Fred R. Volkmar

Volkmar was raised in Sorento, Illinois. He obtained a B.S. in psychology from the University of Illinois in 1972, where he worked with William Greenough on brain development. and earned him the Psi Chi national prize for research. During his time at the University of Illinois, Volkmar first came into contact with autism, and at the suggestion of a professor decided to pursue child psychology. Volkmar received an M.D. from the Stanford University School of Medicine and an M.A. in psychology. While at Stanford, Volkmar spent some time in a school for autistic children. ==Career==

Medical Volkmar was a resident and fellow in psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, He became an assistant professor at Yale in 1982, He held the Irving B. Harris chair in 1987 and 1988, being appointed permanently in 2003. He was part of the work group on neurodevelopmental disorders for the DSM-5 (2013) but resigned and, as of 2023, still believes the DSM-5 criteria are too strict, according to The Guardian. As of 2023, Volkmar is the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders since publication of its first edition in 2013. He was an editor for the Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, third, and fourth edition. ==Recognition and awards==

Volkmar received the Blanche F. Ittleson Award from the American Psychiatric Association in 1997 and, in 2007, the George Tarjan Award for Research in Developmental Disabilities from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. ==References==