Marjorie Solomon, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Journal Publications
2014 Diez-Juan M, Schneider A, Phillips T, Lozano R, Tassone F, Solomon M, Hagerman
R. Parent-delivered touchscreen intervention for children with fragile X syndrome.
Intractable & Rare Diseases Research, 3(4), 166-177. PMID: 25606367.
2014 Yoon JH, Westphal AJ, Minzenberg MJ, Niendam T, Ragland JD, Lesh T, Solomon
M, Carter CS. Task-evoked substantia nigra hyperactivity associated with prefrontal
hypofunction, prefrontonigral disconnectivity and nigrostriatal connectivity predicting
psychosis severity in medication naïve first episode schizophrenia. Schizophrenia
Research, 159(2-3), 521-6. PMID: 25266549.
2014 Bales KL, Solomon M, Jacob S, Crawley JN, Silverman JL, Larke RH, Sahagun E,
Puhger KR, Pride MC, Mendoza SP. Long-term exposure to intranasal oxytocin in a
mouse autism model. Translational Psychiatry, 4(11), e480-. doi:
10.1038/tp.2014.117. PMID: 25386957.
2015 Kappenman ES, Luck SJ, Kring AM, Lesh TA, Mangun GR, Niendam T, Ragland JD,
Ranganath C, Solomon M, Swaab T, Carter CS. Electrophysiological Evidence for
Impaired Control of Motor Output in Schizophrenia. Cerebral Cortex. PMID:
25618891.
2015 Lesh TA, Tanase C, Geib BR, Niendam TA, Yoon JH, Minzenberg MJ, Ragland JD,
Solomon M, Carter CS. A Multi-modal Analysis of Antipsychotic Effects on Brain
Structure and Function in First Episode Schizophrenia. JAMA Psychiatry, 72(3), 22634. PMID: 25588194.
2015 Solomon M, Frank MJ, Ragland JD, Neindam TA, Lesh TA, Beck J, Matter J, Carter
CS. Feedback-drivenTrial-by-Trial Learning in Autism Spectrum Disorder. American
Journal of Psychiatry, 172(2), 173-81. PMID: 25158242.
2015 McMahon CM, Solomon M. Brief Report: Parent-Adolescent Informant Discrepancies
of Social Skill Importance and Social Skill Engagement for Higher-Functioning
Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The Journal of Autism and
Developmental Disorders. .
2015 Lee JK, Nordahl CW, Lee A, Amaral DG, Solomon M, Ghetti S. Assessing
Hippocampal Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Semi-Automated
Method. Human Brain Mapping.
Abstracts, Posters and Presentations
2014 Lesh T, Maddock RJ, Salo T, Tanase C, Ragland JD, Niendam TA, Solomon M,
Carter CS. Diffusion Measures of Free Water and 1H-MRS Measures of Glutathione
in First Episode Patients with Schizophrenia – A Multimodal Investigation of an
Inflammatory Model for Psychosis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
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America College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) in Phoenix, Arizona.
December.
2014 Solomon M, McCauley J, Lesh T, Niendam T, Beck J, Carter C, Ragland JD.
Bootstrapping the Hippocampus? Atypical Learning Characterizes Adolescents with
Autism Spectrum Disorders. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the America
College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) in Phoenix, Arizona. December.
2014 Lesh T, Maddock RJ, Salo T, Tanase C, Ragland JD, Niendam TA, Solomon M,
Carter CS. Diffusion Measures of Free Water and 1H-MRS Measures of Glutathione
in First Episode Patients with Schizophrenia – A Multimodal Investigation of an
Inflammatory Model for Psychosis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
America College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) in Phoenix, Arizona.
December.
2015 Solomon M. Cognitive Control and Learning in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Grand
Rounds presentation to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of
Psychiatry. Nashville, Tennessee. April.
2015 Solomon M. Enseñando habilidades sociales a adolescents con trastornos del
espectro autista. Invited Address Simposio Internacional de Actualizaciones en
Psiquiatria. Bogota, Columbia. April.
2015 Solomon M. Enseñando habilidades sociales a adultos jóvenes con trastornos del
espectro autista. Invited Address Simposio Internacional de Actualizaciones en
Psiquiatria. Bogota, Columbia. April.
2015 Solomon M, Ragland JD, Niendam TA, Lesh TA, Beck J, Carter CS. Atypical
Generalization of Learning in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An fMRI
Study of Transitive Inference. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism
Research. Salt Lake City, Utah. May.
2015 Beck J, Oswald T, Losif AM, Matter JC, Gilhooly L, Solomon M. Association of
Cognitive Factors and Anxiety with Math Achievement in Adolescents with ASD. Oral
presentation at the International Meeting for Autism Research. Salt Lake City, Utah.
May.
2015 McCauley J, Lesh TA, Niendam TA, Beck JS, Carter CS, Ragland JD, Solomon M.
Bootstrapping the Hippocampus? Atypical Learning Characterizes Adolescents with
Autism Spectrum Disorders. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism
Research. Salt Lake City, Utah. May 2015.
2015 Steinfeld MB, Leckliter IN, Tancredi DJ, Singh K, Jalnapurkar I, Schneider A, Gunther
J, Roa D, Solomon M. Change in Expressed Emotion as a Marker for Intervention
Effectiveness in the Parents of Individuals with High Functioning Autism. Poster
presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research. Salt Lake City, Utah.
May.
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2015 Oswald T, McIntyre NS, Swain-Lerro LE, Zajic MC, Solomon M, Mundy PC. SelfDetermination Skills in Transition-Age Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster
presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research. Salt Lake City, Utah.
May.
2015. McIntyre NS, Mundy PC, Solomon M, Oswald T, Swain-Lerro LE, Zajic MC. Reading
Comprehension, Language Disturbance, and the Social Communication Phenotype of
ASD. Oral presentation at the International Meeting for Autism Research. Salt Lake
City, Utah. May.
Research Funding
1R21 MH099250-01 Solomon M (PI), 9/1/12-11/31/14, (NCE) NIMH $175,000. The Neural
Substrates of Higher-Level Learning in Autism. This grant uses neurocognitive and
neuroimaging measures to examine neural mechanisms underlying higher-level learning
deficits in adolescents with ASD. The significance of the work lies in the mechanistic models
of ASD and in linking higher-level learning deficits to real-life outcomes in academic
performance, social problem solving, and restricted interests and repetitive behaviors.
R324A120168 Mundy P (PI); Solomon M (Senior Scientist), 3/1/12-2/28/16, IES $387,123.
Virtual Reality Applications for the Study of Attention and Learning in Children and
Adolescents with ASD. This grant will enable us to study social attention and its impact on
class-room learning in children and adolescents with ASD.
Pilot Award Solomon M (PI), 4/01/15-3/31/17 1.8 calendar, UCD Behavioral Health Center
of Excellence, $100,000. Improving the Lives of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and
their Families: A Pilot Trial of the AdultSocial Knowledge (ASK) Workshop. This grant will
allow us to Pilot test a waiting list control trial of an intervention to help adults with autism to
improve their social and role functioning, mental health, and self-care.
1R01 Bales (PI); Solomon M (Co-Investigator), 7/05/12-5/31/2017, NICHD, $360,780.
Effects of Chronic Intranasal Oxytocin. This grant examines the long term effects of
intranasal oxytocin in voles and titi monkeys to investigate the safety of their use as
medications for humans with disorders involving social cognition.
1R01MH103284 Solomon M (PI) 9/2014-8/31/19, NIMH $326,826. Predictors of Cognitive
Development in Autism Spectrum Disorder. The goal of this study is to evaluate early neural
predictors for middle childhood cognitive outcomes in a longitudinal study of children with
ASD.
1R01MH103371 Amaral DG (PI) 4/01/15–03/31/20, NIH $511,843. Neurophenotypic
Trajectories and Behavioral Outcomes in Autism Spectrum Disorder. The goal of the
proposed research is to determine whether identified neural phenotypes persist into middle
childhood and are associated with the quality and severity of core and co-morbid behavioral
impairments related to ASD.
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Community Service
Abstract Reviewer, International Meeting for Autism Research
Member, Selection Committee, UC Davis Medical School Admissions
Representative for the Department of Psychiatry, UC Davis Academic Senate
Reviewer, American Journal of Psychiatry
Reviewer, Archives of General Psychiatry
Reviewer, Autism
Reviewer, Autism Research
Reviewer, Biological Psychiatry
Reviewer, Cognitive Development
Reviewer, Development and Psychopathology
Reviewer, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Reviewer, Neuropsychology
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