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Our Team

Meet the people guiding SFARI’s work to advance autism research and accelerate scientific discovery.

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Kelsey C. Martin

Executive Vice President, Autism and Neuroscience

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Leonard Abbeduto

SFARI Investigator

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Larry Abbott

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain

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Gonçalo  Abecasis

Professor of Biostatistics

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Nicola Allen

SFARI Investigator

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Shannon Almeida

Administrative Assistant, SFARI

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Kristin Baldwin

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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Lauren Bauer

Senior Director, Cohorts and Biorepositories

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David Beck

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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Marta Benedetti

Senior Scientific Officer, SFARI

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Allyson Berent

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Aparna Bhaduri

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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Thomas Biederer

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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Federico Bolognani

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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Cheryl Brandenburg

Simons Foundation Fellows-to-Faculty Fellow

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Michael Brecht

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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Solange Brown

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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Elizabeth Buffalo

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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Shannon Cahalan

Graduate Research Assistant

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BJ Casey

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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F. Xavier Castellanos

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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Tony Charman

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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Katarzyna Chawarska

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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Yu-Ju Chen

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Ken Chen

SFARI Scientific Review Board

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Noah Dlugacz

Executive Assistant, SFARI and Neuroscience Collaborations

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Gerald D. Fischbach

Emeritus Trustee

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Jennifer Foss-Feig

Vice President and Senior Scientific Officer, SFARI

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Bari Fuchs

Clinical Research Manager, SFARI

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Tammi Fumberi

Senior Executive Assistant and Manager, Administrative Support, Autism and Neuroscience

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Brigitta Gundersen

Senior Scientific Officer

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David Leyden

Vice President, Finance and Administration, SFARI, Neuroscience, and Informatics

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Raquel Merino

Project Coordinator, SFARI

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Amy Norovich

Scientific Officer, SFARI and Neuroscience Collaborations

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Alan Packer

Senior Scientific Officer

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Tisshawrn Phillip

SFARI Project Assistant

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Julia Sommer

Senior Scientific Officer

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Ameena Suliman

Project Coordinator

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Priyam Thind

Senior Project Manager

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Allegra Thomas

Project Manager, SFARI

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Jennifer Valdivia Espino

Student and Fellow Program Manager, SFARI and Neuroscience Collaborations, SFARI

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Paul Wang

Senior Scientific Director, SFARI Pharmaceutical and Biotech Relations