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| Laboratory of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience |
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The Lab of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience comprises a talented group of researchers, students and research assistants, as well as several collaborations with other institutions conducting research on autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. The Lab staff currently includes two full time faculty members from the department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (including the director), two senior faculty-level research associates, one postdoctoral fellow, two MD/PhD students, and several Masters level students. The staff include three project managers, two family coordinators, and 15-20 full- and part-time research coordinators and assistants. assistants. Our neuroimaging studies are conducted in collaboration with the BUSM Center for Biomedical Imaging. In addition, we are currently working in collaboration with the following institutions: Tufts/New England Medical Center, Dartmouth College, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Massachusetts General Hospital. Our consultants include faculty from these institutions, as well as colleagues at the University of Kansas, Harvard University and Brandeis University.
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Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D. |
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Dr. Tager-Flusberg is the lab director and principal investigator for many of the ongoing studies on language and social cognition in autism and other developmental disorders. |
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Robert Joseph, Ph.D. |
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Dr. Joseph is the principal investigator of the lab's face processing in autism project and a new study funded by the National Alliance for Autism Research. |
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Shiri Pearlman-Avnion, Ph.D. |
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Dr. Pearlman-Avnion is a postdoctoral fellow funded by the National Alliance for Autism Research, who studies the perception of irony in children with autism. |
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Kelli Dominick |
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Ms. Dominick is a MD/PhD candidate in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, and she is working on our structural and functional imaging projects. |
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Research Associates |
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Alice Carter, Ph.D.
Susan Folstein, M.D. |
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Project Managers |
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Karen Condouris, MS/CCCP
Mary Beth Kadlec, Sc.D.
Daniela Plesa-Skwerer, Ph.D. |
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Family Coordinators |
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Naomi Davis, M.A.
Kelley Larrow, Ed.M.
Gretchen Shuman, M.Ed. |
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Data Manager |
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Christine Connolly |
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Genetics Project Coordinator |
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Nancy Shaffer |
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Research Assistants |
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Anneliese Bass
Rhyannon Bemis
Leigh Borum
Nicole Crawford
Amy Gower
Brandon Keehn
Rebecca McNally
Tamar Remz
Andy Silver |
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