Mendy Minjarez, PhD

Education

MD -- UC Santa Barbara, The Gevirtz School, Santa Barbara
Fellowship -- Yale University

Department Affiliations

Other Affiliations

Autism Center – Seattle Children’s Hospital

Clinical Expertise

  • Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of autism and developmental disabilities, parent education in Pivotal Response Training (PRT), a naturalistic behavioral intervention for children with autism Parent and child outcomes in Pivotal Response Training (PRT) intervention programs for children with autism

Recent Publications

Eye-Tracking-Based Measurement of Social Visual Engagement Compared With Expert Clinical Diagnosis of Autism.
(2023 Sep 5)
JAMA 330(9): 854-865
Jones W, Klaiman C, Richardson S, Aoki C, Smith C, Minjarez M, Bernier R, Pedapati E, Bishop S, Ence W, Wainer A, Moriuchi J, Tay SW, Klin A

Genetic and epigenetic signatures associated with plasma oxytocin levels in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.
(2023 Mar)
Autism Res 16(3): 502-523
Siecinski SK, Giamberardino SN, Spanos M, Hauser AC, Gibson JR, Chandrasekhar T, Trelles MDP, Rockhill CM, Palumbo ML, Cundiff AW, Montgomery A, Siper P, Minjarez M, Nowinski LA, Marler S, Kwee LC, Shuffrey LC, Alderman C, Weissman J, Zappone B, Mullett JE, Crosson H, Hong N, Luo S, She L, Bhapkar M, Dean R, Scheer A, Johnson JL, King BH, McDougle CJ, Sanders KB, Kim SJ, Kolevzon A, Veenstra-VanderWeele J, Hauser ER, Sikich L, Gregory SG

Expert Clinician Certainty in Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder in 16-30-Month-Olds: A Multi-site Trial Secondary Analysis.
(2024 Feb)
J Autism Dev Disord 54(2): 393-408
Klaiman C, White S, Richardson S, McQueen E, Walum H, Aoki C, Smith C, Minjarez M, Bernier R, Pedapati E, Bishop S, Ence W, Wainer A, Moriuchi J, Tay SW, Deng Y, Jones W, Gillespie S, Klin A

Intranasal Oxytocin in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
(2021 Oct 14)
N Engl J Med 385(16): 1462-1473
Sikich L, Kolevzon A, King BH, McDougle CJ, Sanders KB, Kim SJ, Spanos M, Chandrasekhar T, Trelles MDP, Rockhill CM, Palumbo ML, Witters Cundiff A, Montgomery A, Siper P, Minjarez M, Nowinski LA, Marler S, Shuffrey LC, Alderman C, Weissman J, Zappone B, Mullett JE, Crosson H, Hong N, Siecinski SK, Giamberardino SN, Luo S, She L, Bhapkar M, Dean R, Scheer A, Johnson JL, Gregory SG, Veenstra-VanderWeele J

Extended-Release Guanfacine for Hyperactivity in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.
(2015 Dec)
Am J Psychiatry 172(12): 1197-206
Scahill L, McCracken JT, King BH, Rockhill C, Shah B, Politte L, Sanders R, Minjarez M, Cowen J, Mullett J, Page C, Ward D, Deng Y, Loo S, Dziura J, McDougle CJ, Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology Autism Network

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