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Elena Tenenbaum

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
DUMC 2737, Durham, NC 27710
2424 Erwin Rd., Suite 501, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Grants


Meeting on Language in Autism

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Simons Foundation · 2025 - 2028

Examining precursors to language impairment in ASD via remote assessment

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027

2025-2026 Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Simons Foundation · 2025 - 2026

Stratifying the Heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Impact of Co-Occurring Anxiety and ADHD

ResearchClinical Associate · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2021 - 2026

SURFiN Summer 2025

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Simons Foundation · 2024 - 2025

Meeting on Language in Autism

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative · 2023 - 2024

Meeting on Language in Autism

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative · 2022 - 2023

Meeting on Language in Autism

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Council on Severe Autism · 2022 - 2023

External Relationships


  • MapLight Therapeutics

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