Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2022 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Publications
Social Anxiety Symptoms Predict Poorer Facial Emotion Recognition in Autistic Male Adolescents and Young Adults Without Intellectual Disability.
Journal Article J Autism Dev Disord · July 2024 Utilizing a novel computerized task, we aimed to examine whether social anxiety symptoms would be related to individual differences in facial emotion recognition (FER) in a sample of autistic male adolescents and young adults without intellectual disabilit ... Full text Link to item CiteHealth Related Quality of Life in Autistic Youth and Their Families.
Journal Article J Autism Dev Disord · August 29, 2023 PURPOSE: The construct Quality of Life (QoL) involves a range of factors related to one's well-being. Individuals on the autism spectrum have been previously reported to have lower QoL. The purpose of the present study is to examine QoL in autistic individ ... Full text Link to item CiteRelationship between quantitative digital behavioral features and clinical profiles in young autistic children.
Journal Article Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · July 2023 Early behavioral markers for autism include differences in social attention and orienting in response to one's name when called, and differences in body movements and motor abilities. More efficient, scalable, objective, and reliable measures of these beha ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Consortium on Biomarker and Outcome Measures of Social Impairment for Use in Clinical Trials in Autism Spectrum Disorder
ResearchClinical Research Associate · Awarded by Yale University · 2020 - 2025Psychological and Behavioral Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with Autism and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Autism Science Foundation · 2021 - 2022View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Virginia Tech, Carilion School of Medicine ·
2019
Ph.D.