2023
JANUARY 2023
Michael Peruggia presented his poster at the KTGF Child Psychiatry Conference in Providence, RI.
2022
JULY 2022
Jennifer Foss-Feig was promoted to Associate Professor. Huge congratulations to Jen!
In other news, coordinators Sarah Barkley and Bonnie Lerman are off to graduate school. Sarah will be pursuing a PhD in clinical psychology at Stony Brook University, and Bonnie will be starting medical school at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. We wish them good luck – Sarah and Bonnie, you will be missed!
JUNE 2022
We are pleased to announce that Arabella Peters, Kirsten Long and Alissa Chen have joined the lab as clinical research coordinators. Welcome, Arabella, Kirsten, and Alissa!
MAY 2022
The Foss-Feig lab goes to INSAR! The International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) held its annual conference from May 11 – May 14 in Austin, TX. This 4-day conference aimed to exchange and disseminate new scientific progress among ASD scientists and trainees from around the world. Maria Nava Palma was selected to give a talk on her work with Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú (CASP). Sarah Banker, Jadyn Trayvick, Sarah Barkley, Bonnie Lerman, and Monica Schreiber presented posters.
2021
OCTOBER 2021
We are proud to announce that Dr. Jennifer Foss-Feig has received a Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) 2021 Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science Award! The project, titled “A neuroscience-inspired digital platform for measuring social functions to parse heterogeneity and predict outcome in autism,” will investigate social functioning in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Congrats Jen!
SEPTEMBER 2021
Congratulations to PhD student Sarah Banker for publishing a review paper in Trends in Neurosciences! The review, titled “Hippocampal contributions to social and cognitive deficits in autism spectrum disorder,” outlines a role for the hippocampus, a brain region involved in memory, navigation, and social behavior, in the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder.
JULY 2021
JUNE 2021
We are excited to welcome Jadyn Trayvick and Monica Schreiber to the Foss-Feig research team! Jadyn graduated from Yale University in 2021 with a B.S. in Psychology, and Monica graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 2019 with a B.A. in Public Health. They join our team as clinical research coordinators.
MAY 2021
Congratulations to lab alumna Chris McLaughlin on publishing his first first-author paper (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33966481/). Way to go Chris!
In other news, lab members Sarah Barkley and Bonnie Lerman presented virtual posters at the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 2021 annual meeting; lab members Sarah Barkley, Bonnie Lerman, Sarah Banker, and Jacqueline Beltrán presented virtual posters at the first annual Innovators in Neuroscience: From Molecules to Mind Symposium.
APRIL 2021
Congratulations to Sarah Banker for receiving the BRAIN award (Best Record of Achievement in Neuroscience), which recognizes outstanding academic and research performance in the first years of graduate school! Sarah received this award at Mount Sinai’s 13th Annual Neuroscience Retreat.
MARCH 2021
Congratulations to PREP scholar Jacqueline Beltrán for her acceptance to the neuroscience PhD program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai! We are thrilled that she will be staying in the Sinai community and can’t wait to see what she will accomplish.
2020
DECEMBER 2020
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OCTOBER 2020
We are pleased to announce that Jacqueline Beltrán has joined the Foss-Feig research team. Jacqueline Beltrán graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) where she earned a B.S. in Biopsychology. Jacqueline joins the Foss-Feig lab through Mount Sinai’s Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program. Welcome, Jacqueline!
Postdoc Sylvia Guillory is starting a new position as a research scientist at Leidos. Congratulations Sylvia! We will miss you!
SEPTEMBER 2020
AUGUST 2020
We are pleased to announce that Bonnie Lerman and Sarah Barkley have joined the Foss-Feig research team. Sarah graduated from Cornell University in 2020 with a B.S. in Human Development, and Bonnie graduated from Duke University in 2019 with a B.S. in Neuroscience. They join our team as clinical research coordinators. We are excited to have them working with us!
JUNE 2020
Two of our clinical research coordinators are heading to graduate school! Christopher McLaughlin will be attending the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in the fall of 2020 as a part of the highly competitive Columbia-Basset Program to pursue his MD. Hannah Grosman will be attending Drexel University to pursue her PhD in Clinical Psychology. Congrats, Chris and Hannah!
MAY 2020
We are pleased to announce that Sarah Banker has joined the Foss-Feig research team. She joins our team as a Neuroscience PhD student and will be co-mentored by Dr. Daniela Schiller and Dr. Xiaosi Gu. We are excited to have this new addition to the lab. Welcome, Sarah!
MARCH 2020
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2019
DECEMBER 2019
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OCTOBER 2019
We are pleased to announce that Kate Keller has joined the Foss-Feig research team. Kate Keller recently completed her BA at SUNY Geneseo. She joins our team in the capacity of a clinical research coordinator. We are excited to have this new addition to the lab. Welcome, Kate!
AUGUST 2019
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JUNE 2019
Lab alumna Emily Isenstein received a scholarship to support her summer research investigating the differentiation and integration of visual and proprioceptive information in children with autism spectrum disorder. Learn more about her research here.
MAY 2019
MAY 2019
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MAY 2019
The Friedman Brain Institute’s 11th Annual Neuroscience Retreat occurred on May 10th and brought together scientist and physicians that contribute to the neurosciences at Mount Sinai. Research coordinators, Christopher McLaughlin and Hannah Grossman, and undergraduate research assistant Sue Kim presented their research on probing social engagement, sensory functioning, and temporal processing in ASD, respectively.
MAY 2019
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MAY 2019
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APRIL 2019
Research Assistant, Sue Kim was a recipient of the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund (DURF) grant. The DURF grant is awarded to students at NYU’s College of Arts and Science to help fund their research. Sue’s DURF grant will help to fund her project that aims to investigate the sensory consequences of action in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and its relation to core ASD symptoms.
APRIL 2019
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FEBRUARY 2019
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2018
NOVEMBER 2018
Undergraduate research assistants, Yian Zhang and Marta Migo, were the recipients of the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund (DURF) grant. The DURF grant is awarded to students at NYU’s College of Arts and Science to help fund their research. Marta received the DURF grant to fund her project aimed at better understanding neurological preparatory processes leading up to the execution of a voluntary motor activity and characterizing ADHD symptomology in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Marta was recognized for her research and was named this year’s Susan and Robert Grossman Research Scholar. Yian plans to examine biases of prediction in ASD that can potentially influence perceptual processing. Using EEG recordings, she will investigate a potential neural marker of prediction bias and examine correlations with severity of clinical symptoms.
OCTOBER 2018
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AUGUST 2018
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AUGUST 2018
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JUNE 2018
We are pleased to announce that Christopher McLaughlin has joined the Foss-Feig research team. Chris recently completed a degree in Biology at Williams College and has prior experience working in a clinical research environment. He joins our team in the capacity of a clinical research coordinator. Within this role he will be managing the ongoing research projects in the lab and overseeing task development. We are excited to have him working with us. Welcome, Chris!
JUNE 2018
Sylvia Guillory received acceptance to take part in the Sinai Team-based Translational Education Program, a National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) funded initiative. This one year training program is designed to foster innovative leaders and entrepreneurs in clinical and translational research where Sylvia will continue to develop her critical thinking and analytical skills applying them to the research in the lab.
MAY 2018
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APRIL 2018
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APRIL 2018
Clinical Research Coordinator Emily Isenstein will be attending the University of Rochester in the fall of 2018 as a part of the Medical Scientist Training Program to pursue an MD/PhD dual degree. She plans to continue her involvement in the autism field and ultimately hopes to combine her clinical and research interests to examine the neurological underpinnings of autism and expand treatment options for people across the spectrum. Specifically, Emily hopes to study the vestibular system in autism spectrum disorders, but knows that she needs to survive two years of medical school first! Congratulations, Emily!
APRIL 2018
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2017
NOVEMBER 2017
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NOVEMBER 2017
Dr. Jennifer Foss-Feig was invited to speak as part of an Institute at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Dr. Foss-Feig gave an engaging lecture on biomarker discovery in ASD.
OCTOBER 2017
Sylvia Guillory joined the lab this fall. Having completed her PhD in Developmental and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston, she’s excited to be a part of the Seaver Autism Center and looks forward to working Dr. Foss-Feig.
SEPTEMBER 2017
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JULY 2017
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JULY 2017
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MAY 2017
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MAY 2017
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2016
AUGUST 2016
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