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Amy Elliott, PhD (Western Michigan University)

Director & Senior Scientist, Health Disparities Institute, Sanford Research/USD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota
(605) 357-1444

Amy.Elliott@usd.edu

    Education
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, LEND Trainee: Munroe-Meyer Institute / University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska July, 2001 - July, 2002
  • Ph.D., Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, August, 1996-August, 2001
  • Predoctoral Internship, Munroe-Meyer Institute / University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, July, 2001 - June, 2002
  • M.S., North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, August, 1994-August, 1996
  • B.A., Moorhead State University, Moorhead, Minnesota, August, 1989-May 1993
    Professional Experience
  • Director of Research - Center for Disabilities, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, August, 2002-June, 2006
  • Consulting Psychologist - Center for Disabilities, LEND Developmental Clinic & FASD Diagnostic Clinic, July, 2002-present
  • Consulting Psychologist - Sioux Valley Hospital Children's Specialty Clinics - NICU Follow-Up Clinic, July , 2002-September, 2004
  • Vocational/Educational Consultant - AG Consultation / c.d. simpson & associates, inc., Portage, Michigan, July, 1999-Dec., 2000
  • Student Therapist - Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Behavioral & Developmental Pediatrics, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Sept., 1998-Nov., 1999
    Laboratories
  • Maintains active clinic-based laboratories in the following locations:
      – Ob-Gyn Limited & Sioux Valley Hospital
      – Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota College, Dept. of Nursing
      – Native Women's Health Center & Rapid City Regional Hospital (to be open 5/07)
    Grant/Contract Support
  • Prenatal Alcohol in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Stillbirth (PASS) Network (2 U01 HD045935-04 & 1 U01 HD045935)
    Agency: NIH/National Institute for Child Health & Development (NICHD)
    Start & End Dates: September, 26 2003 - July 31, 2011
    Dollars: $1,415,012 (funded) + $6,065,870 (funded) = $7,480,882 (funded)
  • Center for Health Research with Tribes in SD-MT-WY (1 P20 MD001631-01)
    Agency: National Institutes of Health (National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities)
    Start & End Dates: Sept. 30, 2005 - June 30, 2010
    Dollars: $7,371,754 (funded)
  • Dakota's Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Project (U84/CCU823298-01)
    Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Start & End Dates: September 30, 2003 - September 29, 2008
    Dollars: $2,500,000 (funded)
  • Co-Bedding Multiples in the NICU: Effect on Clinical and Developmental Measures
    Agency: South Dakota Health Research Foundation
    Start & End Dates: July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2005
    Dollars: $9,955.00 (funded)
  • Investment Travel Program
    Agency: University of South Dakota, Office of Research
    Start & End Dates: September, 2002
    Dollars: $500.00 (funded)
  • Dissemination of educational materials to state physicians to promote the early identification of autism
    Agency: Munroe-Meyer Guild
    Start & End Dates: 2001 - 2002
    Dollars: $9,880.00 (funded)
  • Negotiating the special education system: Training program for parents and future professionals
    Agency: Watt Foundation
    Start & End Dates: 2001 - 2002
    Dollars: $35,000.00 (funded)
    Publications
  • 1. Elliott, A. J., Morgan, K. Fuqua, R. W., Ehrhardt, K., & Poling, A. (2005). Self- and cross-citations in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior: 1993 through 2003. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 559-563.

    2. Wilczynski, S., Fusilier, I., DuBard, M., & Elliott, A. J. (2005). Experimental analysis of proximity as a social stimulus: Increasing on-task behavior of an adolescent with autism. Psychology in the Schools, 42(2), 189-196.

    3. Wilczynski, S. M., Cowan, R., Wolf, K., Vause, T., Lewis, L., Hayes, A., Yetter, G., Meadows, J., Elliott, A., & Thompson, K. (2003). Project BEST-CASE: A model for developing an intensive early childhood intervention program for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Proven Practice, 5(1), 23-36.

    4. Kuhn, B. R., & Elliott, A. J. (2003). Treatment efficacy in behavioral pediatric sleep medicine. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 54(6), 587-597.

    5. Elliott, A. J., & Fuqua, R. W. (2002). Acceptability of treatments for trichotillomania: Effects of age and severity. Behavior Modification, 26, 378-399.

    6. Allen, K. D., Elliott, A. J., & Arndorfer, R. (2002). Behavioral pain management for pediatric headache in primary-care. Children's Health Care, 31(3), 175-189.

    7. Elliott, A. J., & Fuqua, R. W. (2000). Trichotillomania: Conceptualization, measurement, and treatment. Behavior Therapy, 31, 529-545.

    8. Elliott, A. J., Miltenberger, R. G., Rapp, J., Long, E. S., & McDonald, R. (1998). Evaluation of a brief therapy for stuttering in children. Journal of Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry, 29, 289-302.

    9. Rapp, J., Miltenberger, R. G., Long, E. S., Elliott, A. J., & Lumley, V. (1998). Simplified habit reversal treatment for chronic hair pulling in three pre-adolescents: A clinical replication with direct observation. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 31, 299-302.

    10. Miltenberger, R. G., Long, E. S., Rapp, J., Lumley, V., & Elliott, A. J. (1998). Evaluating the function of hair pulling: A preliminary investigation. Behavior Therapy, 29, 211-219.

    11. Elliott, A. J., Miltenberger, R. G., Kaster-Bundgaard, J., & Lumley, V. (1996). A national survey of assessment and therapy techniques used by behavior therapists. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 3, 107-125.
  • NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
    1. Elliott, A. J., & Hanson, Jessica D. (2006). Fetal alcohol syndrome in South Dakota. South Dakota Medicine, 59(8), 341-342.

    2. Elliott, A. J., & Elliott, M. K. (2004). Editorial: The first three years of life and the early adolescent. International Pediatrics. 19(2), 68-69.

    3. Kuhn, B. R., & Elliott, A. J. (2003). Efficacy of behavioral intervention for pediatric sleep disturbance. In M. L. Perlis & K. L. Lichstein (Eds.), In Treating Sleep Disorders: Principles and Practice of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. New York: Wiley & Sons.

    4. Elliott, A. J., & Fuqua, R. W. (2001). Treatment of trichotillomania: A review. In R. G. Miltenberger & D. Woods (Eds.). Tic Disorders, Trichotillomania, and Other Repetitive Behavior Disorders: Behavioral Approaches to Assessment and Treatment.

    5. Maki, R. H., & Elliott, A. J. (1996). Sharing research involvement with pre-college students. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 17, 22-25.
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