Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2014
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2018 - 2021
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Data Acquisition and Analysis Core awarded by Yale University 2020 - 2023
  • Marcus Foundation Phase II MSC ASD awarded by The Marcus Foundation 2019 - 2022
  • Duke: 3/5-The Autism Biomarkers Consortium DAAC awarded by Yale University 2015 - 2020
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  External Relationships

  • New Frontiers in Learning
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Chen, Y. J., C. Harrop, M. Sabatos-DeVito, J. Bulluck, A. Belger, and G. T. Baranek. “Brief report: Attention patterns to non-social stimuli and associations with sensory features in autistic children.” Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 98 (October 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2022.102035.
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    • Sridhar, Aksheya, Jocelyn Kuhn, Susan Faja, Maura Sabatos-DeVito, Julia I. Nikolaeva, Geraldine Dawson, Charles A. Nelson, et al. “Patterns of Intervention Utilization Among School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Findings from a Multi-Site Research Consortium.” Res Autism Spectr Disord 94 (June 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2022.101950.
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    • Shic, Frederick, Adam J. Naples, Erin C. Barney, Shou An Chang, Beibin Li, Takumi McAllister, Minah Kim, et al. “The autism biomarkers consortium for clinical trials: evaluation of a battery of candidate eye-tracking biomarkers for use in autism clinical trials.” Mol Autism 13, no. 1 (March 21, 2022): 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-021-00482-2.
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    • Franz, Lauren, Jill Howard, Marisa Viljoen, Linmarie Sikich, Tara Chandrasekhar, Scott H. Kollins, Lawrence Lee, et al. “Pragmatic adaptations of telehealth-delivered caregiver coaching for children with autism in the context of COVID-19: Perspectives from the United States and South Africa.” Autism 26, no. 1 (January 2022): 270–75. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211022585.
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    • Webb, Sara Jane, Iris Emerman, Catherine Sugar, Damla Senturk, Adam J. Naples, Susan Faja, Jessica Benton, et al. “Identifying Age Based Maturation in the ERP Response to Faces in Children With Autism: Implications for Developing Biomarkers for Use in Clinical Trials.” Front Psychiatry 13 (2022): 841236. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.841236.
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    • Tenenbaum, Elena J., Kimberly L. H. Carpenter, Maura Sabatos-DeVito, Jordan Hashemi, Saritha Vermeer, Guillermo Sapiro, and Geraldine Dawson. “A Six-Minute Measure of Vocalizations in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder.” Autism Res 13, no. 8 (August 2020): 1373–82. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2293.
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    • Dawson, Geraldine, Jessica M. Sun, Jennifer Baker, Kimberly Carpenter, Scott Compton, Megan Deaver, Lauren Franz, et al. “A Phase II Randomized Clinical Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Umbilical Cord Blood Infusion for Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.” J Pediatr 222 (July 2020): 164-173.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.03.011.
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    • McPartland, James C., Raphael A. Bernier, Shafali S. Jeste, Geraldine Dawson, Charles A. Nelson, Katarzyna Chawarska, Rachel Earl, et al. “The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT): Scientific Context, Study Design, and Progress Toward Biomarker Qualification.” Front Integr Neurosci 14 (2020): 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2020.00016.
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    • Sabatos-DeVito, Maura, Michael Murias, Geraldine Dawson, Toni Howell, Andrew Yuan, Samuel Marsan, Raphael A. Bernier, et al. “Methodological considerations in the use of Noldus EthoVision XT video tracking of children with autism in multi-site studies.” Biol Psychol 146 (September 2019): 107712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2019.05.012.
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    • Webb, Sara Jane, Frederick Shic, Michael Murias, Catherine A. Sugar, Adam J. Naples, Erin Barney, Heather Borland, et al. “Biomarker Acquisition and Quality Control for Multi-Site Studies: The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials.” Front Integr Neurosci 13 (2019): 71. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2019.00071.
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    • Murias, Michael, Samantha Major, Katherine Davlantis, Lauren Franz, Adrianne Harris, Benjamin Rardin, Maura Sabatos-DeVito, and Geraldine Dawson. “Validation of eye-tracking measures of social attention as a potential biomarker for autism clinical trials.” Autism Res 11, no. 1 (January 2018): 166–74. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1894.
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    • Dawson, Geraldine, Jessica M. Sun, Katherine S. Davlantis, Michael Murias, Lauren Franz, Jesse Troy, Ryan Simmons, Maura Sabatos-DeVito, Rebecca Durham, and Joanne Kurtzberg. “Autologous Cord Blood Infusions Are Safe and Feasible in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Results of a Single-Center Phase I Open-Label Trial.” Stem Cells Transl Med 6, no. 5 (May 2017): 1332–39. https://doi.org/10.1002/sctm.16-0474.
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    • Sabatos-DeVito, Maura, Sarah E. Schipul, John C. Bulluck, Aysenil Belger, and Grace T. Baranek. “Eye Tracking Reveals Impaired Attentional Disengagement Associated with Sensory Response Patterns in Children with Autism.” J Autism Dev Disord 46, no. 4 (April 2016): 1319–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2681-5.
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    • Adelman, James S., Maura G. Sabatos-DeVito, Suzanne J. Marquis, and Zachary Estes. “Individual differences in reading aloud: a mega-study, item effects, and some models.” Cogn Psychol 68 (February 2014): 113–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2013.11.001.
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    • Dykstra, Jessica R., Maura G. Sabatos-Devito, Dwight W. Irvin, Brian A. Boyd, Kara A. Hume, and Sam L. Odom. “Using the Language Environment Analysis (LENA) system in preschool classrooms with children with autism spectrum disorders.” Autism 17, no. 5 (September 2013): 582–94. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361312446206.
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    • Adelman, James S., Suzanne J. Marquis, Maura G. Sabatos-DeVito, and Zachary Estes. “The unexplained nature of reading.” J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn 39, no. 4 (July 2013): 1037–53. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031829.
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    • Adelman, James S., Suzanne J. Marquis, and Maura G. Sabatos-DeVito. “Letters in words are read simultaneously, not in left-to-right sequence.” Psychol Sci 21, no. 12 (December 2010): 1799–1801. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610387442.
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    • Tam, Helen, Christopher Jarrold, Alan D. Baddeley, and Maura Sabatos-DeVito. “The development of memory maintenance: children's use of phonological rehearsal and attentional refreshment in working memory tasks.” J Exp Child Psychol 107, no. 3 (November 2010): 306–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2010.05.006.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • NEUROSCI 493: Research Independent Study 1 2022
  • NEUROSCI 150: Research Practicum 2021
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Service to the Profession

  • Participant. Faculty Curriculum on Anti-Racism. Duke Office of Faculty Advancement. January 11, 2021 - January 14, 2021  2021

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