Thomas Frazier, PHD

Biography

Through my career, I have been interested in clinical assessment, behavioral neuroscience, and psychopathology. The overarching themes of my research are understanding, assessing, and treating individuals with ASD and other related forms of psychopathology. These broad interests were refined when I joined the professional staff of the Cleveland Clinic more than 14 years ago and developed a passion for understanding and treating individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) – hereafter autism or ASD. As Chief Science and Program Officer at Autism Speaks I gained a broader understanding of key next steps areas of basic, translational, and applied research, including perspective of research needs in the community (Frazier, Dawson, et al., 2018). At JCU, I am continuing to pursue my translational research focus, as well as basic psychological research focused on understanding and assessing developmental processes that contribute to psychopathology. 

Research Interests

• Understanding, assessing, & treating individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and related forms of psychopathology
• Clinical assessment
• Behavioral neuroscience

Awards and Honors

• 2017, Research and Medicine Award, Milestones Autism Resources 2017 Conference
• 2016, Frazier TW et. al. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolescent Psychiatry 55, 301-309 (2016) chosen as issue highlight paper with accompanying critical reviews.
• 2015, Frazier TW et al. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolescent Psychiatry 53, 329-340 (2014) listed as one of top 10 notable papers on SFARI.org. http://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/specials/2014/collection-2014-year-in-review/notable-papers-of-2014
• 2014, Nominated for Inter-agency Autism Coordinating Committee
• 2014, Final Round Nominee for the Cleveland Clinic Sones Innovation Award
• 2013, Nominated for Treasurer  by Dr. Geraldine Dawson, Chief Science Officer of Autism Speaks and Chair of the International Society for Autism Research Nominating Committee
• 2012, Annual Professional Excellence Award, Investigator in Human Subjects Research, Center for Clinical Research, Cleveland Clinic
• 2009, NIMH Career Development Institute for Bipolar Disorders
• 2009, NARSAD Young Investigator Award
• 2008, NIMH Bipolar Disorders Statistical Summit Travel Award
• 2004, Marie Haug Award for Distinguished Graduate Research, Case Western Reserve University
• 2002, Psi Chi Regional Research Award, Midwestern Psychological Association
• 1997, Psychology Department Distinguished Student Award, John Carroll University
• 1997, Magna Cum Laude, Honor’s Program, John Carroll University

Selected Publications

• Karpur, A, Lello, A, Frazier, T, Dixon, P, & Shih, A. Health disparities among children with autism spectrum disorders: Analysis of the National Survey of Children's Health 2016. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. In press.
• Evans DW, Lusk LG, Slane MM, Michael AM, Myers SM, Uljarevic M, Mason O, Claridge G, Frazier T. Dimensional assessment of schizotypal, psychotic, and other psychiatric traits in children and their parents: development and validation of the Childhood Oxford-Liverpool Inventory of Feelings and Experiences on a representative US sample. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2018;59(5):574-585.
• Frazier TW, Klingemier EW, Parikh S, Speer L, Strauss MS, Eng C, Hardan AY, Youngstrom EA. Development and validation of objective, quantitative, eye tracking-based measures of autism risk and symptom levels. Journal of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry. 2018;57(11):858-866.
• Frazier TW, Dawson G, Murray D, Shih A, Sachs JS, Geiger A. Brief Report: A Survey of Autism Research Priorities Across a Diverse Community of Stakeholders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2018;48(11):3965-3971.
• Hegarty JP, 2nd, Gu M, Spielman DM, Cleveland SC, Hallmayer JF, Lazzeroni LC, Raman MM, Frazier TW, Phillips JM, Reiss AL, Hardan AY. A proton MR spectroscopy study of the thalamus in twins with autism spectrum disorder. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 2018;81:153-160.
• Jo B, Findling RL, Hastie TJ, Youngstrom EA, Wang CP, Arnold LE, Fristad MA, Frazier TW, Birmaher B, Gill MK, Horwitz SM. Construction of longitudinal prediction targets using semisupervised learning. Stat Methods Med Res. 2018;27(9):2674-2693.
• Kubu CS, Frazier T, Cooper SE, Machado A, Vitek J, Ford PJ. Patients' shifting goals for deep brain stimulation and informed consent. Neurology. 2018;91(5):e472-e478.
• Youngstrom EA, Van Meter A, Frazier TW, Youngstrom JK, Findling RL. Developing and Validating Short Forms of the Parent General Behavior Inventory Mania and Depression Scales for Rating Youth Mood Symptoms. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2018:1-16.