Principal Investigators

  • Andy Alexander, PhD

    Dr. Andrew Alexander is Co-Director of the Waisman Brain Imaging Lab and is a Professor of Medical Physics and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his PhD in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona and completed postdoctoral training in MRI physics at the University of Utah where he developed a research program on diffusion tensor imaging of the human brain. His research is focused on the development, evaluation, and application of quantitative MRI methods for characterizing brain structure, microstructure, and function.

  • Janet Lainhart, MD

    Dr. Janet Lainhart is the Director of the ACE ISLA-A Network. She is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with more than 30 years’ experience as a clinician scientist focusing on autism. She has received multiple grants on brain, behavior and genetics in autism and has co-authored more than 80 peer-reviewed original research publications. Dr. Lainhart developed and led the original ISLA study at the University of Utah before moving to Wisconsin.

  • Brandon Zielinski, MD, PhD

    Dr. Brandon Zielinski is chief of pediatric neurology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He earned his MD from University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver and his PhD in Neuroscience from Georgetown University. He led ISLA research activities for 10 years at the University of Utah before relocating to Gainesville. He researches structure-function relationships in developing brain networks with a particular focus in autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions.

Co-Investigators

  • Benjamin Brintz, PhD

    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

  • Doug Dean, PhD

    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

  • Erin Bigler, PhD

    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

  • Jace King, PhD, MBA

    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

  • June Taylor, PhD

    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

  • Kevin Duff, PhD, ABPP-CN

    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

  • Lauren Bishop, MSW, PhD

    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

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    Lubdha Shah, MD

    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

  • Megan Farley

    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

  • Molly Prigge, PhD

    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

  • Nagesh Adluru, PhD

    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

  • Nicholas Lange, ScD

    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

Research Scientists & Junior Investigators

  • Aaron Chen

    RESEARCH INTERN, UW

  • Anna Farmer, PhD

    POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, UF

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    Caitlin Traiser

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT, UF

  • Gregory R Kirk, MS

    RESEARCHER, UW

  • John Roberts, PhD

    RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, U of U

  • José Guerrero Gonzalez, PhD

    POST-DOCTORAL TRAINEE, UW

  • Kristina Kellett, PhD

    RESEARCHER, UW

Staff

  • Carolyn K. King, CCRP

    STUDY COORDINATOR, U of U

  • Jubel Morgan, RN

    STUDY NURSE, U of U

  • Sheila Turcsanyi

    STUDY COORDINATOR, UW

  • Sydney N Nelson

    RESEARCH COORDINATOR, UF

Trainees

  • Daniel Feldman

    GRADUATE STUDENT, U of U

  • Jamie Koenig

    GRADUATE STUDENT, UW