Alan Lincoln, PhD

Specialties and Interests

• Developmental Psychopathology
• Psychological Assessment
• Developmental Neuropsychology

Programs and Research Projects

• Center for Autism Research, Evaluation and Service, Inc.
• Childhood Asthma Research Project Continuation Study--NIH sponsored.
• San Diego Center for Children-CSPP Collaborative Research Project: Bordeline Child Psychopathology.
• Quality of Life for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
• Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience: Williams syndrome bridging gene and cognition-NIH sponsored.

Courses Taught

• Foundations of Assessment: Intelligence Testing.
• Clinical Inference for Children.
• Clinical Consultation Group.
• Dissertation Research Seminar.

Selected Publications

• Annett, R.D., Bender, B.G., Lapidus, J, DuHamel, T.R., Lincoln, A.J. Predicting Children"s Quality of Life in a Clinical Trial: What Do Children"s Reports Tell Us? (in press, Pediatrics).
• Annett, R.D., Bender, B.G., Lapidus, J, DuHamel, T.R., Lincoln, A.J. Predicting asthma quality of life: Parent-child correspondence and predicting quality of life outcomes. (in press, Pediatrics).
• Jones, W., Bellugi, U., Lai, Z., Chiles, M., Reilly, J., Lincoln, A., & Adolphs, R. Hypersociability in Williams Syndrome. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 Supplement, 30-46, 2000).
• Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group, et al. (Lincoln, A.J.). Long-term effects of budesonide or nedocromil in children with asthma. The New England Journal of Medicine, 343 (16), 1054-1063, 2000.
• Gonzales, H., Lincoln, A. J., Courchesne, E., & Haas, R. Eyeblink classical conditioning in Autism (Brain, in press).
• Courchesne, E., Karns, C., Davis, H., Ziccardi, R., Carper, R., Tigue, Z., Chisum, H.J., Lord, C., Lincoln, A.J., Pizzo, S., Schriebman, L., Haas, R.H., & Courchesne, R.Y. Unusual growth patterns in cerebrum and cerebellum during early life in patients with autism as quatified by in vivo MRI. (In press, Neurology).
• Lincoln, A.J., Lai, Z., & Jones, W. Shifting attention and joint attention dissociation in Williams Syndrome: Implications for the cerebellum and social deficits in autism. (in press, Neurocase).
• Kuck, J., Lincoln, A.J., & Heaton. Age related changes of intellectual ability in people with autism. (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, in press).

Dissertations Chaired

• Brian Lopez (PhD*)
• David Taylor (PhD*)
• CynDee Ward(PhD*)
• Elise Hanzel (PhD)
• Ellen Hanson (PhD)
• Sherin Sherkit (PsyD)
• Caitlin Alan (PhD)
• Victoria Guitterez (PhD)
• Katrina Boyer (PhD)
• Sandy Shaw (PhD*)
• Rachael Schwartz (PhD)
• Monica Feinberg (PhD)
• Hideo Schimizu (PhD)
• Michele Lindholm (Phd)

Professional Activities

• I continue to be engaged in one day per week of private practice and direct the Center for Autism Research, Evaluation and Service for children with severe developmental disorders.

Professional organizations

• San Diego Psychological Association (Fellow)
• Society for Cognitive Neurosciences (Member)
• American Psychological Association (Member)

Offices and committee memberships

• NIH Small Buisness Innovative Research Scientific Review Committee
• International Meeting for Autism Research: Conference Committee

Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Honors

• PSY7244 (Licensed Psychologist)

Interests and Hobbies

• Softball
• Painting