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About Our Research Team

Lead Investigators

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Ami Klin, PhD

Director of Marcus Autism Center

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Warren Jones, PhD

Director of Research and Eye-Tracking Lab

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Sarah Shultz, PhD

Director of Neuroimaging Lab

Study Clinicians

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Jessica Owen, PsyD
Psychologist

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Meena Khowaja, PhD

Psychologist

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Chole Holbrook, PhD

Psychologist

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Cheryl Klaiman, PhD

Program Director, Diagnostic Services

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Gordon Ramsay, PhD

Director of Spoken Communication Lab

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Alexandra P. Key, PhD

Director of EEG Lab

Speech Language Pathologists

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Moira Pileggi, SLPD

Speech Language Pathologist

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Natalie Brane, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

Study Coordinators

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Carmen Husk, B.A.

Study Coordinator

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Hamdi Mohamud, MSW

Study Coordinator

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Megan Dunlevy, MPH

Senior Program Coordinator for Community Outreach

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Lauren Varghese

 
Study Coordinator EEG

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Christine Prechtel, PhD

Research Administrative Coordinator

Eye Tracking Research Fellows

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Aubrey Welburn, B.S.

Donald J. Cohen Fellow in Developmental Social Neuroscience

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Elena Bien, B.S.

Samsky Educational Sciences fellow

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Marina Nakayama, B.A.

Simons Fellowship in Computational Neuroscience

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Jessica Benson, B.S.

​Sally Provence Fellow in Clinical Research

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Peyton Narr, B.A.

​Sally Provence Fellow in Clinical Research

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McKenzie Hann, B.A.

​Clinical Research Coordinator I

MRI Research Staff

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Tyla Keys, B.S

​Clinical Research Coordinator I

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Hamza Syed, B.S

​Clinical Research Coordinator I

Project Coordination Team

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Derianne Buckley, MS
Team Lead Research Coordinator

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Sydney Olson, LMSW

Research Project Coordinator

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Focused on caregiver experience, family support through family navigation, and making research feel meaningful, accessible, and connected to the real needs of children and families.​

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Graduate Students Researchers

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Abigail Inman
Graduate Student Researcher
PhD Student, Neuroscience Program (GDBBS), Shultz Lab
Emory University

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Kareem Chambers
Graduate Student Researcher
PhD Student, Neuroscience Program (GDBBS), Shultz Lab
Emory University

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Caïus Gibeily

Graduate Student Researcher
PhD Student, Neuroscience Program (GDBBS), Shultz Lab
Emory University

Contact Us &
Let's Get Started

Email: marcus.research@emory.edu

Phone: 404-785-4584

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