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Meet Your Center for Autism Team

Team Members

Rachel E Aiello, PhD Medical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Psychologist, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Dana Ajeen Clinical Research Specialist	Jeffrey Baker, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Samantha Bowen, PhD Director of Operations, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Todd Calnan Clinical Trials Assistant, Neurophysiology Lab	David Carlson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Kimberly Carpenter, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences	Tara Chandrasekhar, MD Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Marika Coffman, PhD Clinical Associate
Nathan Copeland, MD, MPH Faculty, Division of Child and Family Mental Health & Developmental Neuroscience	Naomi O. Davis, PhD Faculty Research Affiliate, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Geraldine Dawson, PhD William Cleland Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development
Lauren Driggers-Jones, PhD Clinical Research Coordinator	Eden Dunford Clinical Research Specialist	Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Çagla Eroglu, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology	Jacqueline Rae Flowers, PhD Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow -Clinical Associate	Lauren Franz, MBChB, MPH Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Global Health
Karen Goetz Program Manager, Duke Autism Center of Excellence	Jordan Grapel, MS Clinical Research Specialist, Sr	Simon Gregory, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Director of Genomics and Epigenetics, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute
Adrianne Harris Graduate Student, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience	Nicole Heilbron, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Associate Director, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Haley Henry Senior Clinical Research Specialist
Brianna Herold, MS, CRC Research Interventionist	Jill Howard, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director of Early Intervention Services, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Catherine Jarboe Communications Strategist
Scott H. Kollins, PhD Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Duke ADHD Program, Duke University School of Medicine	Joanne Kurtzberg, MD Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Chief Scientific Officer, Robertson Clinical and Translational Cell Therapy Program	Sheng Luo, PhD Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Samantha Terese Major, MHSc Neurophysiology Laboratory Manager	Margaret L. McAllister Clinical Research Specialist, Sr.	Laura Nations, MA, LPA Associate in Research, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Lori Reinhart-Mercer, RN Clinical Research Coordinator	Maura Sabatos-DeVito, PhD Medical Instructor, 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 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Associate Director, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Sarah Sipe, MA Clinical Research Coordinator
Scott Soderling, PhD Associate Professor, Cell Biology; Associate Professor, Neurobiology	Allen W. Song, PhD Professor, Department of Radiology; Director, Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center	Marina Spanos, PhD Faculty Research Affiliate, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development
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	Elena Tenenbaum, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Cynthia A. Toth, MD Joseph AC Wadsworth Professor of Ophthalmology and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Pediatric Retina Specialist and Surgeon
Saritha Vermeer, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Clinical Psychologist, Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development	Kara Washington Senior Clinical Research Specialist	Sarah Yang Clinical Research Specialist, Sr.