The Center for

Human Development Research

Collaborating Laboratories and Projects:

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Laboratory (UT- Houston Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Deborah A. Pearson, Director)

Autism Research Laboratory (UT-Houston Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences).

Developmental Neurobiology Laboratory (UT-Houston Medical School, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Jocelyne Bachevalier, Ph.D., Director)

The Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory (Rice University, Department of Psychology, David M. Lane, Ph.D., Director).  The Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory is the site for statistical analysis and methodology for several current studies.  

The Neurosignal Analysis Laboratory (UT-Houston, Department of Health Informatics, School of Health Information Sciences, Michael E. Brandt, Ph.D., Director).

The Veterans Affairs Medical Center, South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC). Several neuroimaging studies are underway at the Houston site of this MIRECC, located at the Houston VA Medical Center. M. Robert Willcott, Ph.D. and Ignacio Valdes, M.D.  are MIRECC investigators affiliated with these studies.

The Psychological Assessment Laboratory (UT Houston, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, David Lachar, Ph.D., Director)

The Rice Dense Sensor Array Laboratory (Rice University, Department of Psychology, Geoffrey Potts, Ph.D., Director).  

The Social Psychiatry Research Group (UT Houston, School of Public Health, and Medical School Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Robert E. Roberts, Ph.D., Director). See the following url for information on recent research: http://www.uthouston.edu/forMedia/newsreleases/nr2002/ethnic.html

University of Dundee, Scotland, U.K. (Laboratory of Emese Nagy, M.D., Ph.D.)

The Study of Aging in Adults with Mental Retardation (UT Houston, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Diana B. Burt, Ph.D., Director).  

The Hemophilia Growth and Development Study (UT Houston, Department of Pediatrics, Gulf States Hemophilia Center, W. Keith Hoots, M.D., Director)

The University of Texas - Houston Medical School Center for Human Development Research is now seeking research participants for studies on autism, attention deficit disorder and conduct disorder.  

Questions? For more information call 713-500-2580 or visit our page on Research Opportunities.

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