Results for Developmental Psychology

Dr. Jones is a psychological scientist with interests that lie at the intersection of developmental psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry, and pediatrics. His research focuses on the risk, identification, and prevention of adolescent depression and suicide.

John Herrington is an associate professor of Psychology in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He directs the Emotion and Developmental Laboratory, which focuses on emotion regulation difficulties in childhood, and in particular, among children with autism.

Dr. Hocking’s research aims to better understand the neurodevelopmental consequences of having survived childhood cancer or having neurofibromatosis type 1, to identify those who are most at risk for poor outcomes, and to intervene in some way in order to improve quality of life.

Dr. Paskewich has expertise in translational research to develop, implement, and evaluate school-based aggression and bullying prevention programs. She develops implementation methods that integrate empirically supported prevention strategies with procedures that foster necessary school engagement.

Dr. Laura Cubit conducts comprehensive developmental and diagnostic evaluations for children from infancy through adolescence, including autism evaluations. She also provides Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for children and their families. Dr. Cubit supervises clinical trainees and research staff.

Dr. Jackel is a developmental pediatrician with a strong focus on the evaluation and treatment of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She works as a clinician on the MEG imaging studies for children with ASD.

Dr. Parish-Morris investigates social communication, specifically how vocal communication develops in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. She uses computational approaches and machine learning to identify objective and reliable behavioral markers for use in screening, treatment and intervention response tracking, and to advance biological research.

Dr. Gur's combined training in Psychology, Neurology, and Psychiatry enabled her to pursue an academic career working with basic and clinical neuroscientists to advance the understanding mental disorders.

Dr. Juhi Pandey is a pediatric neuropsychologist in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a scientist in the Center for Autism Research at CHOP. Her research focuses on autism spectrum disorder.

Dr. Schreiber is a pediatric neuropsychologist in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic and Fetal Surgery at CHOP. Her research focuses on neurobehavioral outcomes in children with complex medical conditions.