Fellows

Current Fellows

Originally from Montreal, Quebec, Sarah Shultz received her BA in Honors Psychology from McGill University in 2006. She is currently a Donald J. Cohen Fellow in Developmental Social Neuroscience and assists in eye-tracking studies of infants, toddlers and adolescents with autism. Sarah is interested in social cognition and early face processing in both typically developing infants and infants at risk for autism. Her current research investigates eye-blinking as an index of stimulus salience in toddlers with autism. She hopes to pursue a doctorate in developmental psychology after completing her fellowship.

Kelley Knoch graduated from the University of Rochester in 2006, with her B.A. in Brain and Cognitive Science. She is currently a Donald J. Cohen Fellow in Developmental Social Neuroscience, assisting with eyetracking studies in infants and toddlers at risk for autism. Kelley is interested in infant cognition, and early diagnosis and intervention of autism spectrum disorders. Her current research investigates the temporal dynamics of visual fixation patterns in high functioning adolescents with autism while viewing naturalistic social situations. She hopes to apply to graduate programs in Clinical Psychology after completing her fellowship.

David Lin graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Mathematics and Computational Sciences. As an undergraduate, he did research in a stem cell laboratory, investigating the distribution of stem cells within brain tumors. David is interested in applying various computational tools and methods to medicine. He plans to attend medical school after this fellowship. In his free time, David enjoys playing soccer and being outdoors.

Originally from San Francisco, CA, Anna Krasno received her BA in Cognitive Science with a minor in Environmental Studies from UC San Diego in 2006. She is currently a Donald J. Cohen Fellow in Developmental Social Neuroscience and assists in eye-tracking studies of infants, toddlers, and adolescents with autism. Anna is interested in joint attention, speech development, and finding early diagnostic markers of Autism Spectrum Disorders. She is interested in applying to graduate programs in Clinical Psychology after completing her fellowship.

Casey Zampella graduated from the University of Rochester in 2007 with her B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and a minor in Clinical Psychology. She is currently a Donald J. Cohen Fellow in Developmental Social Neuroscience and is participating in eye-tracking research on infants, toddlers, and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Casey is interested in brain-behavior relationships in clinical populations, particularly in young children with autism spectrum disorders. Upon completion of her fellowship, Casey plans to pursue a doctorate in Clinical Neuropsychology.

2005 - 2006 Fellows

Katelin Carr was the Donald J. Cohen Fellow in Developmental Social Neuroscience from 2005 - 2006. Katelin did research as an undergraduate on social skills training for children with autism and completed her degree in History at Yale University. While a Fellow, Katelin studied visual salience in 2 year-old children with autism. She is now working on her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with Dr. Deborah Fein in the Early Detection Study of Autism Spectrum Disorders at the University of Connecticut.

Phillip Gorrindo was the Donald J. Cohen Fellow in Developmental Social Neuroscience from 2005 - 2006. As an undergraduate, Phil studied Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, and worked on electrophysiology research in the lab of Dr. Patricia Goldman-Rakic. While a Fellow, Phil worked on computational strategies for analyzing visual scanning as a function of physical image properties. Phil is now in his first year of an MD/PhD program at Vanderbilt University.