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Associate Director, Center for Autism Research
Kessler Foundation
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Helen M. Genova, Ph.D. is the assistant director of the foundation's Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research and director of the Social Cognition and Neuroscience Laboratory. She is also assistant research professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers University-NJ Medical School. Since the start of her professional career in 2007, she has successfully obtained grant funding, either as principal investigator or co-investigator, from the National Institute of Health (NIH), the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation research (NIDILRR), National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the New Jersey Commission on Traumatic Brain Injury Research, the ARSEP Foundation, Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, and the Department of Veteran’s Affairs. She has focused on examining social and cognitive issues across multiple populations, including those utilizing both behavioral and neuroimaging methods to study social cognition and emotional processing. Particularly in regard to social cognition, Dr. Genova has played an important role in pioneering innovative research applying promising interventions targeting deficits in social cognition in Autism, Multiple Sclerosis and Traumatic Brain Injury. Dr. Genova has also devoted much of her career to investigating other cognitive issues in clinical populations, including the assessment and treatment of cognitive fatigue.
