Professor Emerita, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre
Dr. Susan Bryson, a world-renowned autism researcher. Dr. Bryson joined Dalhousie from York University in Toronto in 2001 to accept the role of professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Psychology, as well as the Craig Chair in Autism Research. Dr. Bryson is also well known for her work to establish the Autism Research Unit at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. Her research emphasizes early identification and intervention, along with studies of emotion, attention and risk for depression and anxiety disorders in autism.
Projects:
- The ASD Demonstration Project: Neuroimaging and Function
- The ASD Demonstration Project: Next-Generation Genome Sequencing and Identification of Rare DNA Variants
- The ASD Demonstration Project: Clinical Utility Studies
- The ASD Demonstration Project: Identifying Early Behavioural Biomarkers
- The ASD Demonstration Project: Sleep: A Comorbidity Across Disorders
- The ASD Demonstration Project: Translation of Genomic Discoveries into Clinical Practice
- Social ABCs Community Translation and Dissemination
- Extending the Reach of Social ABCs Early Intervention: Community Expansion and Translation
- Expanding the Reach of Social ABCs
