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Meet Your Center for Autism Research Team

Faculty

Rachel E Aiello, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Psychologist, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Sarah Armstrong. MD Professor of Pediatrics, Interim Chief, Division of Primary Care Pediatrics	Jeffrey Baker, MD, PhD Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of the Practice of History; Director, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine
Lawrence Carin, PhD James L. Meriam Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Vice President for Research, Duke University	David Carlson, PhD Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Biostatistics & Bioinformatics	Kimberly Carpenter, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Tara Chandrasekhar, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Scott Compton, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences	Nathan Copeland, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Naomi O. Davis, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	Geraldine Dawson, PhD William Cleland Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Brian H. Eichner, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director, Duke Pediatric Diagnostic Clinic	Çagla Eroglu, PhD Associate Professor of Cell Biology	Lauren Franz, MBChB, MPH Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Global Health
Simon Gregory, PhD Professor of Neurology	Nicole Heilbron, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Associate Director, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Ricardo Henao, PhD Assistant Professor in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Jill Howard, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director of Early Intervention Services, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Joanne Kurtzberg, MD Jerome S. Harris Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics	Juan Matias di Martino, PhD Assistant Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Eliana M. Perrin, MD, MPH, FAAP Professor of Pediatrics; Division Chief, Primary Care Pediatrics; Director, Duke Center for Childhood Obesity Research; Director, National Clinician Scholars Program at Duke University School of Medicine	Maura Sabatos-DeVito, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	Guillermo Sapiro, DSc Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Julia Schechter, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	Linmarie Sikich, MD MA Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Associate Director, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Scott Soderling, PhD George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology; Chair, Department of Cell Biology
Allen W. Song, PhD Professor, Department of Radiology; Director, Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center	Marina Spanos, PhD Senior Research Associate in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences	Elena Tenenbaum, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Cynthia A. Toth, MD Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology	Saritha Vermeer, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Clinical Psychologist, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	William Wetsel, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Staff and Trainees

Samuel Berchuk, PhD Postdoctoral Associate, Statistical Science	Alexandra Bey, MD, PhD 4th Year Resident in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences	Saskia Bock Clinical Research Specialist
Samantha Bowen, PhD Director of Operations	Alexa Brownell Clinical Research Specialist, Sr.	Todd Calnan Database Analyst I
Marika Coffman, PhD Clinical Associate in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences	Lauren Driggers-Jones, PhD Clinical Research Coordinator	Eden Dunford Clinical Research Specialist
Matthew Engelhard, MD, PhD Senior Research Associate in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences	Jacqueline Rae Flowers, PhD Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow -Clinical Associate	Karen Goetz Program Manager, Duke Autism Center of Excellence
Jordan Grapel, MS Clinical Research Specialist, Sr	Adrianne Harris Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience	Emily Henderson Clinical Research Coordinator
Jurgen Henn, MA IT Manager	Brianna Herold, MS, CRC Research Interventionist	Dmitry Isaev Graduate student, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Catherine Jarboe Communications Strategist	Gordon Keeler Statistician III	Maia Keller Clinical Research Specialist
Laura Knight Clinical Research Specialist, Sr.	Laura Kirby, PhD Clinical Associate in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences	Pradeep Raj Krishnappa Babu Postdoctoral Research Associate
Eliana Lemberg Clinical Research Specialist	Allie Lerner Clinical Research Specialist	Samantha Terese Major, MHSc Research Program Leader; Neurophysiology Laboratory Manager
Margaret L. McAllister Clinical Research Specialist, Sr.	Laura Nations, MA, LPA Associate in Research, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences	Sam Perochon, MS Visiting Scholar, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Amber Reider, PhD Postdoctoral Associate	Lori Reinhart-Mercer, RN Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator	Kendra Rosa, MPH Division Administrator, Division of Child and Family Mental Health and Community Psychiatry
Sarah Sipe, MA Clinical Research Coordinator	Kristen Stefureac, MSW, LCSW Assistant Director, Integrated Pediatric Mental Health Clinical Practice Unit	Charlotte Stoute Research Registry and Regulatory Coordinator
Elizabeth Sturdivant Administrative Coordinator and Assistant to the Director	Connor Sullivan, PhD Database Analyst II	Jessica Summers, MAT Clinical Research Coordinator
Ashley Teoh Clinical Research Specialist	Carla Wall, PhD Child Clinical-Autism Clinical Psychology Intern	Kara Washington Clinical Research Specialist, Sr.
Sarah Yang Clinical Research Specialist, Sr.