Tourette and Neurodevelopment

Studying the early social and emotional development of children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

Studying genetic risk and neurobiological causes and consequences in early onset psychiatric conditions.

Conducting clinical and translational research on neural mechanisms and effectiveness of novel cognitive, behavioral, and neuroscience-based interventions for autism spectrum disorder, pediatric irritability, and Tourette Syndrome.

Using human stem cells to recreate brain development in a dish for any given person, with the aim of discovering person-to-person differences in brain biology and understand the origin of neuropsychiatric disorders.