Research
Marjorie Solomon, Ph.D.
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Principal Investigator B.A., Latin American Studies, Harvard College, 1981 Dr. Solomon is a licensed clinical psychologist and associate professor of clinical psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis School of Medicine. Her work is primarily focused on high functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). She studies and implements school and clinical intervention programs to help children and adolescents with ASDs. Her current research efforts extend to using cognitive neuroscience methods, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), to study cognitive control; learning, motivation, and rewards processing; functional connectivity; and neurodevelopment from early adolescence through young adulthood in individuals affected by ASDs. Click here (PDF) for a list of Dr. Solomon's academic activities. |
Jonathan Beck
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Junior Specialist B.S. Psychology, Minor: Chinese, University of California, Davis, 2010 Jonathan Beck is a Junior Specialist who works in Dr. Marjorie Solomon's neuroimaging lab at the UC Davis MIND Institute and in Dr. Peter Mundy's Social Attention and Virtual Reality Lab at the Center for Mind and Brain. He has extensive experience working with children and young adults. Currently, he coordinates the Recognizing the Autism Advantage in Adolescent Development (RAAAD) study which utilizes fMRI technology to explore the atypicalities in learning and reward processing associated with autism spectrum disorders. He is also a co-leader in the MIND Institute's Social Skills program. He plans to pursue graduate training in clinical psychology in the future. |
Harjot Bhullar, M.D.
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Volunteer M.D., American University of the Carribean, 2012 Harjot Bhullar is a volunteer at The UC Davis MIND Institute. He will be helping Marjorie Solomon as a member of the clinical assessment team working on the Recognizing the Autism Advantage in Adolescent Development (RAAAD) study. He has recently finished medical school and will be starting a General Psychiatry Residency training program later this year. He has interest in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and plans to pursue specialization in this field. |
Leslie Gilhooly
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Volunteer Leslie Gilhooly is a volunteer at the MIND Institute, where she assists Dr. Marjorie Solomon in her autism research. Leslie is a senior at UC Davis, working towards a BA in Social/Personality Psychology. She has assisted in a wide range of psychological research at UC Davis, and is currently conducting her own research for an Honors Thesis project. Apart from being a student, Leslie is an Applied Behavior Analysis therapist for an Autistic adolescent boy whom she hasbeen working with for several years. She is also a classical singer, and is very involved in the UC Davis Music Department. Leslie’s academic plans include continuing on to graduate school, and eventually earning a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. |
Talia Leibovitz
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Volunteer B.A. Political Science, B.A. Communications, San Diego State University, 20119 Talia Leibovitz is a volunteer at the UC Davis MIND Institute. She has much experience working with children with autism and adolescents who are emotionally disturbed. Currently, she works for Marjorie Solomon on the Recognizing the Autism Advantage in Adolescent Development (RAAAD) study. She also works as an educational advocate for the Foster Youth Program within the San Juan Unified School District. She plans to pursue graduate training in the field of school psychology. |
John Matter
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Junior Specialist B.S. Physics, Minor: Mathematics, University of California, Davis, 2012 John Matter is a Junior Specialist at the UC Davis MIND Institute. For his senior honors thesis he investigated chiral symmetry breaking with domain wall fermions in lattice gauge theory. He is currently working with Dr. Marjorie Solomon on Recognizing the Autism Advantage in Adolescent Development (RAAAD) study, collecting and analyzing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. He is also a co-leader in the Social Skills program. His personal research interests include medical imaging, perception of music, and lattice gauge theory. He plans to pursue a Ph.D. in physics in the future. |
