Lisabeth A. DiLalla
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
For distinguished contributions to the field of psychology and the broader scientific endeavor achieved through dedication to research, teaching and mentoring, and service
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Biography
Lisabeth Fisher DiLalla, PhD, is a professor of behavioral sciences at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, cross-appointed in the Department of Psychology at SIU, Carbondale, Illinois.
She received her PhD in 1987 in developmental psychology from the University of Virginia and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in behavior genetics at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics at the University of Colorado.
Her behavioral genetic research on preschoolers has focused on aggressive and cooperative peer behaviors, behavioral adjustment to school, and play and imagination. Other research interests include delinquency and cognitive development.
DiLalla focuses on twins in her research to better understand the contributions of genes and environment to the behaviors she studies. She also teaches child development and behavior genetics to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students. DiLalla is a Sigma Xi Fellow, a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), and a Charter Fellow of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA).