Melissa Bauman, Ph.D.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Bauman’s research interests focus on the neural systems that mediate species-typical social
behavior. She utilizes her doctoral training in systems neuroscience and her postdoctoral training
in autism research to develop animal models of autism. Her current research examines how
changes in the prenatal environment, in particular activation and/or abnormalities in the mother’s
immune system, may alter the brain/behavior development of offspring.
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Assistant Adjunct Professor
Psychiatry
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry
Ph.D., UC Davis, Davis, California, 2003
B.A., Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1998
Select Recent Publications
2008 Bauman, M.D. and Amaral, D.G. Neurodevelopment of social cognition. In C. A. Nelson and
M. Luciana (eds.), Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2nd Edition. Cambridge,
Massachusetts. MIT Press.
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