AUCD Experts

Robin Hansen, MD

Center:

CA-University of California at Davis, DBP

Contact Information:

916-703-0235

[email protected]

Leadership:

Director
Principal Investigator

Primary Activity Coordinators:

Training Director

Discipline Coordinators:

Pediatrics

Discipline(s):

Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

AUCD Council Membership:

Vita/Bio:

Dr. Hansen is a board-certified developmental behavioral pediatrician with vast experience in treating children with neurodevelopmental disorders as well as in clinical research. She is a Professor of Pediatrics at the UC Davis School of Medicine and the Director of Clinical Programs at the UC Davis MIND Institute. She heads a multidisciplinary clinic that provides diagnostic services, plans/initiates intervention strategies, and works closely with patient families. Her clinical research has focused on children's temperament and its effects on parenting, long-term effects of prenatal drug exposure, gene-environment interactions related to causes and early identification of autism spectrum disorders, and biomedical treatment for neurodevelopmental disorders. She is currently a co-investigator on several grants investigating gene-environment interactions and immune dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders. She is also a governor's appointee to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities.

Service:

Linked Projects

1a CEDD (l-t) Trainees

1b DD Courses and Classes

1c Special Studies Module on DD for medical students

1d Special Studies Program in ASD at UCD Extension

2a-1 Self- and Family-Advocacy

2a-2 Reducing Health Disparities

2b Community training

2c Early Intervention

2e-3 Consumer Internship/ Career Preparation Program

2f Assistive Technology