Jamie K. Capal, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at the University of North Carolina with a joint appointment in the Department of Neurology appointment and the Carolina Institute for Developme … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Neurology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Clinical Trials, Gene Therapy, Genetics, Pediatrics |
Julie Daniels, MPH, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Environmental influences on pregnancy and children’s health and neurodevelopment. |
Margaret DeRamus, MS, CCC-SLP |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a licensed speech-language pathologist at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) and clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at the UNC-CH. Since 2005, I have be … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Apps-Devices, Autism, Health Equity, Health Services, Hearing-Speech, Other, Pediatrics |
Mohanish Deshmukh, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We study how cells regulate their survival and death. We focus on these pathways in neurons from their birth to death in the dynamic contexts of development, long-term maintenance, and disease. We use … Read more |
Zheng (Jane) Fan, MD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a child Neurologist who has additional training in sleep and clinical genetics. My research interets are in pediatric sleep disorder and neurogenetic disorders. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Neurology, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Developmental Biology, Genetics, Pediatrics, Sleep |
Jessica Girault, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Dr. Girault’s research utilizes neuroimaging techniques and laboratory-based behavior assessments to study the dynamic interplay between brain and behavioral development during infancy and early child … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Mental illness, Neurobiology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Cell Biology & Physiology, Lineberger Cancer Center, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Mental illness |
Clare Harrop, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research focuses on charting developmental trajectories in autistic and non-autistic youth, with a specific focus on sex and gender. My research uses multiple methods (eye tracking, EEG, physiologi … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (AHS) Speech and Hearing Sciences, Allied Health Science (AHS), Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Psychology & Neuroscience |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Autism, Behavior, Pediatrics, Women's Health |
Stephen R. Hooper, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Pediatric Neuropsychologist with interests in both psychosocial and neurocognitive measurement. Current foci include children with chronic kidney disease, extremely low birth weight, rare disor … Read more |
| Mentors: | Medical Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Cardiovascular disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Education Research, Mental illness, Pediatrics, Quality of Life |
Michelle S. Itano, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I have had a long standing interest in utilizing an interdisciplinary scientific approach to develop and apply novel and innovative fluorescence microscopy imaging techniques to answer critical and pr … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Cell Biology & Physiology, Neuroscience Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Computational Biology, HIV/AIDS, Imaging, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Quantitative Biology, Virology |
Hiroyuki Kato, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our primary research goal is to understand the circuit mechanisms underlying how our brain synthesizes auditory information to extract complex sound features, such as our language. Towards this goal, … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD), Neuroscience Center, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Behavior, Neurobiology, Physiology |
Jessica Kinard, PhD, CCC-SLP |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am a Research Assistant Professor at UNC Chapel Hill with dual appointments in the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities and the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences. My background is … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: (AHS) Speech and Hearing Sciences, Allied Health Science (AHS), Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Autism, Health Equity, Hearing-Speech |











