My CV

     State University of New York, Binghamton, New York

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH

March 2006       Research Training Program Fellow, Yale Child Study Program,
                        Yale University, attended a week-long research training program
              led by Linda Mayes, Peter Fonagy and Mary Target.

3/92 to 3/94   Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Behavioral Sciences Training Program, co-sponsored by National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.,(NDRI) and Medical and Health Research Associates of New York City, Inc. (MHRA).
   Engaged in formal training activities at NDRI.
           Supervisor: Bruce Johnson, Ph.D.

3/91 to 3/92       Post Doctoral Research Fellow, NICHD,
           Department of Behavioral Sciences,
           Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
           Engaged in formal training activities at AECOM.
           Supervisors: Holly Ruff, Ph.D. & Susan A. Rose, Ph.D.

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

9/07 to 9/08       Affiliated Faculty at Columbia Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant                    Program, New York City

9/03 to 9/04       Adjunct Faculty, Long Island University,
           C.W. Post campus, N.Y.
           Lifespan Developmental Psychology,
           Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program

1/02 to present       Guest Lecturer, Respecialization Program at IPTAR,
           (Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research) NYC,
           Development I – Psychoanalytic Theories of Development
           (birth through three years)

1/02 to 6/03   Affiliated Medical Staff in the Department of Behavioral Health at White Plains Hospital Center, White Plains, N.Y.

9/01 to present   Affiliated Faculty at the YCS Institute for Training in Infant and Preschool Mental Health in partnership with Rutgers University,
   Newark, N.J.
Fall Course: Joint Attention and its Role in Enhancing –Mother-Infant Interaction.

9/94 to12/94       Adjunct Faculty, Manhattan College, Riverdale N.Y.,
           Taught introductory course in child development.

William Alanson White Institute, NYC,
Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program,
One year certificate program in adult psychotherapy (9/03-6/04).

Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, White Plains, NY, Child and Adolescent Training Program (9/01-6/03).

Institute for Child, Adolescent & Family Studies, NYC,
Extension Program:
Working with Neuropsychologically-disordered Youngsters and Their Families
Clinical Interventions with Mothers and Infants (1995 to 1996).

WORK EXPERIENCE

11/98 - present   Coordinator of Research & Infant and Child Development,
   Mental Health Dept., St. Dominic’s Family Services Center, Bronx, NY. Provide counseling/play therapy to young children and provide dyadic mother-infant and mother-child therapy; conduct training workshops for staff and foster parents on topics related to child development such as attachment and loss, the power of play, and post-traumatic stress disorder; perform developmental screenings for young children; supervise developmental psychology interns; conduct clinical research with birth parents and their infants in foster care using video feedback to enhance parent-child relations and infant development.

6/06 to present   New Dads Group,
   Provide developmental guidance and lead discussion of parenting topics related to infant and child developmental issues with the aim of strengthening the father-baby and father-child relationship.

6/96 to 6/06   Private Practitioner
Consultant to schools in the Bronx and Westchester for 0 to 3 and 3 to 5 age groups. Perform bilingual psychological evaluations (Spanish/English) through the school district
Private Practice specializing in birth through school age.

12/96 to 6/98   Staff Psychologist
Special Needs Program, Greenburgh Early Childhood Program, Provided counseling to children (group and individual) in special needs classrooms (6:1:2, 8:1:2, 12:1:2); conducted child study meetings with teaching teams; conducted bilingual and monolingual evaluations.

12/95 to 12/96   Staff Bilingual School Psychologist
YAI/NYL Harry H. Gordon School, Coordinated, participated in and led parent group and family sessions, provided counseling and play therapy services, and in-service training to staff, participated in team and staff meetings, supervised psychology interns; used video feedback as a way to enhance parent-child interactions and to train staff.

4/95 to 12/95       Staff Psychologist
Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Early Intervention Unit, Pediatrics Department, evaluated children from 0 to 3 for with suspected delay, provided parent-child counseling and guidance, led parenting workshops, and taught classes in child development to medical residents.

6/94 to 6/96   Consultant Psychologist, Babies Prep School, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Babies Hospital, NYC and Children’s School for Early Development, Mt. Kisco, performed developmental assessments with children (birth-3 and 3 to 5).

8/92 to 8/94   Consultant, Center for Comprehensive Health Practice, NYC, Evaluated comprehensive health care program for substance abusing mothers and their infants attending parenting classes in the Center’s Infant School. Tested drug-exposed infants and provided developmental guidance to their mothers. Designed and administered mother-infant interaction scales and a questionnaire assessing caregiver knowledge of infant developmental milestones.

3/91 to 3/95   Consultant, "Family Case Management for Maternal Drug Users" NIDA-funded study. Performed developmental assessments with cocaine-exposed children. Designed a study looking at mother-infant interaction and infant development in a sample of cocaine exposed babies. Research activities included designing scales, piloting measures using videotape, conducting statistical analyses, and supervising research assistants. Co-Investigators: Ernest Drucker, Ph.D. and
   Daniel Neuspiel, M.D.

11/90 to 2/91       Consultant,
Sesame Street Research, Children's Television Workshop, New York, N.Y. Consultant to CTW Director of Research on the subject of children's attention and television.

1/88 to 9/88       Researcher
      and           Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
1/90 to 8/91       Assessed infants and toddlers for two studies:
           1) early precursors of language dysfunction
           2) the effects of lead ingestion.
           Supervisors: Holly A. Ruff & Ina Wallace

7/85 to 12/85       Researcher
College of Physicians & Surgeons at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan. Videotaped subjects, interviewed parents in Spanish, and coded data for study on intervention with preterm infants.
Supervisor: Liz Anisfeld, Ph.D.

3/85 to 6/85       Researcher
Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY, Wrote progress reports and evaluations for study on drug treatment with hyperactive children.
Supervisor: Mary Solanto, Ph.D.

9/84 to 5/85       Caseworker
           Long Island Jewish/Hillside Medical Center, Lake Success, NY,
           worked in outpatient phobia clinic, participated in group therapy                    sessions and accompanied agoraphobic clients on outings.

RESEARCH       International Psychoanalytic Association Research Grant
AWARDS       $6500 to conduct pilot study using video feedback with
           mothers and their babies in foster care.

           Children’s Village Child Welfare Research Fund ($2500) to further                support the pilot study using video feedback with moms and their babies                in foster care.

           International Psychoanalytic Association Mini-Grant ($1500)
           worked with consultant Linda Mayes @ Yale Child Study 2005

           APA Dissertation Research Award, April 1990
           NIDA Travel Award Recipient to attend CPDD Conference,
           Toronto, June 1993


PROFESSIONAL   American Psychological Association
AFFILIATIONS   Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy
           World Association for Infant Mental Health

CABLE TV SHOW   Producer & Host of LMC-TV show, Conversations with Dr. Marian,
9/07 to present       a monthly program that features special guests and experts in a
           conversation about infant and child development (nominated in category                for best new show for 2007-8).

WRITER   Served as Special Needs Columnist, Scholastic Early Childhood Today
   Magazine. Wrote on topics related to parenting and child development
   focusing on special needs. Freelance for Westchester-based magazines and newspapers.

LANGUAGES       Fluent in Spanish and Hebrew.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS

Margulies, M. "Attention and Language during Free Play in Toddlers, presented   at Seminar Series, NICHD Fellowship Program, Department of Pediatrics, Kennedy Center for Research in Mental Retardation and Human Development, Bronx, NY 12/90.

Margulies, M. "Children Reduce Speech during Effortful Activities," poster presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA, 4/91.

Margulies, M. "Speech Reduction and Effort," poster presentation at Annual Pediatric Research Day, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10/91.

Margulies, M. "Play and Vocalization," presented at Applied Developmental Psychology Colloquium, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, 3/92.

Margulies, M., Hamel, S., & Neuspiel, D. "Maternal and Infant Contributions to Joint Attention: Phase 1 of a comparison between cocaine-exposed and non-exposed infants and their mothers," poster presentation at the CPDD 55th Annual Scientific meeting in Toronto, Canada, 6/93.

Margulies, M. & Fahs, M. "Comprehensive Early Intervention Program for High-Risk Infants, Toddlers and their Families: Research Implications," symposium presentation at Zero to Three/National Center For Clinical Infant Programs, Washington, D.C, 12/93.

Margulies, M., Neuspiel, D.R., Zingman, T.M., & Drucker, E. “Parenting Behavior and Mother-Child Interaction Not Related to Maternal Cocaine Use,” presentation at the CPDD 57th Annual Scientific Meeting in Arizona, 6/95.

Margulies, M., Rey-Barboza, R., Cabrera, E., & Anisfeld, M. “During Play Toddlers Speak less When they Exert More Effort,” Journal of Genetic Psychology, 3/96.

Margulies, M. "Parenting Behavior and Mother-Child Interaction Not Related to Maternal Cocaine Use.” NCAST National News, 12, 4-7, 10, 1996.

Invited to give 2009 spring lecture as part of visiting faculty series sponsored by IPTAR.