Katherine A. Loveland, PhD
Landmark Charities Professor in Autism Research and Treatment
Director, UTHealth Psychology Internship Program
Director, Center for Human Development Research
Director, UTHealth C.L.A.S.S. Clinic
Louis A. Faillace MD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
McGovern Medical School
UTHealth Houston
Email: Katherine.A.Loveland@uth.tmc.edu
Phone: 713-486-2700
Biography
Dr. Loveland is the Landmark Charities Professor of Autism Research and Treatment and directors of the Center for Human Development Research and C.L.A.S.S. Clinic (Changing Lives through Autism Spectrum Services) in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She also serves as Training Director of the UTHealth Doctoral Psychology Internship Program.
Loveland is an internationally known researcher specializing in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). She is best known for her work on social-emotional development and the neuropsychology of ASD. Her current research focuses on application of new technologies to the treatment of mental illness in ASD; gene-environment interactions associated with ASD; and cross-cultural influences affecting parenting stress in mothers of children with ASD.
Her clinical specialty is ASD in adolescents and adults and emotional and behavioral disorders in ASD. Her C.L.A.S.S. clinic is among the few in the U.S. that focuses on serving intellectually able adolescents and adults on the autism spectrum (Asperger’s), particularly those who were previously undiagnosed.
Loveland received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville in 1975 and her doctorate in Psychology from Cornell University in 1980. After teaching on the faculty of Rice University and researching autism at the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences, she joined The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston faculty in 1985.
Education
- Doctoral Degree
Psychology, Cornell University - Postdoctoral Program
Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Houston
Areas of Interest
Clinical Interests
- Autism
- Late Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders, including Mature Adults
Research Interests
- Developmental Disabilities/Autism
Publications