Autism Research Centre

Our People

A dedicated team

Visit the Autism Research Centre and you’ll meet a group of experienced researchers, research trainees and staff members dedicated to finding ways to improve the lives of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Research faculty

Dr. Isabel Smith, PhD Clinical Psychology (Dalhousie)

Professor and Joan & Jack Craig Chair in Autism Research
Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology & Neuroscience
Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre
isabel.smith@iwk.nshealth.ca
Dalhousie profile
PubMed bibliography
Google scholar account
ResearchGate profile

Dr. Susan E. Bryson, PhD Clinical Psychology (McGill)

Professor Emerita
Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology & Neuroscience
Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre 
susan.bryson@iwk.nshealth.ca
Dalhousie profile
Google scholar account

Dr. Jillian Filliter, PhD Clinical Psychology (Dalhousie)

Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre 
jillian.filliter@iwk.nshealth.ca
Dalhousie profile
PubMed biliography
Google scholar profile
ResearchGate profile


Research staff and trainees

Research Associate

      

Research Coordinators

  
  

 

Research Assistant

 
 

 

  

 

 

    

Administrative Assistant

 

Postdoctoral Fellow

  • None at this moment

Graduate Trainees

  • Teba Hamodat, PhD student, Clinical Psychology (Dalhousie) 
  
  • Momina Raja, PhD student, Clinical Psychology (Dalhousie)
    Co-supervised by Dr. Megan Thomas
  

 

Undergraduate Trainees

  • None at this moment

Former Research Staff

Research Coordinators
Erin Aubrey
Agnes Flanagan
Lindsay Fleming
Jennifer Fox
Allyson Haley
Susan Harvey
Terry McCormick (retired)
Noreen Millar
Teri Philips
Corinne Sauvé
 
Research Assistants
Jill Boyd
Amanda Carson
Samantha Chalk
Sarah Campbell
Lucy Federico
Megan Fisher
Brittany Fitzgerald
Erin Gore-Hickman
Keira Kent
Caitlin Marr
Marie McIntosh
Sarah Peacock
Lilah Olechowski
Claire Piccinin
Claire Smith
Jessica Soley
Jillian Stewart
Melissa Susko
Ben Tayler
Sara Wolthers

Alumni

  • Vickie Armstrong, Postdoc and Research Associate
  • Ainsley Boudreau, doctoral student (Clinical Psychology, Dalhousie)
  • Jamesie Coolican, doctoral student (Clinical Psychology, Dalhousie)
  • Erin Dempsey, PhD Student (Clinical Psychology, Dalhousie)
  • Kristen Coveyduc, master’s student (School Psychology, MSVU)
  • Sarah Dhooge, master’s student (Human Communication Disorders, Dalhousie)
  • Tamara Sorenson Duncan, PhD Linguistics (University of Alberta), Donald Hill Family Postdoctal Research Fellow
  • Helen Flanagan, postdoctoral fellow
  • Kristin Fossum, doctoral student (Clinical Psychology, Dalhousie)
  • Martina Franchini, PhD, Psychology (University of Geneva)
  • Nancy Garon, postdoctoral fellow
  • Paula Hutchinson, doctoral student (Interdisciplinary Studies, Dalhousie)
  • Mark Jaime, postdoctoral fellow
  • Jennifer Kalil, independent research project student (Dalhousie)
  • Michelle Kerr, master’s student (School Psychology, MSVU)
  • Yevonne Lelacheur, honours student (Dalhousie)
  • Julie Longard, doctoral student (Clinical Psychology, Dalhousie)
  • Crystal Lowe-Pearce, doctoral student (Clinical Psychology, Dalhousie)
  • Jeff MacLeod, doctoral student (Clinical Psychology, Dalhousie)
  • Caitlin McCleave, master’s student (School Psychology, MSVU)
  • Shana Nichols, doctoral student (Clinical Psychology, Dalhousie)
  • Claire Piccinin, independent research project student; honours student (Dalhousie)
  • Stephanie Snow, PhD student (Clinical Psychology, Dalhousie)
  • Katherine Smith, master’s student (School Psychology, MSVU)
  • Kim Tan-MacNeill, PhD student
    (Clinical Psychology, Dalhousie)
  • Michelle Upshaw, master’s student (School Psychology, MSVU)
  • Loriann Williams, PhD student
    (Clinical Psychology, Dalhousie, PhD Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster)