Research
Association between prenatal alcohol exposure and child socio-emotional development
Appointments
- Director, UCLA Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Clinic
- Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
- Program Director, ABC Child Partial Outpatient Program
- Training Director, Tarjan Center for Developmental Disabilities
Biography
Dr. O’Connor’s current work examines psychosocial and psychiatric risk due to prenatal alcohol exposure. Dr. O’Connor has conducted research on the prevention of alcohol consumption in pregnant women, intervention with children with prenatal alcohol exposure, and medical and allied health education on prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
All of her work has focused on collaborative national initiatives with the long-term goal of developing best practice models to be disseminated on local, state, and national levels.
The overarching emphasis of Dr. O’Connor’s research career has been the development, evaluation, and dissemination of empirically supported assessment and treatment methods for high-risk children.
Publications
- Kamsheh, AM, Edelson, JB, Faerber, J, Mondal, A, Quarshie, W, Edwards, JJ et al.. Mechanical Circulatory Support in Pediatric Myocarditis: Support Strategies and Outcomes in a Nationally Representative Cohort. JHLT Open. 2024;3 :. doi: 10.1016/j.jhlto.2023.100026. PubMed PMID:39015662 PubMed Central PMC11251716.
- O'Connor, MJ, Bartler, AV, Ho, KC, Zhang, K, Casas Fuentes, RJ, Melnick, BA et al.. Understanding Staphylococcus aureus in hyperglycaemia: A review of virulence factor and metabolic adaptations. Wound Repair Regen. 2024; :. doi: 10.1111/wrr.13192. PubMed PMID:38853489 .
- Mavroudis, CD, O'Connor, MJ, Wittlieb-Weber, C, Edelson, JB, Edwards, JJ, Berger, JH et al.. Hybrid stage 1 palliation with simultaneous off-pump ventricular assist device placement in neonates with high-risk single ventricle anatomy: Initial experience. JTCVS Tech. 2024;24 :164-168. doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2023.10.022. PubMed PMID:38835568 PubMed Central PMC11145030.
- Reed, CR, Williams, T, Taritsa, I, Wu, K, Chnari, E, O'Connor, MJ et al.. Exploring the Efficacy of Selected Allografts in Chronic Wound Healing: Evidence from Murine Models and Clinical Data for a Proposed Treatment Algorithm. Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle). 2024; :. doi: 10.1089/wound.2023.0139. PubMed PMID:38753722 .
- Alam, MZ, Okonkwo, CE, Cachaneski-Lopes, JP, Graeff, CFO, Batagin-Neto, A, Tariq, S et al.. Author Correction: Date fruit melanin is primarily based on (-)-epicatechin proanthocyanidin oligomers. Sci Rep. 2024;14 (1):7169. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-57743-2. PubMed PMID:38532025 PubMed Central PMC10965950.