Autism Speaks, Science, Sponsored Programs, Baby Sibs Consortium Researchers

The following researchers comprise the committee of principal investigators of the High Risk Baby Siblings Research Consortium. Each investigator actively participates in meetings, shares data and collaborates on joint projects. Each of these researchers share the common goal of identifying autism at the earliest age possible so that intervention strategies can be developed that improve the developmental trajectory of infants who may be later diagnosed with autism. They represent leaders in the field of developmental pediatrics, child psychology and infant development in the United States, Canada, and Israel.

For scientists who have received funding for a project enrolling high risk infants, we invite you to review the goals of the BSRC, and our primary mission of pooling data for collaborative research projects. Please read the most recent annual report for background information and a list of the common measures that all members agree to include in their projects. The BSRC reviews applications for membership on an annual basis in September.

For more information, please contact Alycia Halladay (ahalladay@autismspeaks.com)

Susan Bryson, Ph.D.
Research Chair in Autism
Autism Research Centre
IWK Health Centre
Dalhousie University
5850 University Ave
Halifax, NS, B3J 3G9

Alice S. Carter, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd
Boston, MA 02125
http://psych.umb.edu/faculty/carter/carter.htm

Leslie Carver, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Psychology and Human Development
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0109
http://psy.ucsd.edu/pages/people/faculty/lcarver.html

Kasia Chawarska, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Yale University School of Medicine
Child Study Center
230 South Frontage Road
New Haven, CT 06510
http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/

John N. Constantino, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Washington Univ. School of Medicine
Campus Box 8134
660 South Euclid Ave
St. Louis, MI 63110
http://www.psychiatry.wustl.edu/c/Faculty/FacultyDetails.aspx?ID=278

Suzanne Curtin, Ph.D.
Departments of Psychology and Linguistics
Admin 260
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB
T2N 1N4
http://psych.ucalgary.ca/profiles/suzanne-curtin

Karen Dobkins, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Psychology
Director, Infant Vision Laboratory
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093
http://psy.ucsd.edu/~kdobkins/

Deborah Fein, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology University of Connecticut
406 Babbidge Rd
Storrs, CT 06268
http://web.uconn.edu/psychology/Faculty/Fein/Fein.html

Jana Iverson, Ph.D.
Dept. of Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
3145 Sennott Square
210 S. Bouguet Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
http://www.psychology.pitt.edu/people/faculty/iverson.php

Ami Klin, Ph.D.
Harris Professor of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Yale Child Study Center
230 South Frontage Rd
New Haven, CT 06519-1124
http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/

Rebecca Landa, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders
and of the REACH research program, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Dept. of Psychiatry
3901 Greenspring Ave
Baltimore, MD 21211
http://www.kennedykrieger.org/kki_staff.jsp?pid=1048

Cathy Lord, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry
Director, Univ. of Michigan Autism & Communication Disorders Center
1111 East Catherine Street
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2054
http://www.umaccweb.com/

Daniel Messinger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Pediatrics University of Miami
Flipse Building
P.O. Box 249229
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0751
http://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/dmessinger/

Sally Ozonoff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
M.I.N.D. Institute
UC Davis Health System
2825 50th Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/psychiatry/ourteam/faculty/ozonoff.html

Joseph Piven, M.D..
Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.psychiatry.unc.edu/directories/piven.htm

Sally Rogers, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
M.I.N.D. Institute
UC Davis Health System
2825 50th St.
Sacramento, CA 95817
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/psychiatry/ourteam/faculty/rogers.html

Marian Sigman, Ph.D.
Director, UCLA Center for Autism Research
University of California, Los Angeles
760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759
http://www.autism.ucla.edu/faculty/bio/sigman-bio.php

Mark Strauss, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
3403 Sennot Square
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
http://www.pitt.edu/~strauss

Wendy Stone, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology & Human Development
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Treatment & Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD)
Peabody #74
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences/stone

Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D.
Director, Lab of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Boston University School of Medicine
715 Albany Street, L-814
Boston, MA 02118-2526
http://www.bu.edu/psych/faculty/tagerflusberg/

Sara Jane Webb, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UW Autism Center
Research Program Box 357920
CHDD 314C
University of Washington
Seattle WA 98195
206.221.6461
sjwebb@u.washington.edu

Nurit Yirmiya, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Psychology & School of Educ.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mount Scopus, Jerusalem ISRAEL 91905
http://websites.mscc.huji.ac.il/nurityirmiya/

Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
University of Alberta
1023 - 111 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5G 0B7