Overview
Autism spectrum disorder diagnosis and treatment, infant-toddler diagnosis, trajectories of early development
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2025 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Recent Publications
Factors Associated with Caregivers' Decisions to Pursue a Diagnostic Evaluation After a Positive Autism Screen in Primary Care.
Journal Article J Autism Dev Disord · October 7, 2024 PURPOSE: We sought to understand whether a child's sex, age, race, ethnicity, caregiver education, family income, and/or number of endorsed autism signs are associated with a caregiver's decision to pursue an autism diagnostic evaluation after their child ... Full text Link to item CiteAutomated Video Tracking of Autistic Children's Movement During Caregiver-Child Interaction: An Exploratory Study.
Journal Article J Autism Dev Disord · October 2024 Objective, quantitative measures of caregiver-child interaction during play are needed to complement caregiver or examiner ratings for clinical assessment and tracking intervention responses. In this exploratory study, we examined the feasibility of using ... Full text Link to item CiteValidation of a Mobile App for Remote Autism Screening in Toddlers.
Journal Article NEJM AI · October 2024 Early detection of autism is important for timely access to diagnostic evaluation and early intervention services, which improve children's outcomes. Despite the ability of clinicians to reliably diagnose autism in toddlers, diagnosis is often delayed. Sen ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
North Carolina Pediatric Access Line for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Family Partner Outreach Project (NC-PAL IDD Family Partner Outreach)
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Arc of North Carolina · 2021 - 2026Marcus Foundation Phase II MSC ASD
ResearchClinical Associate · Awarded by The Marcus Foundation · 2019 - 2022Duke Expanded Access Protocol Proposal for the Cord Blood Association Foundation
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Cord Blood Association Foundation · 2020 - 2022View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Virginia Polytech Institute and State University ·
2015
Ph.D.