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Mary O'Connor, PhD
Psychology - Child, Youth & Family
Female
English
Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
PSY6859
(800) 825-9989 Appointments and referral
(310) 825-1458 Office
PhD, UCLA Department of Psychology & Education (MC 156304), 1977
Mary J. O'Connor, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
She is the Director of the UCLA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Clinic and holds a Diplomate in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). She is Training Director for the Lanterman/UCLA Training grant designed to train clinical psychology interns and post doctoral fellows in developmental disabilities.
Dr. O'Connor has been conducting research on the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure for over 15 years, with a focus on the relation between prenatal exposure and socioemotional functioning in children. Dr. O'Connor has worked vigorously to provide training in prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
Most recently, Dr. O'Connor has been involved in developing medical and other allied health education programs for students and professionals in the area of fetal alcohol syndrome and related conditions. Dr. O'Connor has considerable experience in collaborative national initiatives and all of her funded studies are designed with the long-term goal of developing best practice models to train others in the prevention and treatment of prenatal alcohol exposure.
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