Autism Spectrum Disorder

Kelly Botteron, MD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Structural brain differences in children and adolescents with affective disorders, attention deficit disorder and autism
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Down Syndrome

Robert Fitzgerald, PhD, MPH
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder and related developmental disabilities

Adam Kepecs, PhD
Neuroscience
Research Topics
- Identify neural processes underlying specific behavioral capacities in rodent models of cognition

Natasha Marrus, MD, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Autism
- Development of language and social cognition
- Social motivation
- Emotion regulation in early childhood
- Biomarkers of child psychiatric disorders
- Neuroimaging

John Pruett Jr., MD, PhD
Psychiatry
Research Topics
- Functional Brain Networks in Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Mechanisms Supporting Joint Attention Behaviors
- Theory of Mind and Higher-Order Relational Reasoning