Lisabeth Fisher Dilalla BA, MA, PhD

Lisabeth DiLalla (Ph.D., 1987, Developmental Psychology, University of Virginia) completed a post-doctoral fellowship in behavior genetics at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics at the University of Colorado. Since then she has been at SIU, currently as a Professor in the School of Medicine. Her 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. Dr. 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. Dr. DiLalla is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) and a Charter Fellow of the Midwestern Psychology Association (MPA).