Robert S. Marvin, Ph.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE ROBERT S. MARVIN, PH.D. I PERSONAL DATA

Business: University of Virginia Health System Department of Psychiatric Medicine Child-Parent Attachment Clinic 310 Old Ivy Way Charlottesville, VA 22903 (804) 924-0228 E-mail: rsm8j@virginia.edu

Date of Birth: August 15, 1944 Place of Birth: New York, NY Marital Status: Married (Cherri N. Marvin, R.N.) Children: Stephen Jeffrey (DOB: 3/68)

Amy Nicole (DOB: 3/69) Citizenship: USA

II. EDUCATION 1966 B.A. (Psychology) The Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD 1969 M.A. (Committee on Human The University of Chicago

Development) Chicago, IL 1969- Predoctoral Internship Psychiatric and Psychosomatic 1971 Institute Michael Reese Hospital

Chicago, IL 1972 Ph.D. (Committee on Human The University of Chicago

Development) Chicago, IL III. POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION

1971- Post-doctoral Fellow Institute of Child Development 1972 University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN 1978- Post-doctoral Fellow University Counseling Center 1979 (1/2 time) University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

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1979- Post-doctoral Fellow Department of Pediatrics 1980 in Pediatric Psychology University of Maryland Medical

Center, Baltimore, MD

IV. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

3/71- Assistant Professor (Acting) Institute of Child Development 9/71 University of Minnesota 8/72- Assistant Professor Department of Psychology 6/79 University of Virginia 7/80- Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics 5/99 University of Virginia 5/99- Assistant Professor and Department of Psychiatric Medicine Present Director, Child-Parent University of Virginia

Attachment Clinic 7/80- Adjunct Assistant Professor Institute of Clinical Psychology Present Curry School of Education

University of Virginia 4/88- Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Present University of Virginia 7/94- Visiting Professor School of Behavioural Sciences 8/94 Macquarie University

Sydney, Australia V. LICENSURE

Licensed Clinical Psychologist Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Psychology 1987, permanent, #0810 001455

VI. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Virginia Psychological Association Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychology Society of Pediatric Psychology Society for Research in Child Development Society of Human Ethology (Co-founder, 1972) International Society for Infant Studies

VII. AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST

A. Infant-parent and child-parent attachment in high- and low-risk populations. B. Effects of separations between young children and their caregivers. C. Parent-child interaction and attachment patterns in foster and adoptive families.

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D. Family structure and functioning in families with disabled and chronically ill children.

E. Development and assessment of treatment protocols for specific pediatric clinical groups, including reflex neurovascular dystrophy, psychogenic pain, failure-to-thrive, reactive attachment disorders, parenting strategies for ADHD.

VIII. CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

A. Child-parent attachment and family functioning in families having preschool children with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or craniofacial anomalies.

B. Patterns of child-parent attachment, and of parent-child caregiving, in British families who have adopted Romanian-born, institutionalized, infants and preschool children. In collaboration with Professor Sir Michael Rutter, and Professor Thomas G. OConnor, Institute of Psychiatry, London.

C. Development of attachment-based intervention protocols for families raising children with problematic attachments (current samples are: Head Start/Early Head Start children; young mothers serving prison terms; young mothers in high school; and children in Foster Care/Adoptive care).

IX. TEACHING ACTIVITIES

A. Classroom, Seminar, Teaching Laboratory

1972-79 Two undergraduate and two graduate courses in developmental psychology and human ethology, UVA Department of Psychology.

1980-90 Guest lecturer in graduate courses in Psychology and in Education (average of four/year).

1980-2000 KCRC pediatric psychology clinical seminar. 1-hour lectures to psychology interns and residents on a range of clinical topics. Average of four/year.

1980-2000 Developmental Pediatric Resident Rounds. 1-hour lectures to pediatric residents and faculty. Frequency variable from year to year (4 in 1997-98).

1991-1997 Seminar on Infant and Family Intervention, 2-hour lecture to advanced graduate students in UVA School of Education.

1998 Psychological Intervention II. UVA Psychology course number 745. Six hours of lecture/seminar over two weeks to graduate clinical students in UVA Department of Psychology.

2000-present Psychiatry Fellows Seminar Series. Lectures and seminars on

parent-child interaction and child-parent attachment.

B. Clinical Teaching 1980-present UVa inpatient and outpatient units, daily teaching and supervision

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of advanced clinical psychology graduate students, and UVA Department of Pediatrics and Department of Psychiatry clinical psychology residents. Number of students has varied yearly from 3-7.

C. Research Teaching

1972-79 Research supervisor/mentor to UVA Department of Psychology

graduate students in developmental and clinical psychology. 1980-90 Research supervisor/mentor to an average of one graduate

student/year from UVA Department of Psychology and/or School of Education. Member of numerous dissertation committees.

1990-present Research supervisor/mentor to UVA Department of Psychology and School of Education graduate students (range of 3-12/year).

1990-present Dissertation committee chair or member for 2-6 UVA Ph.D. candidates annually.

1990-present Numerous national and international workshops to train researchers and clinicians in the use of standardized procedures for assessing child-parent attachment-caregiving bonds (see section on invited lectures and symposia).

X. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1972-1976 Co-organizer, International Human Ethology Workshops (annual) 1973-1976 Co-organizer, Human Ethology portion of Annual Meetings of the

Animal Behavior Society 1972-1977 Co-editor, Human Ethology Newsletter. 1978-1994 Associate Editor, Ethology and Sociobiology. 1972-Present Reviewer for American Psychologist, Child Development,

Psychological Bulletin, Developmental Psychology, Development and Psychopathology, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Infants and Young Children, Journal of Family Psychology, Infant Mental Health Journal,Dorsey Press and Allyn and Bacon Publishing Company

1975-Present Reviewer of grant applications for NIH, NIMH, DHHS, Canada Council, Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)

1981-1983 Member, Board of Directors, Westminster Child Care Center, Charlottesville, VA

1981-1986 Professional Advisory Committee, Camp Holiday Trails, Charlottesville, VA

1982 Member, Mayor's Study Group on Child Care, Charlottesville, VA 1982-1987 Professional staff, Diabetes Family Weekend, Camp Holiday

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Trails, Charlottesville, VA 1983-1987 Associate member, George D. and Catherine T. MacArthur

Foundation: Network on the Transition from Infancy to Early Childhood.

1985-1988 Member, Board of Directors, Bloomfield School, Ivy, VA 1986-1987 Member, MCH Advisory Group on Child Abuse and Neglect,

Commonwealth of Virginia 1987-1992 Member, MacArthur Foundation: Network on the Transition from

Infancy to Early Childhood 1989-Present Conduct training workshops in North America, Europe and

Australia for the Ainsworth infant attachment classification system and the Cassidy-Marvin preschool attachment classification system

1994-1996 Spokane County (WA) Superior-Court Guardian Ad Litem Committee

1994-Present Trainer and ongoing consultant for regional Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Commonwealth of Virginia

1999-Present Reviewer for Head Start Research Scholar Applications, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.

2000-Present Member, Advisory Board, County of Albemarle Family Support Program

2000 State of Washington Council for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect: Governors Award for Innovations in Prevention.

2001- Present Advisory Board Member, United Methodist Family Services Quality Improvement Center on Adoption, Richmond, VA.

XI. CLINICAL ACTIVITIES

Appointment is currently 75% clinical & 25% federally-funded research. A. Inpatient

1980-1999 University of Virginia Medical Center inpatient consults. B. Outpatient

1980-1999 Evaluation of infants, children and families in the Child Development Clinic, and Infant & Young Child Clinic; brief- and long-term individual and family psychotherapy.

1997-present Development of, and Director, the Child-Parent Attachment Clinic. Evaluation, consultation and intervention with children experiencing problematic attachments with their caregivers.

XII. FINANCIAL RESOURCES

"Reactions of preschool children to adult strangers." NIMH Biomedical Subgrant, 1972-73 ($5000).

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