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Research Experience
Director of the Seattle Children's Innovative Technologies Lab (SCITL)
Professor at the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development (CCHBD), Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics
Leading the MIND App study to pilot an app-based tool for identifying unique visual patterns in infants and children
Collaborating on the AVAIL Study with University of Florida researchers to build a library of behavioral assessment videos
Conducting multiple research studies on autism and other developmental disorders
Background
Director of the Innovative Technologies Lab (SCITL) at Seattle Children's Research Institute
Dedicated to using, advancing, and developing everyday technologies to improve the lives of children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities
Focuses on both theoretical and applied advances to help disconnected individuals connect with others
Mission is to bring radical, state-of-the-art, transformative technologies into everyday use to improve diagnostic precision, advance novel therapies, and better understand mechanisms of change across the lifespan
Committed to engaging diverse participants and staff in research
Research areas include biomarker development using eye tracking and near-infrared spectroscopy to track treatment effects, understand developmental/behavioral heterogeneity, and predict clinical outcomes; also develops mobile apps, video games, robots, smart toys, and virtual reality systems for next-generation sensing and therapeutics