Aysenil Belger, Ph.D., is the new director of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.  Dr. Belger is a Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychology, and directs the Neurocognition and Imaging Research Lab in the UNC Department of Psychiatry.  She … Read more

Gabriel Dichter, Ph.D., is a professor of psychiatry and psychology & neuroscience, director of Clinical Affective Neuroscience Lab, and associate director of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities.  Dr. Dichter is … Read more

Laura Grofer Klinger, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, a tenured associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the UNC School of Medicine, and the executive director of the UNC TEACCH Autism Program.  She oversees TEACCH’s clinical services (seven regional … Read more

Clare Harrop, Ph.D., is an assistant research professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences and an affiliate researcher with both the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) and the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.  She is a developmental psychologist whose … Read more

Jason Stein, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Genetics in the UNC Neuroscience Center.  Dr. Stein’s lab explores how variations in the genome change the structure and development of the brain, and in doing so, create risk for neuropsychiatric illness. … Read more