Robert T. Schultz, PhD

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Robert T. Schultz, PhD, is the Director of the Center for Autism Research at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the RAC Endowed Professor in Pediatrics.

Areas of Expertise: Autism spectrum disorder research
Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Internship

Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology - Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

Fellowship

Cognitive Neuroscience - Yale University (Child Study Center, Radiology and Neurobiology), New Haven, CT

Undergraduate Degree

BA in Psychology - University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Graduate Degree

PhD in Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience - University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Titles and Academic Titles

Founding Director, Center for Autism Research

Regional Autism Center Endowed Chair

Psychologist

R.A.C. Endowed Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Research Interests

Autism and associated mental health conditions
Brain development
Computational Behavioral Analyses using AI

Publications

Papers

Dr. Schultz's publications >

Books

Chapters

2017

Volkmar, F.R., Klin, A., Schultz, R. & State, M. (2017). Autism Disorders. In B.J. Sadock, V.A.S. Sadock & P Ruiz (Eds), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry 10th edition. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins.

2012

Volkmar, F.R., Klin, A., Schultz, R. & State, M. (2012). Autism Disorders. Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. B.J. Sadock, V.A.S. Sadock & P. Ruiz  (eds.). Williams and Wilkins.

2011

Herrington, J & Schultz, R.T. (2011). Autism: Review of neuroimaging findings. In B. Turetsky & M. Shenton (Eds.), Neuroimaging in Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Cambridge University Press.

South, M., Ozonoff, S., & Schultz, R.T. (2011).  Social Cognition and autism. In D. Fein (Ed.), The Neuropsychology of Autism. Oxford, UK: Oxford Press.

2009

Volkmar, F.R., Klin, A., & Schultz, R. (2009). Autism and the pervasive developmental disorders. In MG Gelder JJ Lopez-Ibor & N Andreasen (Eds.), New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Curby, K., Willenbockel, V., Tanaka, J., & Schultz, R.T. (2009). Face processing in the autism: Insights from the perceptual expertise network. In I. Gauthier, D Bub, MJ. Tarr & (Eds.), Perceptual Expertise, Modularity and Brain Organization. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Volkmar, F.R., Klin, A., Schultz, R. & State, M. (2009). Pervasive Developmental Disorders. In B.J. Sadock, V.A.S. Sadock & P Ruiz (Eds), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry 9th edition. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 3540-3559.

2008

South, M., Ozonoff, S., & Schultz, R.T. (2008). Neurocognitive Development in Autism. In C. A. Nelson & M. Luciana (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2nd Edition. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 701-716.

2007

Volkmar, F.R., Lord, C, Klin, A., Schultz, R., & Cook, E. (2007). Martin and F.R Volkmar (Eds.), Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry:  A Comprehensive Textbook 4th Edition. 384-400.

2006

Schultz, R.T., Chawarska, K. & Volkmar, F.R. (2006). The Social Brain in Autism: Perspectives from Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging.  In S.O. Moldin & J.L.R. Rubenstein (Eds.), Understanding Autism: From Basic Neuroscience to Treatment. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 323-348.

2005

Volkmar, F.R., Klin, A., & Schultz, R.  Pervasive Developmental Disorders. (2005). In B.J. Sadock & V.S. Sadock (Eds), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry 8th edition. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 3164-3182.

Schultz, R.T. & Robins, D.L. (2005). Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Autism Spectrum Disorders. In F. Volkmar, A. Klin, R. Paul & DJ Cohen (Eds), Handbook of autism and pervasive developmental disorders 3rd Edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 515-533.

Klin, A., Jones, W., Schultz, R., & Volkmar, F.R. (2005). The Enactive Mind – from actions to cognition: Lessons from autism.  In F. Volkmar, A. Klin, R. Paul & DJ Cohen (Eds), Handbook of autism and pervasive developmental disorders 3rd Edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 682-703.

2003

Klin, A., Jones, W., Schultz, R., Volkmar, F., & Cohen, D.J. (2003). The social dysfunction in autism:  defining and quantifying the phenotype.  In R. Takagi, P. Howlin & E. Fommbonne (Eds.), Advances in Research on Autism and Developmental Disorders. Tokyo: Seiwa Shoten Publishers.

Schultz, R.T., & Anderson, G. (2003). Neurobiology of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders.  In D.S. Charney &  E.J. Nestler, The Neurobiology of Mental Illness 2nd edition. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 954-967.

Schultz, R.T., Grelotti, D.J., Klin, A., Kleinman, J., Van der Gaag, C., Marois, R. & Skudlarski, P. (2003). The role of the fusiform face area in social cognition: Implications for the pathobiology of autism. In U. Frith and E.L. Hill, Autism, Mind and Brain. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 267-293. PMID: 12639338.

Volkmar, F.R., Klin, A., Schultz, R. Chawarska, K., Jones, W. (2003). The Social Brain in Autism. In M. Brune, H. Ribbert, & Wulf Schienfenhovel (Eds.), The Social Brain: Evolution and Pathology. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 167-195.

2002

Schultz, R.T., Gauthier, I., Klin A., Fulbright, R.K., Anderson, A.W., Volkmar, F., Skudlarski, P., Lacadie, C., Cohen, D.J. & Gore, J.C. (2002). Abnormal ventral temporal cortical activity during face discrimination among individuals with autism and Asperger syndrome. In R. Takagi, M. Rutter & E. Schopler (Eds.), Advances in Research on Autism and Developmental Disorders. Tokyo: Seiwa Shoten Publishers, 143-160

Pediatric Neuroimaging Group (Schultz, R.T., Rosenberg, D, Pugh, K, Pine, D, Peterson, B, Kaufman, J, Kates, W, Jacobsen, L, Giedd, J, Castellanos, X & Anderson, A). (2002). Pediatric Neuroimaging. In M. Lewis (Ed), Child and adolescent psychiatry: Comprehensive textbook 2nd edition. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Co., 132-154.

2001

Leckman, J.F., Peterson, B.S., Schultz R.T. & Cohen, D.J. (2001). Tics: When habit-forming neural systems form habits of their own. In C.A. Nelson & M. Luciana (Eds), Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 549-559.

Schultz, R.T. (2001). The Neural Basis of Autism. In NJ Smelser & PB Baltes (Eds), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. NewYork: Elsevier Science, 983-987.

2000

Schultz, R.T. Romanski, L., & Tsatsanis, K. (2000). Neurofunctional Models of Autistic Disorder and Asperger Syndrome: Clues from Neuroimaging. In A. Klin, F.R Volkmar & S.S Sparrow (Eds.), Asperger Syndrome.  New York: Plenum Press, 179-209.

Staib, L.H., Zeng, X., A., Chakraborty, Schultz, R.T. & Duncan, J.S. (2000). Shape Constraints in Deformable Models.  In I. Bankman (Ed.), Handbook of Medical Imaging: Processing and Analysis. New York: Academic Press, 147-157.

1999

Klin A., Schultz R.T., & Cohen D.J. (1999). The need for a theory of Theory of Mind in action: Developmental and neurofunctional perspectives on social cognition. In S. Baron-Cohen, H. Tager-Flusberg, and D. Cohen (Eds.), Understanding Other Minds 2nd Edition. Oxford, England UK: Oxford University Press, 362-393.

1998

Carter, A.S., Fredine, N.J., Schultz, R.T., Scahill, L., Findley, D., & Sparrow, S.S. (1998). Comprehensive psychological and educational assessments. In J.F. Leckman & D.J. Cohen (Eds), Tourette’s Syndrome-Tics, Obsessions, Compulsions:  Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Care. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 325-337

Scahill, L., King, R. Schultz, R.T. & Leckman, J.F. (1998). Selection and use of diagnostic and clinical rating instruments.  In J.F. Leckman & D.J. Cohen (Eds), Tourette’s Syndrome-Tics, Obsessions, Compulsions: Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Care. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 310-324.

Schultz, R.T., Carter, A.S., Scahill, L., & Leckman, J. F. (1998). Neuropsychological findings. In J.F. Leckman & D.J. Cohen (Eds), Tourette’s Syndrome-Tics, Obsessions, Compulsions:  Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Care. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 80-103.

Volkmar, F. Klin, A., Schultz, R., & Cohen, D.J. (1998). The ‘nonautistic’ pervasive developmental disorders.  In C.E. Coffey, & R.A. Brumback (Eds.), Textbook of Pediatric Neuropsychiatry. Washington, DC:  American Psychiatric Press, 429-447.

Walkup, J.T., Khan, S., Schuerholz, L, Paik, Y.S., Leckman, J.F. & Schultz, R.T. (1998). Phenomenology and natural history of tic-related ADHD and learning disabilities. In J.F. Leckman & D.J. Cohen (Eds),  Tourette’s Syndrome-Tics, Obsessions, Compulsions:  Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Care. New York:  John Wiley & Sons, 63-79

1996

Schultz, R.T. & Chakraborty, A. (1996). Magnetic resonance image analysis. In E. Bigler (Ed.), Handbook of Human Brain Function: Neuroimaging. New York: Plenum Press, 9-51.

1994

Willerman, L., Schultz, R., Rutledge, N., & Bigler, E. (1994). Brain structure and cognitive function. In C. Reynolds (Ed.), Cognitive Assessment: An Interdisciplinary Approach. New York: Plenum Press, 35-55.

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial positions

Ad Hoc Reviewer 

PNAS
Science
Neuron
Archives of General Psychiatry
Brain
Nature Neuroscience
Journal of Neuroscience
Biological Psychiatry
Neurology

Academic and institutional committees

2022-present, Director (sole PI) CHOP/UPenn IDDRC
2017-present, Dept. of Pediatric Junior Faculty Advising Program
2011-present, T32 Training Program in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Committee
2011-present, Committee on Appointments and Promotions (COAP), Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2018-present, Scientific Advisory Board, Autism Science Foundation