Ami J. Klin, Ph.D., Fred R. Volkmar, M.D.

Ami J. Klin, Ph.D., the Harris Associate Professor of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Fred R. Volkmar, M.D., the Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics, are principal investigators for a $2.6 million grant that will establish a new laboratory at the Yale Child Study Center for infants at risk for autism. The grant was made by James and Marilyn Simons of The Simons Foundation, a private family foundation based in New York City. In this new project, babies at increased risk for autism will be examined monthly from birth through their first two years of life. The grant, said Volkmar, “will enable us to study infants with autism at a time when there is the greatest potential for change of behavior and brain development. We hope this will lead to more effective interventions.”