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Maura S Devito

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

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2021 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Recent Publications


Brief report: Attention patterns to non-social stimuli and associations with sensory features in autistic children

Journal Article Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders · October 1, 2022 Background: Aberrant attention patterns have been commonly reported in autistic children. However, few studies have examined attention to non-social stimuli varying in salience and complexity using eye-tracking technology, as well as their links to clinica ... Full text Cite

Patterns of Intervention Utilization Among School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Findings from a Multi-Site Research Consortium.

Journal Article Res Autism Spectr Disord · June 2022 When designing and interpreting results from clinical trials evaluating treatments for children on the autism spectrum, a complicating factor is that most children receive a range of concurrent treatments. Thus, it is important to better understand the typ ... Full text Link to item Cite

The autism biomarkers consortium for clinical trials: evaluation of a battery of candidate eye-tracking biomarkers for use in autism clinical trials.

Journal Article Mol Autism · March 21, 2022 BACKGROUND: Eye tracking (ET) is a powerful methodology for studying attentional processes through quantification of eye movements. The precision, usability, and cost-effectiveness of ET render it a promising platform for developing biomarkers for use in c ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Data Acquisition and Analysis Core

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Yale University · 2020 - 2025

Marcus Foundation Phase II MSC ASD

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

Duke: 3/5-The Autism Biomarkers Consortium DAAC

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Yale University · 2015 - 2020

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2014 Ph.D.