Neurodiversity May 10th, 2025 at 2:30PM Future Event TBA Participants: Inge-Marie Eigsti Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut Director of Research for the Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences Inge-Marie Eigsti, Ph.D., is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut, and Director of Research for the Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Prof. Eigsti received doctoral degrees in clinical psychology and brain and cognitive sciences from the University of Rochester. After completing postdoctoral training in pediatric neuroimaging at Columbia University, she joined the… read more » Claudia Lugo-Candelas Florence Irving Associate Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry), Columbia University Medical Center/New York State Psychiatric Institute Claudia Lugo-Candelas, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the perinatal programming of risk and resilience for neurodevelopmental disorders. She obtained a B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and completed her clinical internship at the NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln. Dr. Lugo-Candelas completed… read more » Amy Lutz Historian of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Vice-President, National Council on Severe Autism (NCSA) Amy S.F. Lutz, PhD is a historian of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the Vice-President of the National Council on Severe Autism (NCSA), and the parent of a profoundly autistic son, Jonah, 26. She has written about profound autism for many journals, including The American Journal of Bioethics, The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum, Autism Research and Frontiers… read more » Susan Sherkow Training and Supervising Analyst, NYPSI Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai College of Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Founder/Director, The Sherkow Center for Child Development and Autism Spectrum Disorder Susan P. Sherkow, M.D. is a Training and Supervising Adult and Child Analyst at both the New York Psychoanalytic Institute (NYPSI) and The Berkshire Psychoanalytic Society. She is on the faculties of Mount Sinai and Albert Einstein Colleges of Medicine, is the recent past President of Association for Child Psychoanalysis, and is the Chairman of the Faculty… read more » David Sulzer Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Pharmacology, Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute Dave Sulzer is a professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Pharmacology, and at the School of the Arts at Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute. He received a PhD in biology from Columbia University. His lab has published over 250 studies on synaptic function, particularly of the basal ganglia and dopamine systems, and neuroimmunology, in… read more »
Inge-Marie Eigsti Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut Director of Research for the Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences Inge-Marie Eigsti, Ph.D., is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut, and Director of Research for the Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Prof. Eigsti received doctoral degrees in clinical psychology and brain and cognitive sciences from the University of Rochester. After completing postdoctoral training in pediatric neuroimaging at Columbia University, she joined the… read more »
Claudia Lugo-Candelas Florence Irving Associate Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry), Columbia University Medical Center/New York State Psychiatric Institute Claudia Lugo-Candelas, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the perinatal programming of risk and resilience for neurodevelopmental disorders. She obtained a B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and completed her clinical internship at the NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln. Dr. Lugo-Candelas completed… read more »
Amy Lutz Historian of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Vice-President, National Council on Severe Autism (NCSA) Amy S.F. Lutz, PhD is a historian of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the Vice-President of the National Council on Severe Autism (NCSA), and the parent of a profoundly autistic son, Jonah, 26. She has written about profound autism for many journals, including The American Journal of Bioethics, The Hastings Center Bioethics Forum, Autism Research and Frontiers… read more »
Susan Sherkow Training and Supervising Analyst, NYPSI Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai College of Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Founder/Director, The Sherkow Center for Child Development and Autism Spectrum Disorder Susan P. Sherkow, M.D. is a Training and Supervising Adult and Child Analyst at both the New York Psychoanalytic Institute (NYPSI) and The Berkshire Psychoanalytic Society. She is on the faculties of Mount Sinai and Albert Einstein Colleges of Medicine, is the recent past President of Association for Child Psychoanalysis, and is the Chairman of the Faculty… read more »
David Sulzer Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Pharmacology, Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute Dave Sulzer is a professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, Pharmacology, and at the School of the Arts at Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute. He received a PhD in biology from Columbia University. His lab has published over 250 studies on synaptic function, particularly of the basal ganglia and dopamine systems, and neuroimmunology, in… read more »