Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Residency and Fellowship in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Duke University School of Medicine 2007 - 2014
  • M.B.B.Ch., Stellenbosch University (South Africa) 2002
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • South Africa (Country) 
    • United States of America (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Pilot Study to Improve Access to Early Intervention for Autism in Africa awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2020
  • A Study to Assess the Janssen Autism Knowledge Engine in Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and in a Normally Developing Cohort awarded by Janssen Research & Development, LLC 2015 - 2016
  • Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Consortium for Global Health Fellows (VECDor) awarded by Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2013 - 2014
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Carpenter, KLH, Major, S, Tallman, C, Chen, LW, Franz, L, Sun, J, Kurtzberg, J, Song, A, and Dawson, G. "White Matter Tract Changes Associated with Clinical Improvement in an Open-Label Trial Assessing Autologous Umbilical Cord Blood for Treatment of Young Children with Autism." Stem Cells Translational Medicine 8, no. 2 (February 2019): 138-147.  Full Text
    • Franz, L, Adewumi, K, Chambers, N, Viljoen, M, Baumgartner, JN, and de Vries, PJ. "Providing early detection and early intervention for autism spectrum disorder in South Africa: stakeholder perspectives from the Western Cape province." Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 30, no. 3 (November 7, 2018): 149-165.  Full Text
    • Guler, J, de Vries, PJ, Seris, N, Shabalala, N, and Franz, L. "The importance of context in early autism intervention: A qualitative South African study." Autism : the International Journal of Research and Practice 22, no. 8 (November 2018): 1005-1017.  Full Text
    • Murias, M, Major, S, Davlantis, K, Franz, L, Harris, A, Rardin, B, Sabatos-DeVito, M, and Dawson, G. "Validation of eye-tracking measures of social attention as a potential biomarker for autism clinical trials." Autism Research : Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research 11, no. 1 (January 2018): 166-174.  Full Text
    • Dawson, G, Sun, JM, Davlantis, KS, Murias, M, Franz, L, Troy, J, Simmons, R, Sabatos-DeVito, M, Durham, R, and Kurtzberg, J. "Autologous Cord Blood Infusions Are Safe and Feasible in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Results of a Single-Center Phase I Open-Label Trial." Stem Cells Translational Medicine 6, no. 5 (May 2017): 1332-1339.  Full Text
    • Franz, L, Chambers, N, von Isenburg, M, and de Vries, PJ. "Autism spectrum disorder in sub-saharan africa: A comprehensive scoping review." Autism Research : Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research 10, no. 5 (May 2017): 723-749. (Review)  Full Text
    • Maselko, J, Sikander, S, Bangash, O, Bhalotra, S, Franz, L, Ganga, N, Rajan, DG, O'Donnell, K, and Rahman, A. "Child mental health and maternal depression history in Pakistan." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 51, no. 1 (January 2016): 49-62.  Full Text
    • Zucker, N, Copeland, W, Franz, L, Carpenter, K, Keeling, L, Angold, A, and Egger, H. "Psychological and Psychosocial Impairment in Preschoolers With Selective Eating." Pediatrics 136, no. 3 (September 2015): e582-e590.  Full Text
    • Maselko, J, Sikander, S, Bhalotra, S, Bangash, O, Ganga, N, Mukherjee, S, Egger, H, Franz, L, Bibi, A, Liaqat, R, Kanwal, M, Abbasi, T, Noor, M, Ameen, N, and Rahman, A. "Effect of an early perinatal depression intervention on long-term child development outcomes: follow-up of the Thinking Healthy Programme randomised controlled trial." The Lancet. Psychiatry 2, no. 7 (July 2015): 609-617.  Full Text
    • Towe-Goodman, NR, Franz, L, Copeland, W, Angold, A, and Egger, H. "Perceived family impact of preschool anxiety disorders." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 53, no. 4 (April 2014): 437-446.  Full Text
    • Towe-Goodman, NR, Franz, L, Copeland, W, Angold, A, and Egger, H. "Perceived family impact of preschool anxiety disorders." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 53, no. 4 (2014): 437-446.  Full Text
    • Franz, L, Angold, A, Copeland, W, Costello, EJ, Towe-Goodman, N, and Egger, H. "Preschool anxiety disorders in pediatric primary care: prevalence and comorbidity." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 52, no. 12 (December 2013): 1294-1303.e1.  Full Text
    • Deepmala, D, Franz, L, Aponte, C, Agrawal, M, and Jiang, W. "Identification of Provider Characteristics Influencing Prescription of Analgesics: A Systematic Literature Review." Pain Practice 13, no. 6 (2013): 504-513.  Full Text
    • Deepmala, D, Franz, L, Aponte, C, Agrawal, M, and Jiang, W. "Identification of Provider Characteristics Influencing Prescription of Analgesics: A Systematic Literature Review." Pain Practice (2012).  Full Text
    • Goulding, SM, Franz, L, Bergner, E, and Compton, MT. "Social functioning in urban, predominantly African American, socially disadvantaged patients with first-episode nonaffective psychosis." Schizophrenia research 119, no. 1-3 (June 2010): 95-100.  Full Text
    • Franz, L, Carter, T, Leiner, AS, Bergner, E, Thompson, NJ, and Compton, MT. "Stigma and treatment delay in first-episode psychosis: a grounded theory study." Early Intervention in Psychiatry 4, no. 1 (February 2010): 47-56.  Full Text
    • Lee, J, Franz, L, and Goforth, HW. "Serotonin syndrome in a chronic-pain patient receiving concurrent methadone, ciprofloxacin, and venlafaxine." Psychosomatics 50, no. 6 (November 2009): 638-639. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Bergner, E, Leiner, AS, Carter, T, Franz, L, Thompson, NJ, and Compton, MT. "The period of untreated psychosis before treatment initiation: a qualitative study of family members' perspectives." Comprehensive Psychiatry 49, no. 6 (November 2008): 530-536.  Full Text
    • Compton, MT, Leiner, AS, Bergner, E, Chien, VH, Franz, L, Goulding, SM, and Trotman, H. "Prevalence, factorial structure, and clinical correlates of first rank symptoms in urban, African-American patients with first-episode nonaffective psychosis." Clinical Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses 2, no. 1 (April 1, 2008): 59-69.  Full Text
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Pilot Study to Improve Access to Early Intervention for Autism in Africa. Pilot Study to Improve Access to Early Intervention for Autism in Africa. University of Cape Town . August 2015  2015

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