Edited by Randi J. Hagerman, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Endowed Chair in Fragile X Research, Medical Director of the MIND Institute, Sacramento, California, USA, and Robert L. Hendren, Professor and Vice Chair, Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Dr. Randi Hagerman is an expert in the treatment in neurodevelopmental disorders with expertise in targeted treatments that reverse the neurobiological abnormalities associated with a specific disorder. This new age of targeted treatments has led to new interventions which are changing the trajectories of development for many of these children.
Dr. Robert Hendren is a psychiatrist who focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders including autism. His research has spanned a variety of illnesses, from autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to eating and impulse control disorders. In 2001 he became diretor of the MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis. where he developed a strong clinical trials program that has tested many new treatments for autism. Since 2009 as director of child and adolescent psychiatry at UCSF.
Ruhel Boparai, MD
Department of Psychiatry
University of Kentucky
Kentucky, USA
Khyati Brahmbhatt, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute
University of California Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, California, USA
Nicole Bush, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, USA
Petrus J de Vries, MBChB, MRCPsych, PhD
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch
Cape Town, South Africa
Maria Diez-Juan, MS
MIND Institute
University of California at Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
Sant Joan de Déu Hospital
Barcelona, Spain
Coleman Garrett
Department of Psychiatry
San Francisco VA Medical Center
San Francisco, California, USA
Andre Goldani
Medical Student
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre. Brazil
Randi Jenssen Hagerman, MD
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and
Medical Director of the MIND Institute
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, USA
Steven Hamilton, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, USA
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
San Francisco, California, USA
Jay J. Han, MD
Vice Chair and Associate Professor
Director, Neuromuscular Fellowship & Electrodiagnostics Lab
Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, USA
Emma B. Hare BA
MIND Institute and Department of Pediatrics
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, USA
Robert L. Hendren, D.O.
Professor and Vice Chair
Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
San Francisco, California, USA
Walter E. Kaufmann, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology
Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Jacena Leigh, MD
Department of Pediatrics and MIND Institute
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, USA
Daniel Lindqvist, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, USA
Dept. of Psychiatry
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Bethany M. Lipa, MD
Medical Director for Rehabilitation
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Reymundo Lozano, MD
MIND Institute and Department of Pediatrics
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, USA
R. Scott Mackin, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, USA
Synthia H. Mellon, PhD
Department of OB-GYN and Reproductive Endocrinology
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, USA
William C. Mobley, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosciences
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California, USA
Billur Moghaddam, MD
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics, Genetics Division
Sacramento, California, USA
Que T. Nguyen, DO
Neuromuscular Medicine Clinical Fellow
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, USA
Jan Nolta, PhD
Department of Regenerative Medicine
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, USA
Lindsey Partington
Department of Pediatrics and the MIND Institute
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, USA
David Patterson, PhD
Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Denver
Denver, Colorado, USA
Katherine A. Rauen, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics,
University of California San Francisco
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
San Francisco, California, USA
Blake Rawdin, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, USA
Victor I. Reus, MD
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, USA
Aarti Ruparelia
Department of Neurosciences,
University of California, San Diego,
La Jolla, California, USA
Kyle J. Rutledge, PhD
Department of Human and Community Development
University of California, Davis
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute
University of California Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, California, USA
Danielle A. Schlosser, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, USA
Julie B. Schweitzer, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and MIND Institute
University of California Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, California, USA
Daniel C. Tarquinio, MS-CL, DO
Department of Neurology
Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
William E. Tidyman, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, USA
Sophia Vinogradov, MD
San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, USA
Edwin Weeber, PhD
Professor, Director,
Neurobiology of Memory and Learning Laboratory
University of South Florida
Florida, USA
Owen M. Wolkowitz, MD
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, USA
