Lauren Steinbeck, PsyD is a Research Psychologist at the Center for Autism Research (CAR). She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from La Salle University where she worked primarily with children and adolescents and their families. She was a practicum student at CAR while earning her doctorate and worked with the Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center team. Dr. Steinbeck completed her APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship at Intercommunity Action, Inc. in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia. She then completed a one-year neuropsychology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital Lurie Center for Autism in Lexington.

Following, Dr. Steinbeck completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at CAR during which she specialized in early developmental assessment and clinical phenotyping of infants and toddlers. Her current role at CAR includes diagnostic assessment and clinical phenotyping of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, depression, and other psychiatric diagnoses. Dr. Steinbeck's clinical interests more broadly include selective mutism and working with autistic individuals who have selective mutism.