Faculty
The Clinical Child Psychology (CCP) concentration is comprised of three faculty (Alfano, Sharp, and Viana), two faculty with affiliation in both CCP and the Clinical Psychology concentration (Babcock and Vincent), two faculty members with affiliation in CCP and Clinical Neuropsychology (Bick and Cirino), and two faculty members with affiliation in CCP and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (Fletcher and Grigorenko). Our faculty are nationally and internationally known researchers with active programs of research on various areas of child development and psychopathology, including sleep and anxiety disorders, family processes, personality development, developmental neuropsychology, learning disabilities, domestic violence, and forensic psychology. Students in the CCP concentration receive close mentoring and supervision from the CCP faculty in all aspects related to their academic and clinical training.
Carla Sharp, Ph.D.
Professor and Child/Family Track program coordinator; Adjunct Faculty Member, Baylor College of Medicine
- Developmental psychopathology
- Systems for social processes in child/adolescent psychopathology
- Emerging personality disorder
- Child/adolescent global mental health
Candice Alfano, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Sleep and Anxiety Center for Kids
- Childhood Anxiety Disorders
- Pediatric Sleep
- Mechanistic Factors linking sleep and affective disorders
- Behavioral Interventions
Julia Babcock, Ph.D.
Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Couples Therapy
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Couples Therapy
- Psychopathy, Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorder
Johanna Bick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Early Adversity and the Developing Brain
- Early Childhood Neurodevelopment
- Childhood Maltreatment
- Parental Responsiveness
- Early Prevention and Intervention
Paul T. Cirino, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Developmental Neuropsychology Lab
- Developmental Neuropsychology
- Math and Reading Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
- Attention, Working Memory, and Executive Functions
Elena L. Grigorenko, Ph.D.
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Genetic Sciences
- Forensics
John P. Vincent, Ph.D.
Professor and Adjunct clinical faculty member, Baylor College of Medicine
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy
- Forensic Psychology
- Marriage and Family Therapy
- Ethics and Mental Health Law