Mikael Heimann

Professor of Developmental Psychology

Vice Dean (research), the Faculty of Arts and Sciences 2012-2014

Education/professional training

• Licensed psychologist (Sweden 1981, Norway 2003)
• PhD (Penn State University, USA 1988)
• Licensed psychotherapist (Sweden 1989)
• Specialist in clinical psychology (Sweden 1997)

Previous positions

Clinical

• Clinical child psychologist, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic, Göteborg, Sweden, 1976-1989
• School psychologist, Göteborg, Sweden, 1977-1978
• Privately employed psychotherapist, part-time, Göteborg, Sweden, 1984-1990

Academic

• Instructor, Dept. of Psychology, Penn State Univ., 1984
• Assistant and associate professor, Dept. of Psychology, Göteborg University, 1987-2001
• Guest research professor, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters,1996-97
• Associate professor, Dept of Special Education, Göteborg University, 1994-99
• Adjunct professor, Norwegian University of Technology, Trondheim, 2000-05
• Professor and Head, Centre of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Univ. of Bergen, Norway, 2001-05

Research areas

• Infant development (cognition, communication, imitation)
• Developmental psychopathology (autism, language impairment)
• Literacy (multimedia based intervention programs)

Selected projects:

1. Infant recall memory (in collab w assoc prof Tomas Tjus, Göteborg University, PhD candidate Karin Strid, Göteborg University, prof Lars Smith, Oslo University and prof Andrew N. Meltzoff, University of Washington, WA, USA)
2. Children with autism and joint attention - a prerequisite for early social and communicative development (in collab w assoc prof T. Tjus, Göteborg Univ., PhD candidate K. Strid, Göteborg Univ., prof L. Smith, Oslo University and prof A.N. Meltzoff, Univ. of Washington, WA, USA).
3. Children in Bergen. A longitudinal total population study of mental health and devlopment in 7-9 year-old children (in collaboration with colleagues in Norway, Sweden and the UK. PI = Assoc. prof. K.M. Stormark, Univ. of Bergen, Norway).
4. Speak up. Children with language delays: A longitudinal intervention study (project management: Assoc. prof T. Helland, Univ. of Bergen, Norway, prof. K. Hugdahl Univ. of Bergen, Norway and Dr. S. Ofte, Eikelund Resource Center, Bergen, Norway).

publications

• Recent publications
• Earlier publications

Computer program

Heimann, M., Lundälv, M., Tjus, T. & Nelson, K.E. (2004). Omega–interactive sentences, a multimedia software for language exploration and play. Topic Data & Språkbehandling HB, Göteborg, Sweden (www.omega-is.com)

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