Autism Research Postdoctoral Training Program Faculty Mentors
ARTP faculty mentors are dedicated experts who guide and support the next generation of professionals while advancing research and care in neurodevelopmental conditions. Grouped by MIND Institute areas of study, this page highlights their affiliations and areas of expertise.
| ARTP Faculty Mentor | Title | School and Department | Expertise |
| Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D. | Professor | Public Health Sciences | Environmental Epidemiology |
| Rebecca Schmidt, Ph.D. | Professor | Public Health Sciences | Environmental Epidemiology |
| ARTP Faculty Mentor | Title | School and Department | Expertise |
| Paul Ashwood, Ph.D. | Professor | Medical Microbiology and Immunology | Immunology, gastrointestinal symptoms |
| Cecilia Giulivi, Ph.D. | Professor | Veterinary Medicine, Molecular Biosciences | Neural metabolism |
| Lee-Way Jin, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Neuropathology |
| Stephen Noctor, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Neural development |
| Cyndi Schumann, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Neuropath, Neuroimaging |
| Judy Van de Water, Ph.D. | Professor | Internal Medicine | Immunology, maternal/fetal |
| Veronica Martinez-Cerdeño, Ph.D. | Professor | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Neuropath, Development |
| ARTP Faculty Mentor | Title | School and Department | Expertise |
| Megan Dennis, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Genetics and genomics |
| Feredoun Hormozdiari, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Genetics and genomics |
| Janine LaSalle, Ph.D. | Professor | Medical Microbiology and Immunology | Genetics and genomics |
| Alex Nord, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Genetics and genomics |
| *Flora Tassone, Ph.D. | Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Genetics |
* Affiliate Faculty Member; ** Emeritus Faculty with an Affiliate, Program Advisory, and/or IAB Role
| ARTP Faculty Mentor | Title | School and Department | Expertise |
| Melissa Bauman, Ph.D. | Professor | Physiology and Membrane Biology | Primate models |
| *Roy Ben-Shalom, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Neurology | Electrophysiology |
| Kyle Fink, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Neurology | Rare genetic disorders |
| Melanie Gareau, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Veterinary Medicine | Microbiota, brain biology |
| David Segal, Ph.D. | Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine | Rare genetic disorders |
| Jill Silverman, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Rodent models |
* Affiliate Faculty Member; ** Emeritus Faculty with an Affiliate, Program Advisory, and/or IAB Role
| ARTP Faculty Mentor | Title | School and Department | Expertise |
| David Amaral, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Neurodevelopment, anatomy |
| Christine Wu Nordahl, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Autistic females, trajectories |
| ARTP Faculty Mentor | Title | School and Department | Expertise |
| **Leonard Abbeduto, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Language development in fragile X syndrome |
| Randi Hagerman, M.D. | Professor | Pediatrics | Fragile X syndrome, autism, clinical trials |
| David Hessl, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Fragile X syndrome, autism, clinical trials, intellectual disability |
| Meghan Miller, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Autism, ADHD, co-morbidity |
| **Peter Mundy, Ph.D. | Professor | School of Education | Joint attention in autism |
| Sally Ozonoff, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Early detection of autism |
| Julie Schweitzer, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Neural phenotypes of ADHD |
| Manpreet K. Singh, M.D. | Psychiatrist | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Mood disorders, including clinical trials |
| Marjorie Solomon, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Cognitive neuroscience of autism |
| Meagan Talbott, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Early detection of autism |
| Angela Thurman, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Language development, fragile X syndrome, intellectual disability |
* Affiliate Faculty Member; ** Emeritus Faculty with an Affiliate, Program Advisory, and/or IAB Role
| ARTP Faculty Mentor | Title | School and Department | Expertise |
| Nicole Sparapani, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | School of Education | Autistic children at school |
| Aubyn Stahmer, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Community implementation |
| ARTP Faculty Mentor | Title | School and Department | Expertise |
| *Belinda Bandstra, M.D., M.A. | Assistant Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Psych Residency Program |
| Audrey Fan, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Neurology | Advanced Neuroimaging |
| Simona Ghetti, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychology | Development of Memory |
| Amanda Guyer, Ph.D. | Professor | Human Development and Family Studies | Affective Disorders |
| *Tyler Lesh, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Advanced Neuroimaging |
| Jack Lin, M.D. | Professor | Neurology | Neurophysiology of seizures |
| Steve Luck, Ph.D. | Professor | College of Letters and Science, Psychology | Event-related potentials-ERP |
| Tara Niendam, Ph.D. | Professor | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Neuroimaging, health services research |
| Jan Nolta, Ph.D. | Professor | Hematology and Oncology | Stem Cell Biology |
| *Clifford Saron, Ph.D. | Research Scientist | Center for Mind and Brain | Multisensory integration, Event-related potentials-ERP |
* Affiliate Faculty Member; ** Emeritus Faculty with an Affiliate, Program Advisory, and/or IAB Role