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About Our Research Team

01 Study Leadership
Guiding the Nurture Study

02 Clinical
Team Developmental and diagnostic visits

03 Family Navigation
Support along the way

04 Study Coordinators
Visits, scheduling, and study questions

05 MRI Team
Helping with MRI visits

06 EEG Team
Helping with EEG visits

07 Research Fellows
Supporting research visits

Leadership
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Ami Klin, PhD

Director,
Marcus Autism Center

Study Leadership

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Warren Jones, PhD

Director,
Eye Tracking Lab

Sarah Shultz, PhD

Director,
Neuroimaging Lab

Gordon Ramsay, PhD

Director,
Spoken Communication Lab

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Cheryl Klaiman, PhD

Director,
Diagnostic Services

Aiden Ford, PhD

Research Scientist,
Assistant Professor

Sasha Key, PhD

Director,
Eye Tracking Lab

Katherine Pickard, PhD

Co-Director,
ACCESS Lab

Clinical Team

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Moira Pileggi, SLPD

Speech Language Pathologist

Natalie Brane, SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

Jessica Owen, PsyD

Psychologist

Meena Khowaja, PhD

Psychologist

Chloe Holbrook, PhD

Psychologist

Clinical Team

Family Navigation

Famil Nav
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Hamdi Mohamud, MSW

Family Navigator

Sydney Olson, LMSW

Family Navigation Research &
Evaluation Lead

Study Coordinators

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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 for EEG

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Todd Davison, M.S. ABA

Study Coordinator

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Christine Prechtel, PhD

Research Administrative Coordinator

MRI Team

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Tyla Keys, B.S
 

Study Coordinator

Hamza Syed, B.S
 

Study Coordinator

Abigail Inman 

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Graduate Student Researcher, MRI

Kareem Chambers
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Graduate Student Researcher, MRI

EEG Team

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Kareem Chambers
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Graduate Student Researcher, EEG

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Lauren Varghese

Study Coordinator for EEG

Research Fellows: Eye Tracking Team

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Study Coordinators
MRI Team
EEG
Fellows

Aubrey Welburn, B.S.
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2nd Year Donald J. Cohen Fellow in Developmental Social Neuroscience

Peyton Narr, B.A.
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2nd Year Sally Provence Fellow 
in Clinical Research

Marina Nakayama, B.A.
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2nd Year Simons Fellowship in
Computational Neuroscience

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Lucy Yang, B.A.
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1st Year Donald J. Cohen Fellow in Developmental Social Neuroscience

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Orit Yohannes B.S.
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1st Year Simons Fellowship in
Computational Neuroscience

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Annabelle Li, B.A.
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1st Year Donald J. Cohen Fellow in Developmental Social Neuroscience

Graduate Researchers

Grad students
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Kareem Chambers

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

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Abigail Inman


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

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Caïus Gibeily
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​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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