Elizabeth Baker, PhD

Elizabeth (Liz) Baker, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center. Dr. Baker specializes in the assessment of neurodevelopmental differences, with a focus on autism. She completes multi-disciplinary diagnostic evaluations in the Developmental Disabilities Clinic and provides clinical characterization for research studies in the McPartland Lab. Her research has focused on neural correlates of social reward, adaptive behavior, and cultural considerations in intervention and assessment.

She received her doctoral degree in school psychology from the University of California, Riverside (UCR). She completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship at the VA Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland School of Medicine (VAMHCS/UMSOM) in the School Mental Health track, with a focus on trauma-informed intervention and strategies. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Virginia in the Sheila C. Johnson Center for Clinical Services, with a focus on differential diagnosis and multidisciplinary care.