James McPartland, PhD
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Biography
James C. McPartland, Ph.D., is Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center. He is a licensed child psychologist and Director of the Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic. He is Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Child Study Center and teaches an undergraduate seminar on autism spectrum disorder. Dr. McPartland’s program of research investigates the brain bases of neurodevelopmental conditions to develop biologically-based tools to improve detection and treatment. His research has been continuously supported since 2007 by both federal (NIMH, NICHD, NINDS, NIDCD; R21, R03, K23, R01, U19) and private research grants (NARSAD, the Autism Science Foundation, the Waterloo Foundation, Autism Speaks, the Patterson Trust, the Simons Foundation, the Nancy Taylor Foundation, the Alan B. Slifka Foundation, the Hilibrand Foundation). He is the Principal Investigator of the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials, a US-based effort to identify biomarkers to support intervention research in autism. His contributions to the field have been recognized by multiple awards, including the NARSAD Atherton Young Investigator Award, the International Society for Autism Research Young Investigator Award, the Patterson Trust Clinical Research Award, the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Klerman Prize, and the APA Sara S. Sparrow Early Career Research Award. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science and has published 5 books and over 170 scholarly works on autism and related topics. He has served on the executive boards of the International Society for Autism Research and the APA Division of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities/Autism Spectrum Disorder and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, the Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, and the Encyclopedia of Autism and Related Disorders.
Education & Training
- InternYale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT (2006)
- PhDUniversity of Washington (2005)
- PostdocYale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, Psychology, Autism (2005)
- BAHarvard University (1996)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Fellow | Association for Psychological Science | 2020 |
Fellow | American Psychological Association, Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology | 2019 |
Fellow | American Psychological Association, Division of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder | 2016 |
American Psychological Association Division of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Sara S. Sparrow Early Career Research Award | American Psychological Association | 2014 |
Klerman Prize for Exceptional Clinical Research | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | 2013 |
Patterson Trust Clinical Research Award | Robert E. Leet and Clara Guthrie Patterson Trust | 2013 |
Young Investigator Award | International Society for Autism Research | 2012 |
Atherton Family Investigator | NARSAD | 2010 |
Career Development Award | NIMH | 2010 |
Young Investigator Award | NARSAD | 2009 |
Behavioral Science Track Award for Rapid Transition | NIMH | 2007 |
CTSA Scholar Award | Yale Center for Clinical Investigation | 2007 |
Bolles Fellowship | University of Washington | 2004 |
Gatzert Child Welfare Fellowship | University of Washington | 2004 |
Harvard College Scholarship | Harvard University | 1996 |
Departments & Organizations
- Center for Brain & Mind Health
- Child Study Center
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
- McPartland Lab
- Neural Disorders
- NeuroPET Imaging Program
- Neuroscience Track
- Predoctoral Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychology
- Wu Tsai Institute
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures