ABOUT THE SCIENTISTS
The research of
the Autism Research Program is currently supported by a National Institute
of Health (NIH) grant. This grant was awarded from the National Institute
of Child and Human Development (NICHD). This project has been designated
by NICHD as a Collaborative Program of Excellence in Autism. This funding
source supports a broad program of research investigating the cognitive
and neural basis of autism. The scientists playing a role on this project
represent a team of collaborators from many disciplines to include neurology,
psychiatry, neuroscience, neuropsychology, cognitive and experimental psychology,
statistics and radiology. The investigators from the project are provided
below:
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| NICHD: NEUROBIOLOGIC & COGNITIVE MECHANISMS OF AUTISM | |
| Scientist | Role |
| University of Pittsburgh | |
| Nancy Minshew,
M.D. |
Director, Principal Investigator |
| Mark Strauss, Ph.D. | Co-Principal Investigator |
| Marlene Behrmann, Ph.D. | Principal Investigator |
| Gerald Goldstein, Ph.D. | Co-Investigator |
| Beatriz Luna,
Ph.D. |
Co-Investigator |
| Bernie Devlin | Consultant |
| Carnegie Mellon University | |
| Marcel Just,
Ph.D. |
Principal Investigator |
| William Eddy,
Ph.D. |
Core Director |
| Robert Siegler, | Co-Investigator |
| Joel Welling, | Co-Investigator |
| Universtiy of Illinois-Chicago | |
| John A Sweeney,
Ph.D. |
Co-Director, Principal Investigator |
| Keith R. Thulborn | Consultant |
| N/A | |
| Carol Kaufman | Fiscal Consultant |