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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
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, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Medical Director, Duke Pediatric Diagnostic Clinic
Matthew Engelhard, MD, PhD Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics	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	Gary Maslow, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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
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	Amber Brown Clinical Research Specialist	Alexa Brownell Clinical Research Specialist, Sr.
Todd Calnan Database Analyst I	Skye Chung Clinical Research Specialist	Marika Coffman, PhD Clinical Associate in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Lauren Driggers-Jones, PhD Clinical Research Coordinator	Eden Dunford Clinical Research Specialist	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	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
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	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	Zanned Rodriguez Clinical Research Specialist, Sr.
Kendra Rosa, MPH Division Administrator, Division of Child and Family Mental Health and Community Psychiatry	Sarah Sipe, MA Clinical Research Coordinator	Marina Spanos, PhD Senior Research Associate in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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	Carla Wall, PhD Postdoctoral Associate
Kara Washington Clinical Research Specialist, Sr.	Owen Wilson Clinical Research Specialist, Sr.	Sarah Yang Clinical Research Specialist, Sr.