Member Roster
Subcommittee for Basic and Translational Research
DSM-5 Planning Group Roster
Chair
- Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Director
Duke University Center on Autism
Diagnosis and Treatment Co-Director
Duke University Developmental
Neuroscience Research Program Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina
Federal Members
- Laura Carpenter, Ph.D., BCBA
(Invited Expert)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina - Jan M. Crandy
Parent
Case Manager
Nevada State Autism Treatment Assistance Program Nevada Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders
Las Vegas, Nevada - Laura Kavanagh, M.P.P.
Director
Division of Research, Training and Education Health Resources and Service Administration
Rockville, Maryland - John P. O'Brien, M.A.
Senior Policy Advisor
Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Baltimore, Maryland - Diane Paul, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CAE
(Invited Expert)
Director
Clinical Issues in Speech-Language Pathology American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Rockville, Maryland - Cathy Rice, Ph.D.
(Representing Coleen Boyle, Ph.D., M.S. Hyg.)
Behavioral Scientist
Developmental Psychologist
Prevention Research Branch
National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia - Scott Michael Robertson, Ph.D.
Self Advocate
Co-founder and Vice Chair of Development Autistic Self Advocacy Network
University Park, Pennsylvania - John Elder Robison
Self-Advocate and Parent
Neurodiversity Scholar in Residence College of William and Mary
Amherst, Massachusetts - Susan E. Swedo, M.D. (Invited Expert)
Behavioral Pediatrics Section
Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, Maryland - Amy M. Wetherby, Ph.D. (Invited Expert)
Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine
Distinguished Research Professor
Laurel Schendel Professor of Communication
Science and Disorders Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida - Lawrence J. Wexler, Ed.D.
(Representing Michael K. Yudin Director
Research to Practice Division
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services Washington, DC
