ASD-CARC Researchers

ASD-CARC is a group of more than 60 researchers, clinicians and parents from across Canada and the US working together in order to better understand ASDs. Our research is headed by Dr. Jeanette J.A. Holden of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, with regional teams in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, P.E.I., and New York. (Please select a link to view a complete listing of each regional team).

In addition, we rely heavily on the expertise of family members through our Parent Advisory Group (PAG).

Ontario Regional Team

Regional Team Leader:

• Jeanette J.A. Holden, PhD (Molecular Genetics; Clinical & Behavioural Phenotyping; Prospective Study; Research Registry)

Team Members in Kingston/Ottawa:

• Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz, MSc, RN (Epidemiology)
  
• Cynthia Forster-Gibson, MD, PhD (3D facial scanning, Dysmorphology, Genetics)
• Melissa Hudson, BSc (ASD-CARC Website & Research Registry)
• Xudong Liu, PhD (Research Associate)
• Judith Allanson, MD (Dysmorphology)
• Hymie Anisman, PhD (Neurochemistry) - Carleton University
• Kim Matheson, PhD - Carleton University
• Julio Arboleda-Florez, MD, PhD
• Bruce McCreary, MD (Clinical Phenotyping)
• Jennifer McKenzie, MD (Dysmorphology; Genetics)
• Patricia Minnes, PhD (Behavioural Phenotyping)
• Kevin Munhall, PhD (Behavioural Phenotyping; Multi-Modal Communication)
• Doug Munoz, PhD (Behavioural Phenotyping; Eye-Tracking)
• Kevin Parker, PhD (Statistics)
• Mark Sabbagh, PhD (Behavioural Phenotyping; ERPs; Theory of Mind)
• Garth Smith, MD (Clinical Phenotyping)
• Helen Coo (Epidemiology)

Team members in the Toronto Area:

• James Bebko, PhD (Clinical and Behavioural Phenotyping)
• Adrienne Perry, PhD (Evidence-Based Assessment and Intervention)
• Sandra Farrell, MD (Dysmorphology, Genetics)
• Alison Fleming, PhD (Clinical and Behavioural Phenotyping; Maternal-Infant Interactions)
• Fabio Macciardi, PhD (Statistical Genetics)
• Margaret Spoelstra (Executive Director of Autism Ontario)

Team Member in St. Catharines:

• Maurice Feldman, PhD (Clinical & Behavioural Phenotyping; Prospective Study)

Team Member in London:

• Derrick MacFabe, MD (The Kilee Patchell-Evans Autism Research Group)

Team Member in Peterborough:

• Laura Summerfeldt, PhD (Behavioural Phenotyping, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

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British Columbia (Vancouver/Victoria) Regional Team

Regional Team Leader:

• Suzanne Lewis, MD, FRCPC, FCCMG (Clinical Phenotyping, Genetics, Epidemiology, Prospective Study)

Team Members:

• Elizabeth Mickelson, MD, FRCPC (Clinical Phenotyping)
• Bruce Bjornson, MD, FRCPC (Imaging)
• Helena Ho , MD, FRCPC (Behavioural Phenotyping)
• Janet Werker, PhD (Behavioural Phenotyping, Prospective Study)
• Linda Eaves, PhD (Epidemiology)
• Eleanor Chow, Research Coordinator (Behavioural Phenotyping)
• Pratibha Reebye, MB, BS, DPM (Leeds). MRCPsych (UK), FRCPC (Child Psychiatrist)
• Evica Rajcan-Separovic, PhD, FCCMG
• Hilary Vallance, MD, FRCPC, FCCMG (Biochemical Genetics)
• Tom Grigliatti, PhD (Cellular Model System)

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Alberta (Calgary) Regional Team

Regional Team Co-Leaders:

• Francois Bernier, MD, FRCPC, FCCMG (Epidemiology)
• Deborah Dewey, PhD (Epidemiology)

Team Members:

• Bernadette Benson (Alberta Project Coordinator)
• Andy Greenshaw, PhD (Biochemical Genetics)
• Suzanne Hala, PhD (Behavioural Phenotyping)

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Manitoba (Winnipeg) Regional Team

Regional Team Co-Leaders:

• Albert E. Chudley, MD, FRCPC, FCCMG - Co-Team Leader, Children's Hospital & University of Manitoba
• Dickie C.T. Yu, PhD - Co-Team Leader, St. Amant Centre & University of Manitoba

Research Staff:

• Quinn Senkow - Project Coordinator - University of Manitoba
• Alison Elliott, PhD, CGC - Genetic Counsellor - University of Manitoba Community Partners
• Eleanor Chornoboy, BA, MSc - Director, Interdepartmental Initiatives, Children's Programs, Government of Manitoba
• Jane Bow, PhD - Clinical Health Psychology, HSC Autism Service, Health Sciences Centre & U of Manitoba
• Sally Longstaffe, MD, FRCPC - Director, Child Development Clinic, HSC
• Maureen Penko, MSc, SLP(C) CCC - Speech-Language Pathologist, Pembina Trails School Division
• Gunnar Valdimarsson, PhD - Manitoba Families for Effective Autism Treatment
• Krisztina Malisza, PhD - NRC-Institute for Biodiagnostics
• Deborah Shiloff, PhD - NRC-Institute for Biodiagnostics
• Sandra McKay – President, Autism Society Manitoba
• Angela Cornick, PhD, CPsych – Director ABA Program & Psychological Services, St. Amant Centre

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Nova Scotia (Halifax) Regional Team

Team Members:

• Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird, PhD (Clinical & Behavioural Phenotyping; Language Development)

New York (Staten Island & Princeton) Regional Team

Regional Team Leader:

• Ira Cohen, PhD (Clinical & Behavioural Phenotyping)

Team Members:

• Edmund Jenkins, PhD (Cytogenetics)
• Ted Brown, MD, PhD (Molecular Genetics)
• Wolfgang Richter, PhD (Imaging)
• John A. Tsiouris, M.D. Massachusetts (Boston)

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