Field, Tiffany (Martini) 1942-

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FIELD, Tiffany (Martini) 1942-

PERSONAL: Born January 16, 1942; daughter of Harvey (an insurance company executive) and Betty (a special-education teacher) Martini; married Tom Willard (a boatbuilder); children: Tory. Education: University of Cincinnati, B.S., 1963; Tufts University, O.T.R., 1965, M.S., 1973; University of Massachusetts—Amherst, Ph.D., 1976. Hobbies and other interests: Boating, yoga, crafts.

ADDRESSES: Home—4218 North Surf Rd., Hollywood, FL 33019. Office—Touch Research Institutes, School of Medicine, University of Miami, P.O. Box 016820, Miami, FL 33101; fax: 305-243-6488. E-mail—tfield@med.miami.edu.

CAREER: Intern at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Boston, MA, Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY, and Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, Chicago, IL, between 1964 and 1965; Boston University Hospital, Boston, MA, acting director of occupational therapy, 1965-66; Psychiatric Institutes of America, Washington, DC, director of rehabilitation center, 1966-70; Marseille School for Retarded and Emotionally Disturbed Children, Marseille, France, lecturer, 1971-72; University of Massachusetts—Amherst, research associate, 1974-75, visiting assistant professor of psychology, 1976-77; University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, assistant professor, 1977-78, associate professor of pediatrics, psychology, and psychiatry at Mailman Center for Child Development, 1979-83, director of Touch Research Institutes, Miami, 1984—. Psychiatric Institute Foundation, Washington, DC, faculty member of Group Psychotherapy Training Institute, 1966-70; Nova Southeastern University, dean of Family and School Center, 1997-2000. National Foundation/March of Dimes, chair of study section, 1993-96.

MEMBER: International Society on Infant Studies (president, 1992-94), International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, International Society of Developmental Psychobiology, World Association of Infant Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, American Psychological Association (fellow; divisional president, 2000), Society for Research in Child Development, American Psychological Society, American Occupational Therapy Association, Society for Perinatal Research, Society of Pediatric Psychology, American Massage Therapy Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Merrill-Palmer Society, Eastern Psychological Association, Southeastern Society for Research in Child Development, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Psi Chi.

AWARDS, HONORS: Boyd McCandless Distinguished Young Scientist Award, American Psychological Association, 1979; grants from National Institute of Mental Health, 1981-91, 1991-2002; Distinguished Alumna Awards, University of Cincinnati, 1986, 1989; additional grants from National Institutes of Health, Agency for International Development, National Foundation/March of Dimes, Society for Research in Child Development, National Institute of Drug Abuse, Johnson & Johnson, Gerber, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and Administration for Children, Youth, and Families.

WRITINGS:

Infancy, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA), 1990.

Touch in Early Development, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Hillsdale, NJ), 1995.

Touch Therapy, Churchill Livingston (New York, NY), 2001.

Touch, MIT Press (Cambridge, MA), 2001.

Contributor to more than 100 books, including To Your Health: Psychology through the Life Span; Practice and Research Opportunities, edited by R. J. Resnick and R. H. Rozensky, American Psychological Association (Washington, DC), 1996; Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, edited by W. Jonas and J. S. Levin, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins (Baltimore, MD), 1999; Stress, Coping, and Depression, Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates (Mahwah, NJ), 2000; Integrating Complementary Medicine into Health Systems, edited by G. Lewith, N. Jones, and H. Wallach, Harcourt Health Sciences (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2001; and Introduction to Infant Development,edited by A. Slater and M. Lewis, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2002. Contributor of articles and reviews to medical journals.

EDITOR

(With A. Sostek, S. Goldberg, and H. H. Shuman; and contributor) Infants Born at Risk: Behavior and Development, Spectrum Publications (New York, NY), 1979.

(With S. Goldberg, D. Stern, and A. Sostek; and contributor) High-risk Infants and Children: Adult and Peer Interactions, Academic Press (New York, NY), 1980.

(With K. Scott and E. Robertson; and contributor) Teenage Parents and Their Offspring, Grune & Stratton (New York, NY), 1981.

(With M. Sostek, P. Vietze, and A. H. Leiderman; and contributor) Culture and Early Interactions, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Hillsdale, NJ), 1981.

(With others; and contributor) Review of Human Development, Wiley (New York, NY), 1982.

(With A. Fogel; and contributor) Emotion and EarlyInteraction, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Hillsdale, NJ), 1982.

(With L. Lipsitt) Infant Behavior and Development:Perinatal Risk and Newborn Behavior, Ablex Publishing (Norwood, NJ), 1982.

(With A. Sostek; and contributor) Infants Born-at-risk:Physiological, Perceptual, and Cognitive Processes, Grune & Stratton (New York, NY), 1983.

(With J. Roopnarine and M. Segal; and contributor) Friendships in Normal and Handicapped Children, Ablex Publishing (Norwood, NJ), 1984.

(With N. Fox; and contributor) Social Perception inInfants, Ablex Publishing (Norwood, NJ), 1986.

(With P. McCabe and N. Schneiderman; and contributor) Stress and Coping, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Hillsdale, NJ), 1985.

(With M. Reite; and contributor) Psychobiology of Attachment and Separation, Academic Press (New York, NY), 1985.

(With E. Tronick) Maternal Depression and InfantDisturbance, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 1986.

(With P. McCabe and N. Schneiderman; and contributor) Stress and Coping across Development, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Hillsdale, NJ), 1988.

(With T. B. Brazelton; and contributor) Advances inTouch, Johnson & Johnson (Skillman, NJ), 1990.

(With P. McCabe and N. Schneiderman; and contributor) Stress and Coping during Infancy and Childhood, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Hillsdale, NJ), 1991.

(With P. McCabe, N. Schneiderman, and J. Skyler) Stress, Coping, and Illness, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Hillsdale, NJ), 1992.

Infant Mental Health Journal, member of editorial board, 1981-82, associate editor, 1983-90; guest editor for special issues of American Anthropologist, Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Psychology, Health Psychology, Human Development, Infancy, Interamerican Journal, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Journal of Pediatrics, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Journal of Social Psychology, Life Science, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychology Bulletin, Psychophysiology, and Science; member of editorial board, Child Development, 1977-92, Developmental Psychology, 1979-92, Infant Behavior and Development, 1979-2000, Topics in Early Childhood and Special Education, 1981-92, Development and Psychopathology, 1992-95, Better Ways to Health, Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, and Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine.

SIDELIGHTS: Tiffany Field told CA: "My primary motivation for writing is to educate lay people regarding our research findings. The research data influences the work. I write on a dictaphone, and the tape is then transcribed for editing. It was my daughter's growth following being massaged as a 'preemie' that inspired our massage therapy research."