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Research Division

Dr. Rob Nicolson
Chair, Developmental Disabilities Division
Endowed Chair, Autism Centre of Excellence
Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
email: rnicolso@uwo.ca

Dr. Jay Rao
PGE Director, Development Disabilities Division
Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
email: jay.rao@sjhc.london.on.ca

Ms. Maria Z. Gitta, MA
Coordinator, Developmental Disabilities Division
Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
519-455-5110, ext. 47693, e-mail: mgitta@uwo.ca

Daniel Ansari, PhD
Chair of Developmental Psychology
Numerical Cognition Lab
Department of Psychology, Facultyof Social Science
Western University
e-mail: daniel.ansari@gmail.com

Dr. F.J. Barrera
Studies on the function and motivation of self-injurious behaviours and their physiological correlates and biobehavioural manifestations.
http://www.caldwellpsychology.com/about.asp

Dr. Craig Campbell
http://www.uwo.ca/paediatrics/campbell.htm
Pediatric Neurology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Children's Hospital of Western Ontario, London

Janis Cardy, PhD, S-LP(C)
http://www.uwo.ca/fhs/bio/profile/cardy_j.html
Assistant Professor
School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Health Sciences
Western University
email: joramcar@uwo.ca

Dr. Barrie Evans
Department of Psychology
Western University
Thames Valley District School Board

Dr. Sandra Fisman
Professor
Interim Chair of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
email: sandra.fisman@sjhc.london.on.ca

Dr. Michelle Gilpin
Psychologist, Private Practice
Consulting Psychologist, Thames Valley District School Board
http://www.gilpinchildpsychology.com

Dr. Karin Gleason
Department of Psychology
Western University
Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI), London 

Dr. Benjamin Goldberg
Professor Emeritus
Developmental Neuropsychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

Elizabeth P. Hayden, PhD
http://www.ssc.uwo.ca/psychology/faculty/hayden_res.htm
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Western University
email: ehayden@uwo.ca

Mary E Jenkins, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor
Movement Disorders Program
Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
email: Mary.Jenkins@lhsc.on.ca     

Marc Joanisse, PhD
Associate Professor
Language, Reading and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science
Western University
email: marcj@uwo.ca

Louise LaRose, BCBA, PhD, CPsych
Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Psychologist / Psychologue
Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology
Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Autism Centre of Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
email: l.larose@rogers.com

Research interests: early intervention for children with autism; assessment tools for functional assessments of problem behaviors; parent adaptation to a child with autism

Derrick MacFabe, MD
Director, The "Kilee Patchell-Evans" Autism Research Group
Department of Psychology
Western University 
email: dmacfabe@uwo.ca 

For selected publications and abstracts, visit: http://www.psychology.uwo.ca/autism/publications.htm

Dr. Sohail Makhdoom
Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Child and Parent Resource Institute, London

Angela Mandich, PhD, OT Reg (Ont)
http://www.uwo.ca/fhs/bio/profile/mandich_a.html
Associate Professor
Director, Kids' Skills Clinic
School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences
Western University
email: amandich@uwo.ca

Research interests are in the area of interventions for children with developmental disabilities, including Developmental Coordinator Disorder and autism.

Dr. Clare Mitchell
http://www.uwo.ca/paediatrics/mitchell.htm
Department of Pediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Child and Parent Resource Insitute, London

Bruce Morton, PhD
Cognitive Development and Neuroimaging Laboratory
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science
Western University
email: bmorton3@uwo.ca

J.B. Orange, PhD
http://publish.uwo.ca/~jborange/
Associate Professor
School of Communicative Sciences & Disorders, Faculty of Health Sciences
Western University
email: jborange@uwo.ca  

Research activities include discourse analyses of conversational repair, topic manipulation behaviours, and other linguistic and sociolinguistic features of individuals with various forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobe dementia, and adults with cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and adults with Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome.

A. Narayan Prasad, MB BS, FRCPE, FRCPC
http://www.uwo.ca/paediatrics/prasad_n.htm
Associate Professor
Pediatric Neurology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Children's Hospital of Western Ontario

Tony Rupar, BSc, PhD
http://www.uwo.ca/paediatrics/rupar.htm
Associate Professor
Medical Genetics/Metabolism
Departments of Paediatrics and Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
email: trupar@uwo.ca  

R.W. (Bob) Sandieson, PhD
Associate Professor
Educational Psychology and Special Education, Faculty of Education
Cross appointed to the Department of Psychology
Western University
email: sandie@uwo.ca  

Dr. A. U. Segal
London Child and Adolescent Associates

Dr. Margaret Steele
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

Shannon Stewart, PhD  
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science
Western University
Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI), London
email: shannon.stewart@ontario.ca

Dr. Victoria Siu
http://www.uwo.ca/paediatrics/siu.htm
Medical Genetics/Metabolism
Department of Paediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Children's Hospital of Western Ontario, London

Dr. Toni Swart
Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Child and Parent Resource Institute, London

Dr. Bryan Young
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University


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