Elisabeth Dykens, PhD

A. Positions and Honors

Positions and Employment

1984-1985 Predoctoral Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine, Child Study Center, New Haven, CT

1985-1987 Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine, Child Study Center, New Haven, CT

1987-1993 Research Scientist, Yale University School of Medicine, Child Study Center, New Haven, CT

1988-1993 Staff Psychologist, RiverView Hospital for Children, Middletown, CT

1993-1995 Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, Child Study Center, New Haven, CT

1993-1995 Director, Office of Science, Law, and Social Policy; 1995 Special Olympics World Summer Games

1995-1997 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California at Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute

1997-2003 Associate Director for Research, UCLA Tarjan Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities

1997-2000 Associate Professor-in-Residence, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Child Psychiatry

1999-2003 Associate Director for Education and Training, UCLA Mental Retardation Research Center

2001-2003 Professor-in-Residence, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Child Psychiatry

2003-pres Professor, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University

•2003-2004 Deputy Director, John F. Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University

2004-pres Associate Director, John F. Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University

Memberships

Executive Committee, NICHD Gatlinburg Conference on Research in Mental Retardation; Research Committee, Special Olympics International; Scientific Advisory Board, Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA); Professional Advisory Committee, 5p- Society (Cri-du-Chat syndrome); Science Board of PRISMS: Parents and Researchers Interested in Smith-Magenis Syndrome; Member at Large American Psychological Association Division 33; Member National Research Council Committee on Disability Determination for Mental Retardation; American Academy on Mental Retardation; American Association on Mental Retardation; International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities; Associate Editor, American Journal of Mental Retardation; License to practice psychology in California, pending in TN

Honors and Awards

Phi Beta Kappa; Magna Cum Laude; Sigma Xi Scientific Society; Sara Williston Honorary Scholar; Mary Lyon Scholar in Psychology; University of Kansas Fellowship

B. Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications (from over 120)

Dykens, E. M. (2000). Obsessive-compulsive and other maladaptive features in Prader-Willi syndrome. The Endocrinologist, 10, 24S-26S.

Dykens, E. M. (2000) Psychopathology in children with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41, 407-417.

Dykens, E. M., Hodapp, R. M., & Finucane, B. M. (2000). Genetics and mental retardation syndromes: A new look at behavior and intervention. Baltimore MD: Brookes.

Fidler, D. J., Hodapp, R. M., & Dykens, E. M. (2000). Stress in families of young children with Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, and Smith-Magenis syndrome. Early Education and Development, 11, 395-406.

State, M. W., & Dykens, E. M. (2000). Prader?Willi syndrome: Genes, brain, and behavior. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 797-800.

Dykens, E. M. (2000). Contaminated and odd foods: What do people with Prader-Willi syndrome choose, Mental Retardation, 38, 163-171.

Cassidy, S. B., Dykens, E. M., & Williams, C. A. (2001). Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes: Sister imprinted disorders. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 97, 136-146.

Dykens, E. M. (2001). Guest editor of special issue on behavioral phenotypes in genetic syndromes. American Journal on Mental Retardation.

Dykens, E. M., & Hodapp, R. M. (2001). Research in mental retardation: Toward an etiologic approach. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42, 49-71.

Dykens, E. M., Rosner, B. A., & Ly, T (2001). Drawings by individuals with Williams syndrome: Are people different from shapes, American Journal on Mental Retardation, 106, 94-107.

Hodapp, R. M., & Dykens, E. M. (2001). Strengthening behavioral research on genetic mental retardation syndromes. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 106, 4-15.

Dykens, E. M. (2002). Are jigsaw puzzle skills "spared" in people with Prader-Willi syndrome, Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, 43, 343-352.

Dykens, E. M., Shah, B., Sagun, J., Beck, T., & King, B. H. (2002). Maladaptive behavior in persons with Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 46, 484-492.

Fidler, D. J., Hodapp, R. M., & Dykens, E. M. (2002). Educational experiences of children with Down syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, and Williams syndrome. Journal of Special Education, 36, 80-88.

Volkmar, F. & Dykens, E. M (2002). Mental retardation. In M. Rutter & E. Taylor (Eds.), Child and adolescent psychiatry: Modern approaches (4^th ed., pp. 697-710). Oxford, U.K.:Blackwell Science.

Dykens, E. M., & Cassidy, S. B. (2003). Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes: Cognitive and behavioral phenotypes (pp. 133-158). In G. S. Fisch (Ed.), Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders. NJ: Humana Press.

Dykens, E. M., & Shah, B. (2003). Psychiatric disorders in Prader-Willi syndrome: Epidemiology and management. CNS Drugs, 17, 167-178.

Dykens, E. M. (2003). The Williams syndrome behavioral phenotype: The "whole person" is missing. Current Opinions in Psychiatry, 16, 523-528.

Dykens, E.M. (2003). Anxiety, fears, and phobias in persons with Williams syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology, 23, 291-316.

Dykens, E. M. (2004). Maladaptive and compulsive behavior in Prader-Willi syndrome: New insights from older adults. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 109(2), 142-153.

Dykens, E. M., Sutcliffe, J. S., & Levitt, P. (2004). Contrasting autism and 15q11-q13 disorders: Behavioral, genetic, and pathophysiological issues. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disability Research Reviews, 10, 284-291.

Geshwind, D. H., & Dykens, E. M. (2004). Neurobehavioral and psychosocial issues in Klinefelter syndrome. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 19, 166-173.

Rosner, B. A., Hodapp, R. M., Fidler, D. J., Sagun, J. N., & Dykens, E. M. (2004). Social competence in persons with Prader-Willi, Williams and Down syndromes. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17, 209-217.

Frankland, P. W., Wang, Y., Rosner, B., Shimizu, T., Balleine, B. W., Dykens, E. M., Ornitz, E. M., Silva, A. J. (2004). Sensory-gating and abnormalities in young males with fragile X syndrome and Fmr1-Knockout mice. Molecular Psychiatry, 9, 417-425.

Dykens, E. M., & Rosner, B. A. (in press). Psychopathology in persons with Williams syndrome. In C. A. Morris, P. P Wang, & H. M Lenoff (Eds.), William-Beuren syndrome: Research and clinical perspectives. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Dykens, E. M. (in press). Happiness, well-being, and character strengths: Outcomes for families and siblings of persons with mental retardation. Mental Retardation.

Dykens, E. M. (in press). Toward a positive psychology of mental retardation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

Dykens, E. M., Rosner, B, Ly, T., & Sagun, J. (in press). Music and anxiety in Williams Syndrome: A harmonious or discordant relationship, American Journal of Mental Retardation.