maternal medical problems and attachment, Early Childhood Mental Health Seminar Series, July 8, 2005.

Infant and early childhood mental health and foundations of attachment,Early Childhood Mental Health Seminar Series, August 3 and 10, 2005 (with N Ezra).

Diagnosis of young children, Early Childhood Mental Health Seminar Series, August 31, 2005 (with N Ezra).

Assessment of autistic spectrum disorders in early childhood, September 15, 2005 (with M Poulsen).

Observing children in community settings, Early Childhood Mental Health Seminar Series, October 5, 2005.

Assessing parent-child interactions, Early Childhood Mental Health Seminar Series, November 9, 2005.

Trauma in early childhood, Project Heal Seminar Series, November 30, 2005.

Trauma in early childhood , Early Childhood Mental Health Seminar Series, February 8, 2006.