IACC Member 2019 - 2025
Chair
- Shelli Avenevoli, Ph.D. Acting Director, National Institute of Mental Health National Institutes of Health Rockville, MD
Federal MembersView All Federal Biographies >
- Deirdra Assey, M.A. Policy Advisor Behavioral Health and Justice Systems Bureau of Justice Assistance U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC
- Diana W. Bianchi, M.D. Director Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
- Amanda B. Bryans, M.S. (Alternate) Education and Research to Practice Supervisor Office of Head Start Administration for Children and Families Washington, DC
- Tiffany R. Farchione, M.D. Director Division of Psychiatry Center for Drug Evaluation and Research U.S. Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD
- Elaine Cohen Hubal, Ph.D. Senior Science Advisor Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, NC
- Jennifer Johnson, Ed.D. Deputy Commissioner Administration on Disabilities Administration for Community Living Washington, DC
- Christy Kavulic, Ed.D. Associate Division Director Office of Special Education Programs U.S. Department of Education Washington, DC
- Leah Lozier, Ph.D. Social Science Analyst Office of Policy Development and Research U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Washington, DC
- Alison R. Marvin, Ph.D. Branch Chief Division of the Analytics Center of Excellence Social Security Administration Woodlawn, MD
- Matthew J. Memoli, M.D, M.S. Acting Director National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
- Matthew Miller, Ph.D., M.P.H. Director VA Suicide Prevention Program Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Veterans Health Administration U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, DC
- Justin Mills, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P. Medical Officer U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Program Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Rockville, MD
- Nikhil "Sunny" A. Patel, M.D., M.P.H, M.S. Senior Advisor for Children, Youth and Families Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Rockville, MD
- Bobbi Jo Peltier, M.S. (Alternate) Public Health Advisor Indian Health Service Rockville, MD
- Annapurna Poduri, M.D., M.P.H. Deputy Director National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
- Lauren Raskin Ramos, M.P.H. Director Division of Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Maternal and Child Health Bureau Health Resources and Services Administration Rockville, MD
- Karyl Rattay, M.D., M.S., FAAP Director Division of Human Development and Disability Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA
- Jennifer Sheehy, M.B.A. Deputy Assistant Secretary Office of Disability Employment Policy U.S. Department of Labor Washington, DC
- Jodie Sumeracki, B.A. Senior Policy Advisor Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Baltimore, MD
- Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., F.A.C.S. Director National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
- Nicole Williams, Ph.D. Program Manager Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs U.S. Department of Defense Frederick, MD
- Richard Woychik, Ph.D. Director National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Director National Toxicology Program National Institutes of Health Research Triangle Park, NC
Public MembersView All Public Biographies >
- Maria Mercedes Avila, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.Ed. Professor Department of Pediatrics Director Vermont LEND Program Larner College of Medicine University of Vermont Burlington, VT
- Alice Carter, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA
- Sam Crane, J.D. Board Chair Autistic Self Advocacy Network Washington, DC
- Aisha Dickerson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Epidemiology Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
- Thomas W. Frazier, Ph.D. Board of Directors Autism Speaks Professor of Psychology John Carroll University Research Professor Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry SUNY-Upstate Cleveland, Ohio
- Dena Gassner, Ph.D., M.S.W. Senior Science Researcher AJ Drexel Autism Institute Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
- Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Ph.D. Equity, Justice, and Representation Executive Committee Chair Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network Research Fellow AJ Drexel Autism Institute Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
- Alycia Halladay, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Autism Science Foundation New York, NY Adjunct Faculty Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ
- Craig Johnson, M.Ed. Founder and President Champions Foundation Houston, TX
- Yetta Myrick, B.A. Founder and President DC Autism Parents Washington, DC
- Lindsey Nebeker, B.A. Marketing Consultant Independent Contractor Alexandria, VA
- Jenny Mai Phan, Ph.D. Assistant Director of Community Engagement Center for Adaptive Systems of Brain-Body Interactions (CASBBI) Research Assistant Professor College of Engineering and Computing George Mason University Fairfax, VA
- JaLynn R. Prince, B.F.A. Co-Founder, President, and Chair Madison House Autism Foundation Rockville, MD
- Camille Proctor Founder The Color of Autism Foundation Birmingham, Michigan
- Susan Rivera, Ph.D. Dean College of Behavioral & Social Sciences University of Maryland College Park, MD
- Matthew Siegel, M.D. Chief of Clinical Enterprise Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Boston Children's Hospital Chief Behavioral Health Officer Franciscan Children's Hospital Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics Tufts University School of Medicine Senior Lecturer Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
- Ivanova Smith, B.A. Self-Advocate Faculty Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities University of Washington Tacoma, WA
- Hari Srinivasan Ph.D. Neuroscience Student and PD Soros Fellow Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee
- Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Director Center for Autism Research Excellence Boston University Boston, MA
- Julie Lounds Taylor, Ph.D. Professor Department of Pediatrics Co-Director Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN
- Paul Wang, M.D. Deputy Director Clinical Research Associates, LLC Simons Foundation New York, NY Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT
IACC AlternatesView All Alternate Biographies >
- Thyria Alvarez, M.S.W. (for Leah Lozier, Ph.D.) Social Science Analyst Office of Policy Development and Research U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Washington, DC
- Mitchell Berger, M.P.H. (for Nikhil "Sunny" A. Patel, M.D., M.P.H, M.S.) Public Health Advisor Center for Mental Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Rockville, MD
- Cara Caplan, Ph.D. (for Alison R. Marvin, Ph.D.) Branch Chief Office of Research Demonstration and Employment Support Social Security Administration Woodlawn, MD
- Judith A. Cooper, Ph.D. (for Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., F.A.C.S.) Deputy Director National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
- Kristina Hardy, Ph.D., M.D. (for Annapurna Poduri, M.D., M.P.H.) Program Director Division of Clinical Research National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
- Melissa L. Harris, B.S. (for Jodie Sumeracki, B.A.) Deputy Director Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Baltimore, MD
- Alice Kau, Ph.D. (for Diana W. Bianchi, M.D.) Health Scientist Administrator Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
- Cindy Lawler, Ph.D. (for Richard Woychik, Ph.D.) Chief Genes, Environment, and Health Branch National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institutes of Health Research Triangle Park, NC
- Scott Patterson, Ph.D., HSPP (for Matthew Miller, Ph.D., M.P.H.) Clinical Psychologist Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center Veterans Health Administration U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Indianapolis, IN
- Amanda Reichard, Ph.D. (for Jennifer Johnson, Ed.D.) Project Officer National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Administration for Community Living Washington, DC
- Scott Michael Robertson, Ph.D. (for Jennifer Sheehy, M.B.A.) Senior Policy Advisor Office of Disability Employment Policy U.S. Department of Labor Washington, DC
- Robyn D.F. Sagatov, Ph.D., M.H.S. (for Justin Mills, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.) Senior Advisor for Children’s Health Division of Priority Populations Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Rockville, MD
- Robyn Schulhof, M.A. (for Lauren Raskin Ramos, M.P.H.) Senior Public Health Analyst Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Associate of University Centers on Disabilities Cooperative Agreement Maternal and Child Health Bureau Health Resources and Services Administration Rockville, MD
- Stuart Shapira, M.D., Ph.D. (for Karyl Rattay, M.D., M.S., FAAP) Chief Medical Officer Associate Director for Science National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA
- Jane M. Simoni, Ph.D. (for Matthew J. Memoli, M.D, M.S.) Associate Director Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Director Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
- Martine Solages, M.D. (for Tiffany R. Farchione, M.D.) Medical Officer Division of Psychiatry Center for Drug Evaluation and Research U.S. Food and Drug Administration Silver Spring, MD
- Anna E. Tschiffely, Ph.D. (for Nicole Williams, Ph.D.) Science Officer Neurofibromatosis, Multiple Sclerosis, and Autism Research Programs Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command U.S. Department of Defense Frederick, MD
- Emily Weaver, Ph.D. (for Christy Kavulic, Ed.D.) Associate Education Research Scientist National Center for Special Education Research Institute of Education Sciences U.S. Department of Education Washington, DC
- Kimberly Williams (for Deirdra Assey, M.A.) Supervisory Senior Policy Advisor Law Enforcement Innovation & Crime Reduction U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC
