National Scientific Advisory Board

Board brings a broad, national perspective to the Center's research, advising the Center's scientific leaders on promising research directions, administrative arrangements and program directions, and funding possibilities.

Leonard Abbeduto, Ph.D.
Educational Psychology
Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Daniel Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Neurogenetics Program
Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine

Donald Guthrie, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Data Management and Analysis Core
UCLA Mental Retardation Research Center

Joseph Piven, M.D.
Director, Neurodevelopment Disorders Research Center
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill