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Jill E. Howard

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
DUMC 3527, Durham, NC 27710
2608 Erwin Road, Suite 300, Durham, NC 27705

Overview


Autism spectrum disorder diagnosis and treatment, infant-toddler diagnosis, trajectories of early development

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 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 Cite

Automated 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 Cite

Validation 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 Cite
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Recent Grants


Marcus Foundation Phase II MSC ASD

ResearchClinical Associate · Awarded by The Marcus Foundation · 2019 - 2022

Duke Expanded Access Protocol Proposal for the Cord Blood Association Foundation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Cord Blood Association Foundation · 2020 - 2022

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Education, Training & Certifications


Virginia Polytech Institute and State University · 2015 Ph.D.