Paul E. Touchette
Professor, Pediatrics
School of Medicine
School of Medicine
Principal Psychologist, Child Neurology, UCI Medical Center
Ed.D., Harvard University, 1967, Psychology Research
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B.A., Harvard College, 1960, Psychology
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B.A., Harvard College, 1960, Psychology
University of California, Irvine
18 Mendel Court
Mail Code: 4482
Irvine, CA 92617
18 Mendel Court
Mail Code: 4482
Irvine, CA 92617
Research Interests
Behavioral Medicine, Behavior Modification in Public Health, Autism, Developmental Disabilities.
Appointments
Co-Director, Applied Neurobehavioral Research Institute
California Dept of Developmental Services 2000 – 2009
Consultant in Behavior Analysis, 2002 - 2007
Movement Disorders Quantification project
Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School
California Dept of Developmental Services 2000 – 2009
Consultant in Behavior Analysis, 2002 - 2007
Movement Disorders Quantification project
Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School
Research Abstract
Attention measurement, learning measurement, stimulus control, instructional procedure and development evaluation.
Publications
Sandman, C., Touchette, P., Marion, S. & Chicz-Demet, A. The Role of Proopiomelanacortin (POMC) in Sequentially Dependent Self-Injurious Behavior. (2008) Developmental Psychobiology, 50, 680-689.
Kroeker, R., Touchette, P., Engelman, L. and Sandman, C. Quantifying Temporal Distributions of Self-injurious Behavior: Defining Bouts Versus Discrete Events. (2004) American Journal of Mental Retardation, 109, 1-8.
Haier, R.J., Chueh, D., Touchette, P., Lott, I.T., Buchsbaum, M.S., Macmillan, D., Sandman. C., LaCasse, L. and Sosa, E. Brain Size and Cerebral Glucose Metabolic Rate in Non-Specific Mental Retardation and Down Syndrome. (1995) Intelligence, 20, 191-210.
Touchette, P., Douglass, E., Graeff, J., Monoang, I., Mathe, M., and Ware, L. (1994) An Analysis of Home Based Oral Rehydration Therapy in the Kingdom of Lesotho. Journal of Social Science and Medicine, 39, 425-432.
Harrold M; Lutzker JR; Campbell RV; Touchette PE. Improving parent-child interactions for families of children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1992 Jun, 23(2):89-100.
Grants
2006-2011 Emergence of SIB in Individuals with Developmental Delay (NIH) HD 35461
Co-Investigator, (Sandman P.I.) TDC $1,963,503
2000-2007 Behavior Analysis in Developmental Disabilities Research (CA) DDS 97-318
Contract Manager TDC $1,025,000
1998-2003 The Neurobiology and Genetics of Autism (NIH) HD/DC 35458-01A1 Assessment Core Director, (Spence P.I.) TDC $3,645,749
Other Experience
Assistant in Neurology/Psychology
Massachusetts General Hospital 1967—1970
Massachusetts General Hospital 1967—1970
Research Centers
UCI Mental Retardation Research Center
Link to this profile
https://faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=2975
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Last updated
08/30/2018
08/30/2018