*denotes authorship of previous pre-doctoral fellows. Authorship of Drs. Shultz and Edwards (previous fellows but current professors at Marcus) are not denoted this way.
Jones W., Klaiman C., Richardson S., Lambha M., Reid M., Hamner T., Beacham C., Lewis P., Paredes J., Edwards L., Marrus N., Constantino J., Shultz S., Klin A. Development and Replication of Objective Measurements of Social Visual Engagement to Aid in Early Diagnosis and Assessment of Autism. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(9):e2330145. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.30145
Jones W., Klaiman C., Richardson S., Aoki C., Smith C., Minjarez M., Bernier R., Pedapati E., Bishop S., Ence W., Wainer A., Moriuchi J., Tay S., Klin A. Eye-Tracking–Based Measurement of Social Visual Engagement Compared With Expert Clinical Diagnosis of Autism. JAMA. 2023;330(9):854–865. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.13295
Mendez AI, Guerra K, Yohannes M, Reid N, Corea M, Pickard K. Partnering With Latino/a Caregivers and Community Stakeholders to Understand Priorities and Needs Prior to Implementing an Early Literacy Program. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2023 Sep 11;32(5):2254-2266. doi: 10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00005. Epub 2023 Aug 17. PMID: 37591219.*
Kuschner, E., Sivathasan, S., McQueen, E., Berry, R. C., White, S.P., Sharp, W.G., & Klaiman, C. (under review). Prevalence of caregiver-reported feeding concerns in children with ASD in a tertiary-care clinic.*
Mendez, A., Tokish, H., McQueen, E., Chawla, S., Klin, A., Maitre, N., & Klaiman, C. (in press). A comparison of the clinical presentation of preterm birth and autism spectrum disorder: commonalities and distinctions in children under 3. Clinics in Perinatology.*
Saulnier, C., McQueen, E., & Klaiman, C. (in press). Adaptive behavior profiles in autism spectrum disorder. Current Psychiatry Reports.*
Bradshaw, J., Shi, D., Federico, A., Klaiman, C., & Saulnier, C. (2022). The pull-to-sit task: examining infant motor development in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Pediatrics S0022-3476(22)00869-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.09.047.
Klaiman, C., White, S., Richardson, S., McQueen, E., Walum, H., Aoki, C., Smith, C., Minjarez, M., Bernier, R., Pedapati, E., Bishop, S., Ence, W., Wainer, A., Moriuchi, J., Tay, S-W, Deng, Y., Jones, W., Gillespie, S., & Klin, A. (2022) Expert clinician certainty in diagnosis autism spectrum disorder in 16-30-month-olds: a multi-site trial secondary analysis. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2022 Nov 17;1-16. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05812-8.*
Klaiman, C., White, S.P., Saulnier, C., Murphy, M., Burrell, L., Cubells, J., Walker, E., The Emory 3q29 Project, Mulle, J.G (2022). A distinct cognitive profile in individuals with 3q29 deletion syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12919
Korom, M., Camacho, M. C., Filippi, C. A., Licandro, R., Moore, L. A., Dufford, A., Zöllei, L., Graham, A.M., Spann, M., Howell, B., FIT’NG, Shultz, S., & Scheinost, D. (2022). Dear reviewers: Responses to common reviewer critiques about infant neuroimaging studies. Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 53, 101055.
Lense, M. D., Shultz, S., Astésano, C., & Jones, W. (2022). Music of infant-directed singing entrains infants’ social visual behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(45), e2116967119.
Pickard, K., Wainer, A., Broder-Fingert, S., Sheldrick, R. C., & Stahmer, A. C. (2022). Overcoming tensions between family-centered care and fidelity within Early Intervention implementation research. Autism, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221133641
Saulnier, C., & Klaiman, C. (2022). Assessment of Adaptive Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Best practices in assessment of autism spectrum disorder. Psychology in the Schools. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22690
Siller, M., Pickard, K., Fuhrmeister, S., Kushner, E., Rudrabhatla, A., & Morgan, L. (2022). Teacher-implemented parent coaching in inclusive preschool settings for children with autism. Journal of Early Intervention.*
Ryberg, R., Wiggins, L., Moore, K.A., Daily, S., Piña, G., & Klin, A. (2022). Measuring state-level infant and toddler well-being in the United States: Gaps in data lead to gaps in understanding. Child Indicators Research. DOI: 10.1007/s12187-021-09902-4.
Bradshaw, J., McCracken, C., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Delehanty, A., Day, T., Federico, A., Klaiman, C., Saulnier, C., Klin, A., & Wetherby, A. (2021). Early social communication development in infants with autism spectrum disorder. Child Development, 92, 2224– 2234. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13683
Bradshaw, J., Shi, D., Hendrix, C., Saulnier, C., & Klaiman, C. (2021). Neonatal neurobehavior in infants with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 64(5), 600-607. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.15096
Gipson, T. T., Ramsay, G., Ellison, E. E., Bene, E. R., Long, H. L., & Oller, D. K. (2021). Early Vocal Development in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. Pediatric Neurology, 125, 48-52.
Jang, J., White, S.P., Esler, A.N., Kim, S.H., Klaiman, C., Megerian, J.T., Morse, A., Nadler, C., & Kanne, S.M. (2021). Diagnostic evaluations of autism spectrum disorder during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-04960-7.
Neuhaus, E., Lowry, S. J., Santhosh, M., Kresse, A., Edwards, L. A., Keller, J., ... & Webb, S. J. (2021). Resting state EEG in youth with ASD: age, sex, and relation to phenotype. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 13(1), 1-15.
Oller, D.K., Ramsay, G., Bene, E., Long, H.L., & Griebel, U. (2021). Protophones, the precursors to speech, dominate the human infant vocal landscape. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B 376:20200255.
Pickard, K., Mellman, H., Frost, K. et al. Balancing Fidelity and Flexibility: Usual Care for Young Children With an Increased Likelihood of Having Autism Spectrum Disorder Within an Early Intervention System. J Autism Dev Disord (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-04882-4
Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Bradshaw, J., Delehanty, A., Day, T., McCracken, C., Stapel-Wax, J., & Wetherby, A.M. (2021). Early observation of red flags in 12-month-old infant siblings later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30:1846-1855.
Sanchez Russo, R., Gambello, M.J., Murphy, M.M., Aberizk, K., Black, E., Burrell, T.L., Carlock, G., Cubells, J.F., Epstein, M.T., Espana, R., Goines, K., Guest, R.M., Klaiman, C., Koh, S., Leslie, E.J., Li, L., Novacek, D.M., Saulnier, C.A., Sefik, E., Shultz, S., Walker, E., White, S.P., Emory 3q29 Project, Mulle, J.G. (2021). Deep phenotyping in 3q29 deletion syndrome: recommendations for clinical care. Genetics in Medicine, 23(5), 872-880.
Siller, M. (2021). Individualizing interventions for young children with autism: Embracing the next generation of intervention research (invited editorial). Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 60(6):680-682. Siller, M., Morgan, L.,
Wedderburn, Q., Fuhrmeister, S., & Rudrabhatla, A. (2021). Inclusive early childhood education for children with and without autism: Progress, barriers, and future directions. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 1-12. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.754648.*
White, L.C., Spark Consortium et al. (2021). Brief Report: Impact of COVID-19 on individuals with ASD and their caregivers: a perspective from the SPARK cohort. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(10), 3766-3773.
Zwaigenbaum, L., Bishop, S., Stone, W., Ibanez, L., Halladay, A., Goldman, S., Kelly, A., Klaiman, C., Lai, M.C., Miller, M., Saulnier, C., Siper, P., Sohl, K., Warren, Z., & Wetherby, A. (2021). Rethinking ASD assessment for children during Covid-19 and beyond: Challenging the status quo and a call for change. Autism Research, 14(11), 2251-2259.
Bradshaw, J., Trumbull, A., Stapel-Wax, J., Gillespie, S., George, N., Saulnier, C., Klaiman, C., Woods, J., Call, N., Klin, A., & Wetherby, A. (2020). Factors associated with enrollment into a clinical trial of caregiver-implemented intervention for infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 24:1874-1884.
Constantino, J.N., Abbacchi, A.M., Saulnier, C., Klaiman, C., Zhang, Y., Hawks, Z.W., Bates, J., Klin, A., Mandell, D., Shattuck, P., Molholm, S., Fitzgerald, R., Roux, A., Lowe, J.K., & Geschwind, D.H. (2020). Timing of the diagnosis of autism in African American children. Pediatrics, 146:e20193629.
Habayeb, S., Tsang, T., Saulnier, C., Klaiman, C., Jones, W., Klin, A., & Edwards, L.A. (2020). Visual traces of language acquisition in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder during the second year of life. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 51:2519-2530.*
Klin, A., Micheletti, M., Klaiman, C., Shultz, S., Constantino, J.N., & Jones, W. (2020). Affording autism an early brain development re-definition. Development & Psychopathology, 17:1-15.*
Micheletti, M., McCracken, C., Constantino, J., Mandell, D., Jones, W., & Klin, A. (2020). Outcomes of 24-36-month-old children with ASD vary by ascertainment strategy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 61:4-17.*
Oller, D. K., Griebel, U., Bowman, D. D., Bene, E. R., Long, H. L., Yoo, H., Ramsay, G. (2020). Infant boys are more vocal than infant girls. Current Biology, 30:R417-R429.
Pickard, K., Blakeley-Smith, A., Boles, R., Duncan, A., Keefer, A., O’Kelley, S., & Reaven, J. (2020). Examining the sustained use of a cognitive behavioral therapy program for youth with autism spectrum disorder and co-occurring anxiety. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 73, 101532.
Pincus, J., Koirala, S., Li, L., Klin, A., Jones, W., & Shultz, S. (2020). Viewer engagement modulates activation of social brain systems: evidence from a natural viewing fMRI paradigm. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 35(6):853.
Oller, D. K., Griebel, U., Bowman, D. D., Bene, E., Long, H. L., Yoo, H., & Ramsay, G. (2020). Infant boys are more vocal than infant girls. Current Biology, 30(10), R426-R427.
Ranti, C., Jones, W., Klin, A., & Shultz, S. (2020). Blink rate patterns provide a reliable measure of individual engagement with scene content. Scientific Reports, 10:8267.
Wang, A., Payne, C., Moss, S., Jones, W.R., Bachevalier, J. (2020). Early developmental changes in visual social engagement in infant rhesus monkeys. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 43:100778.
Bradshaw, J., Klin, A., Evans, L., Klaiman, C., Saulnier, C., & McCracken, C. (2019). Development of attention from birth to 5 months in infants at risk for autism spectrum disorder. Development and Psychopathology, 32:491-501.
Klaiman, C., Saulnier, C. A., Rubin, E., Chawarska, K., & Klin, A. (2019). Clinical assessment of young children at risk for autism. In R. DelCarmen-Wiggins & A. Carter (Eds.) Handbook of Infant, Toddler and Preschool Mental Health Assessment. To be published in Oxford University Press.
McDonald, N.M., Senturk, D., Scheffler, A., Brian, J.A., Carver, L.F., Charman, T., Chawarska, K., Curtin, S., Hertz-Piccioto, I., Jones, E.J.H., Klin, A., Landa, R., Messinger, D.S., Ozonoff, S., Stone, W.L., Tager-Flusberg, H., Webb, S.J., Young, G., Zwaigeanbaum, L., Jeste, S.S. (2019). Developmental trajectories of infants with multiplex family risk for autism: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study, JAMA Neurology, 77:73–81.
Pohl, A., Jones, W., Marrus, N., Zhang, Y., Klin, A., & Constantino, J.N. (2019), Behavioral predictors of autism recurrence are genetically independent and influence social reciprocity: Evidence that polygenic ASD risk is mediated by separable elements of developmental liability. Translational Psychiatry, 9(1):202
Ramsay G. (2019). Mechanical speech synthesis in early talking automata. Acoustics Today, 15:2.
Ramsay, G., Ghai, S., Kumareswaran, M., Edwards, M., & Bailey, J. (2019). Developmental cascades in reciprocal vocal signaling between infant and caregiver in typical development and autism. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145(3), 1731-1731.
Beacham, C., Reid, M., Bradshaw, J., Lambha, M., Evans, L., Gillespie, S., Klaiman, C., & Richardson, S.S. (2018). Screening for autism spectrum disorder: Profiles of children who are missed. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 39:673-682.
Bradshaw, J., Gillespie, S., Klaiman, C., Klin, A., & Saulnier, C. (2018). Early emergence of discrepancy in adaptive behavior and cognitive skills in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 23:1485-1496.
Klin, A. (2018). Biomarkers in autism spectrum disorder: challenges, advances, and the need for biomarkers of relevance to public health. Focus (American Psychiatric Association), 16(2) Biomarkers in Psychiatry: 135-142. doi: 10.1176/appi.focus.20170047.
Klin, A., & Jones, W. (2018). An agenda for 21st century neurodevelopmental medicine: Lessons from autism. Revista de Neurología, 66:S3-S15.
Li, L., Bachevalier, J., Hu, X., Klin, A., Preuss, T. M., Shultz, S., & Jones, W. (2018). Topology of the Structural Social Brain Network in Typical Adults. Brain connectivity, 8(9), 537–548. https://doi.org/10.1089/brain.2018.0592
Murphy, M.M., Burrell, T. L., Cubells, J., Espana, R. A., Gambello, M. J., Goines, K.C.B., Klaiman, C., Li, L., Novacek, D. M., Papetti, A., Russo, R. L. S., Saulnier, C. A., Shultz, S., Walker, E., & Mulle, J. (2018). Study protocol for the Emory 3q29 project: Evaluation of neurodevelopmental, psychiatric, and medical symptoms in 3q29 Deletion Syndrome. BMC Psychiatry, 18:183.
Saulnier, C. & Klaiman, C. (2018). Essentials of Adaptive Behavior Assessment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.
Shultz, S., Klin, A. & Jones, W. (2018). Neonatal transitions in social behavior and their implications for autism. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22:452-469.
Sifre, R., Olson, L., Gillespie, S., Klin, A., Jones, W., & Shultz, S. (2018). A longitudinal investigation of preferential attention to biological motion in 2- to 24-month-old infants. Scientific Reports, 8(1):2527.
Siller, M., Hotez, E., Swanson, M., Delavenne, A., Hutman, T., Sigman, M. (2018). Parent Coaching Increases the Parents’ Capacity for Reflection and Self-Evaluation: Results from a Clinical Trial in Autism. Attachment & Human Development, 20(3), 287-308. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1446737
Siller, M. & Morgan, L. (2018). Handbook of Parent Implemented Interventions for Very Young Children with Autism. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Constantino, J.N., Kennon-Mcgill, S., Weichselbaum, C., Marrus, N., Haider, A., Glowinski, A.L., Gillespie, S., Klaiman, C., Klin, A., & Jones, W. (2017). Infant viewing of social scenes is under genetic control and is atypical in autism. Nature, 547(7663):340-344.
Moriuchi, J.M., Klin, A., & Jones, W. (2017). Mechanisms of diminished attention to eyes in autism. American Journal of Psychiatry, 174(1):26-35.*
Okuda, PMM, Klaiman, C., Bradshaw, J., Reid, M., & Cogo-Moreira, H. (2017). Assessing risk of bias in randomized controlled trials for autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers of Psychiatry, 8:265.
Klin, A., Shultz, S., & Jones, W. (2015). Social visual engagement in infants and toddlers with autism: early developmental transitions and a model of pathogenesis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 50, 189-203.
Kasari, C., Siller, M., Huynh, L., Shih, W., Swanson, M., Hellemann, G. S., & Sugar, C. A (2014). Randomized controlled trial of parental responsiveness intervention for toddlers at high risk for autism. Infant Behavior and Development, 37, 711-721. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.08.007
Jones, W., & Klin, A. (2013). Attention to eyes is present but in decline in 2-6-month-old infants later diagnosed with autism. Nature.
Siller, M., Hutman, T., & Sigman, M. (2013). A Parent-mediated intervention to increase responsive parental behaviors and child communication in children with ASD: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43, 540-555. doi:10.1007/s10803-012-1584-y
Rice, K., Moriuchi, J. M., Klin, A., & Jones, W. (2012). Parsing heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Visual scanning of dynamic social scenes in school-aged children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 53(3), 238-248.*
Shultz, S., Klin, A., & Jones, W. (2011). Inhibition of eye blinking reveals subjective perceptions of stimulus salience. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(52), 1–6.
Jones, W., & Klin, A. (2009). Heterogeneity and homogeneity across the autism spectrum: The role of development. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 48(5), 471-473.
Klin, A., Lin, D., Gorrindo, P., Ramsay, G., & Jones, W. (2009). Two-year-olds with autism orient to non-social contingencies rather than biological motion. Nature, 459(7244), 257-261.*
Jones, W., Carr, K., & Klin, A. (2008). Absence of preferential looking to the eyes of approaching adults predicts level of social disability in 2-year-old toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65(8), 946-954.
Klin, A., & Jones, W. (2008). Altered face scanning and impaired recognition of biological motion in a 15-month-old infant with autism. Developmental Science, 11(1), 40-46.
Siller, M. & Sigman, M. (2008). Modeling longitudinal change in the language abilities of children with autism: Investigating the role of parent behaviors and child characteristics as predictors of change. Developmental Psychology, 44, 1691-1704.
Klin, A., Chawarska, K., Paul, R., Rubin, E. Morgan, T., Wiesner, L., & Volkmar, F.R. (2004). Autism in a 15-month-old child. American Journal of Psychiatry. 161(11), 1981-1988.
Klin, A., Jones, W., & Schultz, R. T. (2003). The enactive mind, or from actions to cognition: Lessons from autism. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 358, 345-360.
Klin, A., Jones, W., Schultz, R.T., Volkmar, F.R., & Cohen, D. J. (2002). Defining and quantifying the social phenotype in autism. American Journal of Psychiatry, 159(6), 895-908.
Klin, A., Jones, W., Schultz, R.T., Volkmar, F.R., & Cohen, D. J. (2002). Visual fixation patterns during viewing of naturalistic social situations as predictors of social competence in individuals with autism. Archives of General Psychiatry, 59, 809-816.
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