Geraldine Dawson
Director, Duke Center for Autism & Brain Development
William Cleland Distinguished Professor
Overview
Geraldine Dawson is the William Cleland Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University, where she also is Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology & Neuroscience. Dawson also is Director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, an NIH Autism Center of Excellence, which is an interdisciplinary research program and clinic, aimed to improve the lives of those with autism through research, education, clinical services, and policy. Dawson received a Ph.D. in Developmental and Child Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington and completed a clinical internship at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute.
Dawson previously served as Director of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, President of the International Society for Autism Research and was appointed by the US Secretary of Health as a member of the NIH Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) which develops the federal strategic plan for autism research, services, and policy. Dawson is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was Founding Director of the University of Washington (UW) Autism Center and the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development. Dawson was awarded the American Psychological Association Distinguished Career Award (Div53); Association for Psychological Science Lifetime Achievement Award; Clarivate Top 1% Cited Researcher Across All Scientific Fields; NIH Top Research Advances of the Year Award (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018); Autism Society of America Award for Research Contributions; Autism Society Medical Professional of the Year; and Autism Society Award for Valuable Service. Dawson is a Fellow of the International Society for Autism Research, the American Psychological Society and American Psychological Association, and is Associate Editor or on editorial boards of four scientific journals.
Elected. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. April 23, 2020
Distinguished Career Award. American Psychological Association. August 09, 2019
Selected Grants
Stratifying the Heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Impact of Co-Occurring Anxiety and ADHD awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co Investigator). 2021 to 2026
Consortium on Biomarker and Outcome Measures of Social Impairment for Use in Clinical Trials in Autism Spectrum Disorder awarded by Yale University (Principal Investigator). 2020 to 2025
Novel Approaches to Infant Screening for ASD in Pediatric Primary Care awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2019 to 2024
Duke CTSA (TL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2018 to 2023
Tailoring treatment targets for early autism intervention in Africa awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co Investigator). 2019 to 2022
Co-occurring ADHD in young children with ASD: Precursors, detection, neural signatures, and early treatment awarded by National Institutes of Health (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2022
Digital Behavioral Outcome Measures for Autism awarded by Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (Co-Principal Investigator). 2019 to 2022
Marcus Foundation Phase II MSC ASD awarded by The Marcus Foundation (Co-Principal Investigator). 2019 to 2022
A High-Performance 3T MRI for Brain Imaging awarded by National Institutes of Health (Major User). 2021 to 2022
Scalable Computational Platform For Active Closed-Loop Behavioral Coding in Autism Spectrum Disorder awarded by National Institutes of Health (Co-Principal Investigator). 2019 to 2022
Pages
Howard, J., and G. Dawson. “The early start denver model (ESDM).” Interprofessional Care Coordination for Pediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder: Translating Research into Practice, 2020, pp. 357–68. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-46295-6_23. Full Text
McPartland, J. C., et al. “Autism Spectrum Disorder.” Encyclopedia of Mental Health: Second Edition, 2016, pp. 124–30. Scopus, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-397045-9.00230-5. Full Text
Filipek, P. A., et al. “The screening and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorders.” The Science of Mental Health: Volume 2: Autism, 2013, pp. 11–56.
Dawson, G., and L. Sterling. “Autism Spectrum Disorders.” Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development, vol. 1–3, 2008, pp. 137–43. Scopus, doi:10.1016/B978-012370877-9.00016-5. Full Text
Dawson, G., and K. Toth. “Autism Spectrum Disorders.” Developmental Psychopathology: Second Edition, vol. 3, 2006, pp. 317–57. Scopus, doi:10.1002/9780470939406.ch8. Full Text
Minshew, N. J., et al. “Neuropsychology and neurophysiology of autism spectrum disorders.” Understanding Autism: From Basic Neuroscience to Treatment, 2006, pp. 379–415.
Engelhard, Matthew, et al. “Patterns of Health Services Use Before Age 1 in Children Later Diagnosed With ADHD.” J Atten Disord, vol. 25, no. 12, Oct. 2021, p. 1639. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/1087054720914352. Full Text
Perochon, Sam, et al. “A scalable computational approach to assessing response to name in toddlers with autism.” J Child Psychol Psychiatry, vol. 62, no. 9, Sept. 2021, pp. 1120–31. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/jcpp.13381. Full Text
McCracken, James T., et al. “Corrigendum to "Drug development for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Progress, challenges, and future directions. [European Neuropsychopharmacology Volume 48, July 2021, Pages 3-31]".” Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, vol. 50, Sept. 2021, pp. 133–34. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.07.090. Full Text
Chang, Zhuoqing, et al. “Computational Methods to Measure Patterns of Gaze in Toddlers With Autism Spectrum Disorder.” Jama Pediatr, vol. 175, no. 8, Aug. 2021, pp. 827–36. Pubmed, doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.0530. Full Text
Aaronson, Benjamin, et al. “The Early Start Denver Model Intervention and Mu Rhythm Attenuation in Autism Spectrum Disorders.” J Autism Dev Disord, July 2021. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10803-021-05190-7. Full Text
McCracken, James T., et al. “Drug development for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Progress, challenges, and future directions.” Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, vol. 48, July 2021, pp. 3–31. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.05.010. Full Text
Kaliukhovich, Dzmitry A., et al. “Visual Preference for Biological Motion in Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Eye-Tracking Study.” J Autism Dev Disord, vol. 51, no. 7, July 2021, pp. 2369–80. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10803-020-04707-w. Full Text
Bovery, M., et al. “A Scalable Off-the-Shelf Framework for Measuring Patterns of Attention in Young Children and Its Application in Autism Spectrum Disorder.” Ieee Transactions on Affective Computing, vol. 12, no. 3, July 2021, pp. 722–31. Scopus, doi:10.1109/TAFFC.2018.2890610. Full Text
Dawson, Geraldine. “Assessment of outcomes in autism clinical trials over the course of development.” Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, vol. 48, July 2021, pp. 40–41. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.02.018. Full Text
Franz, Lauren, et al. “Pragmatic adaptations of telehealth-delivered caregiver coaching for children with autism in the context of COVID-19: Perspectives from the United States and South Africa.” Autism, June 2021, p. 13623613211022584. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/13623613211022585. Full Text
Pages
Borre, Ethan D., et al. “PROJECTING THE LONG-TERM CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AUTOLOGOUS CORD BLOOD INFUSION IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM.” Medical Decision Making, vol. 41, no. 4, 2021, pp. E31–32.
Sikich, Linmarie, et al. “BUILDING PROGRAMS THAT INCREASE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, WHILE EXPANDING THE EVIDENCE BASE TO ENHANCE ACCESS AND IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.” Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 59, no. 10, Elsevier BV, 2020, pp. S119–20. Crossref, doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2020.08.021. Full Text
Carpenter, Kimberly L. H., et al. “RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SENSORY PROCESSING DIFFERENCES AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF CHILDREN WITH ASD.” Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 58, no. 10, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2019, pp. S151–S151. Wos, doi:10.1016/jaac.2019.08.037. Full Text
Carpenter, Kimberly L. H., et al. “1.14 GRAPH CURVATURE AS A METHOD FOR DISCERNING ROBUSTNESS IN BRAIN NETWORKS IN ASD.” Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 58, no. 10, Elsevier BV, 2019, pp. S151–S151. Crossref, doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2019.08.036. Full Text
Naples, Adam, et al. “EEG AND PUPILLARY RESPONSE IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM: RESULTS FROM THE AUTISM BIOMARKERS CONSORTIUM FOR CLINICAL TRIALS INTERIM ANALYSIS.” Psychophysiology, vol. 56, WILEY, 2019, pp. S20–S20.
Ressler, B., et al. “Meeting the demands of msc production for clinical studies.” Cytotherapy, vol. 21, no. 5, Elsevier BV, 2019, pp. S81–82. Crossref, doi:10.1016/j.jcyt.2019.03.496. Full Text
Li, Yitong, et al. “On Target Shift in Adversarial Domain Adaptation.” International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, 2019.
Egger, Helen L., et al. “23.1 Autism and Beyond: Lessons From an Iphone Study of Young Children.” Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 57, no. 10, Elsevier BV, 2018, pp. S33–34. Crossref, doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.07.145. Full Text
Murias, Michael, et al. “1.31 The Utility of Electroencephalogram (EEG) Beta Power as a Moderator of Treatment Response in ASD Clinical Trials Involving Young Children.” Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 57, no. 10, Elsevier BV, 2018, pp. S145–S145. Crossref, doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.09.046. Full Text
Bovery, Matthieu D. M. J., et al. “5.18 A Scalable Off-the-Shelf Framework for Measuring Children’s Direction of Attention in ASD.” Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 57, no. 10, Elsevier BV, 2018, pp. S233–S233. Crossref, doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2018.09.313. Full Text