Catherine Lord (psychologist)
Catherine Lord (born 1950)[1] is an American autism researcher. She is Distinguished Professor-in-Residence at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles; a member of the Scientific Research Council of the Child Mind Institute, and a Senior Research Scientist at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.[2]
She co-developed the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R),[1] which are together considered the "gold standard" in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. In 2010, she was given the APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research.[3]
Career
In 2018, she was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[4][5]
From 2012 to 2018, she was Professor of Psychology at Weill Cornell Medical College.[6]
In 2017, Lord joined[7] Tilray's Medical Advisory Board.
She is also Professor Emerita of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Michigan,[8] where she was formerly the director of the University of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders Center.[9]
Dr. Lord directs The Lord Lab at UCLA, where she serves as the George Tarjan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry in the David Geffen School of Medicine[10] and as a Senior Research Scientist in the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.[11]
References
- ^ a b Raphael A. Bernier; Jennifer Gerdts (2010). Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-59884-334-7.
- ^ "Catherine Lord, PhD". Child Mind Institute. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ "Catherine E. Lord: Award for distinguished professional contributions to applied research". American Psychologist. 65 (8): 812. November 2010. doi:10.1037/a0020889. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Bretscher, Lord elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ "Catherine Lord". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ "Lord, Catherine". vivo.med.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ "Tilray Announces Medical Advisory Board". www.businesswire.com. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
- ^ "Catherine Lord | U-M LSA Department of Psychology". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ Keeping, Juliana (May 15, 2011). "Autism Center at University of Michigan to close as world-renowned founder resigns". The Ann Arbor News. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ "Catherine Lord, Ph.D". semel.ucla.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-10-22.
- ^ "Catherine Lord, PhD". Child Mind Institute. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
