Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
I am the Associate Director of Research at the Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD). I am also a practicing diagnostician and the parent of two children with autism. I am an expert in early autism identification, and I have a strong interest in the impact of ASD on family functioning as well as strategies to reduce disparities in care access. I have been co-investigator or key personnel on grants funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Mental Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, and the Centers for Disease Control. I have also been Principal Investigator of a HRSA-funded longitudinal trial examining parent-focused stress intervention, of a Simons Foundation investigation into the diagnostic experiences of Black families, and of an NSF funded work examining the use of machine learning and wearable technology to predict challenging behavior as part of behavioral intervention.