Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Current Position
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
Director, Center for Primate Neuroethology, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA
Director, Vervet Research Center, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Previous Academic Positions
1975 - 1981 Assistant Research Psychologist, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
1981 - 1987 Associate Research Psychologist, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
1987 - 2000 Research Psychologist, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Education
University of Colorado B.A. 1968 Psychology
University of Washington Ph.D. 1974 Psychology - Animal Behavior
Professional Activities (selected)
1976 - Present Consultant in research design, methodology, statistics and data analysis for the Neuropsychiatric Institute
1978 - 1993 Editorial Board, Ethology and Sociobiology
1984 - 1990 Grant Review Committee, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Int.
1988 - 1993 Consulting Editor, American Journal of Primatology
1991 - 1993 Editorial Board, Animal Behaviour
1993 - 1994 American Society of Primatologists, Education Committee
1993 - 1998 Action Editor, Behaviour: An International Journal of Behavioral Biology
1993 - Present Associate Editor, American Journal of Primatology
1995 - 1998 American Society of Primatologists, Publication Committee
1998 - Present American Society of Primatologists, Research and Development Committee
Selected Publications
Fairbanks, L.A. and McGuire, M.T. (1986) Aging and dominance related behavior in vervet monkey females: Reproductive value or cross-generational inheritance of dominance rank. Anim. Behav., 34:1710-1721.
Fairbanks, L.A. and McGuire, M.T. (1988) Long-term effects of early mothering behavior on responsiveness to the environment in vervet monkeys. Dev. Psychobiol., 21, 711-724.
Hauser, M.D. and Fairbanks, L.A. (1988) Mother-offspring conflict in vervet monkeys: variation in response to ecological conditions. Anim. Behav., 36, 802-813.
Fairbanks, L.A. (1988) Mother-infant behavior in vervet monkeys: response to failure of last pregnancy. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 23, 157-165.
Fairbanks, L.A. (1989) Early experience and cross-generational continuity of mother-infant contact in vervet monkeys. Dev. Psychobiol., 22, 669-681.
Fairbanks, L.A. (1993) Risk-taking by juvenile vervet monkeys. Behaviour, 124, 57-72.
Fairbanks, L.A. (1993). What is a good mother?: Adaptive variation in maternal behavior of primates. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2, 179-183.
Pereira, M.E. and Fairbanks, L.A. (Eds.) Juvenile Primates: Life History, Development and Behavior. Oxford University Press: New York, 1993.
Fairbanks, L.A. (1993). Juvenile vervet monkeys: establishing relationships and practicing skills for the future. In M.E. Pereira & L.A. Fairbanks (eds.) Juvenile Primates: Life History, Development and Behavior. Oxford University Press: New York.
Fairbanks, L.A. & McGuire, M.T. (1995) Maternal condition and the quality of maternal care in vervet monkeys. Behaviour, 132, 733-754.
Fairbanks, L.A. (1996) Individual differences in maternal style of old world monkeys. Advances in the Study of Behaviour, 25, 579-611.
Kaplan, J.R., Phillips-Conroy, J., Fontenot, M.B., Jolly, C.J., Fairbanks, L.A., Mann, J.J. (1999). Cerebrospinal fluid monoamingeric metabolites differ in wild anubis and hybrid (anubis-hamadryas) baboons: possible relationships to life history and behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology, 20, 517-524.
Fairbanks, L.A., Fontenot, M.B., Phillips-Conroy, J.E., Jolly, C.J., Kaplan, J.R. & Mann, J.J. (1999) CSF monoamines, age and impulsivity in wild grivet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops aethiops). Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 53, 305-312.
Fairbanks, L.A. (2000). The developmental timing of primate play: A neural selection model. In: S. Parker, M. McKinney & J. Langur (eds.) Biology, Brains and Behavior, SAR Press: Santa Fe, NM., 131-158.
Fairbanks, L.A. (2000). Maternal investment throughout the life span. In: P. F. Whitehead and C.J. Jolly (eds.) Old World Monkeys, Cambridge University Press, pp. 341-367.
Fairbanks, L.A. (2001). Individual differences in response to a stranger: Social impulsivity as a dimension of temperament in vervet monkeys. J. Comparative Psychology, 115, 22-28.\
Fairbanks, L.A., Melega, W.P., Jorgensen, M.J., Kaplan, J.R. and McGuire, M.T. (2001). Social impulsivity inversely associated with CSF 5-HIAA and fluoxetine exposure in vervet monkeys. Neuropsychopharmacology, 24, 370-378.
Fairbanks, L.A., Newman, T., Bailey, J., Jorgensen, M. and Rogers, J. (in preparation). Genetic and maternal contributions to variation in impulsivity in adult vervet monkeys.
Current Research Support
National Institute of Mental Health,
Behavioral Genetics of Impulsivity, $250,000 per year, 4/1/01 - 3/31/06 (PI)
Veterans Administration,
Social Impulsivity: Serotonergic Mechanisms and Behavioral Consequences, $150,000 per year, 10/1/01 - 9/30/04 (PI)