Autism Speaks, Science, Grants Program

Matthew Goodwin, Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Research
Autism & Communication Technology
MIT Media Laboratory
Cambridge, MA 02139

Vice-Chair, ITA Committee for Autism Speaks

Email: mgoodwin@media.mit.edu
Phone: (617) 452-5510
Web: www2.massgeneral.org/neurology/childneurology/
transcend/doctors.html

Course link: http://courses.media.mit.edu/2009spring/mas771

Matthew S. Goodwin, Ph.D., is the Director of Clinical Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Laboratory and Associate Director of Research at the Groden Center – an Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders in Providence, RI. He serves on the Executive Board of the International Society for Autism Research, is Vice-Chair of the Autism Speaks-Innovative Technology for Autism Initiative, and has an adjunct associate research appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. He has over a decade of research and clinical experience working with the full spectrum of children and adults with ASD; is well acquainted with a variety of experimental methods and statistical approaches used in the behavior sciences; and has extensive experience using innovative technologies for behavioral assessment, including telemetric physiological monitors, accelerometry sensors, and digital video/facial recognition systems.

Selected publications:
Goodwin, MS (2008). Enhancing and accelerating the pace of autism research and treatment: The promise of developing innovative technology. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 23, 125-128.

Picard, R. & Goodwin, MS (2008). Developing innovative technology for future personalized autism research and treatment. Autism Advocate, 50, 32-39.

Goodwin, MS, Velicer, WF, & Intille, SS (2008). Telemetric monitoring in the behavior sciences. Behavioral Research Methods, 40, 328-341.