About Us Researchers

ASD-CARC is a group of more than 60 researchers, clinicians and families 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 and New York.

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:

• Judith Allanson, MD (Dysmorphology)
• Hymie Anisman, PhD (Neurochemistry)
• Helen Coo (Epidemiology)
• Melissa Hudson, BSc (ASD-CARC Website & Research Registry)
• Xudong Liu, PhD (Molecular Genetics)
• Kim Matheson, PhD - Carleton University
• 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)
• Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz, MSc, RN (Epidemiology)
• Kevin Parker, PhD (Statistics)
• Mark Sabbagh, PhD (Behavioural Phenotyping; ERPs; Theory of Mind)
• Garth Smith, MD (Clinical Phenotyping)
• Jessica Ward-King, PhD (Behavioural Phenotyping; EEG)

Team members in the Toronto Area:

• James Bebko, PhD (Clinical and Behavioural Phenotyping)
• Sandra Farrell, MD (Dysmorphology, Genetics)
• Alison Fleming, PhD (Clinical and Behavioural Phenotyping; Maternal-Infant Interactions)
• Cynthia Forster-Gibson, MD, PhD (3D facial scanning, Dysmorphology, Genetics)
• Adrienne Perry, PhD (Evidence-Based Assessment and Intervention)
• Margaret Spoelstra (Executive Director of Autism Ontario)
• Kevin Stoddart, MSW, PhD, RSW (Director, The Redpath Centre)

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) Regional Team

Regional Team Leader:

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

Team Members:

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

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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)
• Adam McCrimmon, PhD (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Calgary)

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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:

• Jane Bow, PhD - Clinical Health Psychology, HSC Autism Service, Health Sciences Centre & U of Manitoba
• Eleanor Chornoboy, BA, MSc - Director, Interdepartmental Initiatives, Children's Programs, Government of Manitoba
• Angela Cornick, PhD, CPsych – Director ABA Program & Psychological Services, St. Amant Centre
• Alison Elliott, PhD, CGC - Genetic Counsellor - University of Manitoba Community Partners
• Sally Longstaffe, MD, FRCPC - Director, Child Development Clinic, HSC
• Sandra McKay – President, Autism Society Manitoba
• Janine Montgomery, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
• Maureen Penko, MSc, SLP(C) CCC - Speech-Language Pathologist, Pembina Trails School Division
  
• Quinn Senkow - Project Coordinator - University of Manitoba
• Shahin Shooshtari, PhD -Assistant Professor, Department of Family Social Sciences, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
  
• Beverley Temple, BScN, MN, PhD - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba; Research Associate, St. Amant Centre

New York (Staten Island & Princeton) Regional Team

Regional Team Leader:

• Ira Cohen, PhD (Clinical & Behavioural Phenotyping)

Team Members:

• Ted Brown, MD, PhD (Molecular Genetics)
• Shoda Gonzalez, MD
• Edmund Jenkins, PhD (Cytogenetics)
• Wolfgang Richter, PhD (Imaging)
• John A. Tsiouris, MD

Other Collaborators

• Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird, PhD (Clinical & Behavioural Phenotyping; Language Development)(Dalhousie University, Halifax,  NS)
• Wolfgang Richter, PhD (Imaging)(Princeton, NJ, USA)

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