About Us Researchers

ASD-CARC (Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Canadian-American Research Consortium) is a group comprised of researchers, clinicians and families from across Canada and the US and worldwide. Please see below for a listing of our research team members and collaborators.

Canada

Kingston, ON:

• Muhammad Ayub, MBBS, MRCPsyche, MSc, MD (Queen's University)
• Andrea Guerin, MD  (Queen's University; Kingston Health Sciences Centre)
• Melissa Hudson, BSc (Queen's University)
• Cherie Jones, MD  (Queen's University)
• Jessica Jones, PhD, C. Psych  (Queen's University)
• Beth Kelley, PhD (Queen's University)
• Jennifer Lalonde (Queen's University)
• Cassy Liu, BSc (Queen's University)
• Emily Metzler (Queen's University)
• Dawa Samdup, MD, FRCP(C) (Queen's University; Kingston Health Sciences Centre)
• Calvin Sjaarda, PhD (Queen's University)
• Garth Smith, MD (Queen's University; Kingston Health Sciences Centre)
• Jagdeep Walia, MD FRCPC (Queen's University; Kingston Health Sciences Centre)
  

St. Catharines, ON:

• Maurice Feldman, PhD (Brock University)

Toronto (GTA), ON:

• James Bebko, PhD (York University)
  
• Margaret Spoelstra (Executive Director of Autism Ontario)
• Kevin Stoddart, MSW, PhD, RSW (Director, The Redpath Centre)
• John Vincent, PhD (CAMH; University of Toronto)
• Jonathan Weiss, PhD, C.Psych (York University)

Vancouver, BC:

• Suzanne Lewis, MD, FRCPC, FCCMG (University of British Columbia)
• Kristina Calli, BSc (BC Team Study Coordinator)(University of British Columbia)
• Paul Pavlidis, PhD (University of British Columbia)
• Evica Rajcan-Separovic, PhD, FCCMG (University of British Columbia)

Winnipeg, MB:

• Janine Montgomery, PhD (University of Manitoba)
• Dickie C.T. Yu, PhD (St. Amant Centre & University of Manitoba)  

United States

Boston, MA:

• Margaret Bauman, MD (Lurie Center for Autism; Massachusetts General Hospital)
• Susan Connors, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital)

Columbia, MO:

• David Beversdorf, MD (Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri)

New York, NY:

• Ira Cohen, PhD (NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island)
• Edmund Jenkins, PhD (NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island)
• John A. Tsiouris, MD (NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island)

PAST DIRECTORS:

• Jeanette Holden, PhD (Director, ASD-CARC, 2001-2012)
• Xudong Liu, PhD (Co-Director, ASD-CARC, 2012-2019)