Personal Statement
I study the variability in the development of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). My research contributes to the identification of the genetic basis of ASDs and to the development of more accurate prognoses and interventions. Currently, I am developing methods to analyze social skills and language comprehension in children with limited abilities to communicate. In these studies, I use eye-tracking and other technologies to measure the responses of children to real-time 3-D graphics. I also use various statistical methods to analyze patterns of development in children with ASDs.
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My research focuses on strategies to improve pediatric mental health care quality, such as increasing measurement-based care–the use of patient/caregiver reported data to inform clinical-decision making. I also study the impact of quality improvement interventions on pediatric mental health service disparities with the goal of developing interventions to prevent or reduce such disparities and improving mental health care quality for all youths and families.
My clinical expertise includes Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy for teens and families to address a variety of mood and anxiety disorders as well as behavior problems and parent-child conflict. I provide parent training and consultation for managing young children’s anxiety and behavior problems. I am fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
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Dr. Lewy maintains a practice with immigrants and refugees at Harborview Hospital. Core practice specialties include assessment, forensics, disability, cross cultural psychology, and clinical child psychology. Core academic interests include anthropological and sociological perspectives on mental illness.
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Dr. Kathleen Lehman works at the Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD) in the Child Development Clinic, Down Syndrome Specialty Clinic, Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Clinic, and the Infant Development Follow-Up Clinic as a licensed psychologist conducting neurodevelopmental evaluations and supervising the psychology residents and postdoctoral fellows completing evaluations of children with suspected neurodevelopmental disorders. She is the Associate Director of the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) located that the CHDD.
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I am a Professor in the Division of Child Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at the University of Washington, and the Medical Director of Child Study and Treatment Center, the State Hospital for children and adolescents in Washington State. My primary research focus addresses the genetics of neuropsychiatric disorders. Our research supports that a substantial portion of neuropsychiatric disease, including schizophrenia and autism, stems from individually rare deleterious mutations in genes important for brain development. My clinical research addresses the diagnosis and treatment of early-onset psychotic illnesses. I authored the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s diagnostic and treatment guidelines for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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My research focuses on increasing the accessibility, efficiency, and effectiveness of community- and school-based interventions for children, adolescents, and families. I am particularly interested in (1) the identification and implementation of low-cost, high-yield practices – such as the use of measurement-based care – to reduce the gap between typical and optimal practice in schools; (2) development of individual- and organization-level implementation strategies to promote adoption and sustainment of evidence-based psychosocial interventions within a multi-tier systems of support (MTSS) framework; and (3) human-centered design (and redesign) of psychosocial and digital technologies to improve their implementability, accessibility, and effectiveness. I am the founder and Director of the School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) Center, dually housed in UW’s School of Medicine and College of Education.
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I have expertise in managing acute psychiatric presentations with research experience in studying neuroanatomy and the synaptic effects of schizophrenia. I have published in fields of neuroscience, schizophrenia, autism, and anxiety disorders. I also actively manage a telepsychiatry clinic based in eastern WA, and coordinate psychiatric management of emergency room mental health evaluations. I am very interested in the education of residents and fellows rotating on the consultation service, and participating in educational curriculum and recruitment committees.
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I am a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Seattle Children’s Hospital and UW Medicine and the director of mental health services at Echo Glen Children’s Center. I specialize in cross cultural psychiatry, transgender mental health and mental health for the deaf and hard of hearing. I strive to create active partnerships with his patients and their families to achieve the best possible outcomes.
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I am board-certified in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. I primarily work at Seattle Children’s Autism Center, where I participate in autism diagnostic assessments, evaluations and management of psychiatric/behavioral comorbidities among children and teens with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or related neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). I also work at Seattle Children’s Interdisciplinary Clinic for Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), where I enjoy collaborating with national experts on PWS. My academic passion is to help support the professional development of our general psychiatry residents and child psychiatry fellows in their training and education in ASD and NDD.
