As Executive Director she oversees all aspects of the organization, including day-to-day operations, strategic direction, fundraising and communications. Together with RSRTs Chief Scientific Office, Randy Carpenter, and with input from advisors and the scientific community at large, Monica sets and … Read more
Leonard Abbeduto, PhD, is the Director of the MIND Institute, the Tsakopoulos-Vismara Endowed Chair, and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Davis. He also directs the NIH-funded Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research … Read more
Dr. Jamie Capal is an associate professor of pediatrics and neurology and a neurodevelopmental disabilities specialist in the UNC School of Medicine and at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities. Her clinical and research activities focus on neurogenetic conditions that … Read more
Dr. Karen Erickson is the David E. and Dolores Yoder Distinguished Professor of Literacy and Disability Studies in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences. She is also the director of the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies. Dr.Erickson is a former … 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
Ben Philpot, Ph.D., is the Kenan Distinguished Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Associate Director of the UNC Neuroscience Center, and Co-Director of the UNC NIH T32 Post Doctoral Research Training Program. Dr. Philpot’s research investigates the … 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 TEACCHs clinical services (seven regional … 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
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
Dr. Jessica Dykstra Steinbrenner, CCC-SLP, is a research scientist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. She is also an adjunct assistant professor in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences and a certified speech-language pathologist. Dr. Steinbrenners research … Read more