Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder Research – 2012 Update
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- Introduction
- Question 1: When Should I Be Concerned?
- Question 2: How Can I Understand What Is Happening?
- Question 3: What Caused This to Happen and Can It Be Prevented?
- Question 4: Which Treatments and Interventions Will Help?
- Question 5: Where Can I Turn for Services?
- Question 6: What Does the Future Hold, Particularly for Adults?
- Question 7: What Other Infrastructure and Surveillance Needs Must Be Met?
- Conclusion
- About the IACC
- IACC Member Roster
- Strategic Plan Update External Planning Group Members
- Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC) Staff List
IACC Member Roster
Chair
- Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Director
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Federal Members
- James F. Battey, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
- Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences and National Toxicology Program
National Institutes of Health
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
- Coleen Boyle, Ph.D., M.S. Hyg.
Director
National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
- Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
- Denise Dougherty, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for Child Health
and Quality Improvement
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Washington, DC
- Tiffany R. Farchione, M.D.
Medical Officer
Division of Psychiatry Products
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, Maryland
- Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D.
Director
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
- Laura Kavanagh, M.P.P.
Director
Division of Research, Training and Education
Maternal and Child Health
Health Resources and Service Administration
Rockville, Maryland
- Donna M. Kimbark, Ph.D.
Program Manager
Congressionally Directed Medical
Research Programs
U.S. Department of Defense
Frederick, Maryland
- Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute of Neurological Disorders
and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
- Sharon Lewis
Commissioner
Administration on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities
Administration for Community Living
Washington, DC
- John P. O'Brien, M.A.
Senior Policy Analyst
Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Baltimore, Maryland
- Michael K. Yudin
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services
Office of Special Education and Rehabiliative Services
U.S. Department of Education
Washington, DC
Public Members
- Idil Abdull
Parent
Co-Founder
Somali American Autism Foundation
Minneapolis, Minnesota
- James Ball, Ed.D., BCBA-D
President and CEO
JB Autism Consulting
Executive Chair, Board of Directors
Autism Society
Cranbury, New Jersey
- Anshu Batra, M.D.
Parent
Developmental Pediatrician
Our Special Kids
Los Angeles, California
- Noah Britton, M.A.
Self Advocate
Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Bunker Hill Community College
Salem, Massachusetts
- Sally Burton-Hoyle, Ed.D.
Family Member
Associate Professor
Department of Special Education
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan
- Matthew J. Carey, Ph.D.
Parent
Contributor - Left Brain Right Brain
San Jose, California
- Dennis W. Choi, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair
Department of Neurology
Director
Neurosciences Institute
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York
- Jose F. Cordero, M.D., M.P.H.
Dean
University of Puerto Rico
Graduate School of Public Health
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
- Jan M. Crandy
Parent
Case Manager
Nevada State Autism Treatment
Assistance Program Chair
Nevada Commission on Autism
Spectrum Disorders
Las Vegas, Nevada
- Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer
Autism Speaks
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities
Carrboro, North Carolina
- David S. Mandell, Sc.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Lyn Redwood, R.N., M.S.N.
Parent
Co-Founder, Vice President
and Board Member
Coalition for SafeMinds
Tyrone, Georgia
- Scott Michael Robertson, M.H.C.I.
Self Advocate
President and Vice Chair of Development
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
University Park, Pennsylvania
- John Elder Robison
Self Advocate, Parent and Author
Amherst, Massachusetts
- Alison Tepper Singer, M.B.A.
Parent and Family Member
Founder and President
Autism Science Foundation
New York, New York
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Suggested Citation
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC). IACC Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Research —2012 Update. December 2012. Retrieved from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee website: http://iacc.hhs.gov/strategic-plan/2012/index.shtml