Auditory characteristics
Fred Bess, Ph.D., Professor Hearing and Speech Sciences, Chair of the Department, and Director of Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
Anne Marie Tharpe, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Hearing & Speech Sciences
Autism and facial and object recognition
Isabel Gauthier, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology
Early diagnosis and early intervention
Wendy Stone, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology and Director of Treatment and Research Institute on Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD), Vanderbilt Pediatrics
Functional behavior assessment and behavior intervention
Craig Kennedy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special Education and Director of Kennedy Center Behavioral Disorders Clinic
Genetics
Jonathan Haines, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Director of Vanderbilt Human Genetics Program
James Sutcliffe, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Inclusive early childhood education
Mark Wolery, Ph.D., Professor of Special Education
Language intervention
Stephen Camarata, Ph.D., Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences and Special Education, Kennedy Center Deputy Director of Communication and Learning Research Program
Language intervention and other early intervention
Paul Yoder, Ph.D., Professor of Special Education
Neurobiology of autism
Pat Levitt, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology
Sleep and autism
Beth Malow, M.D., Associate Professor and Director, Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Laboratory