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Staff Scientists and Clinicians Audrey Thurm, Ph.D.   Audrey Thurm, Ph.D. is a licensed child clinical psychologist. She is a staff scientist in the Pediatrics and Developmental Neuroscience Branch. She received her undergraduate degree in human development from Cornell University, Ph.D. in child clinical psychology from DePaul University and completed her internship at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Thurm has worked at NIMH since 2002, serving in the extramural division as chief of both the Autism and Social Behavior Program, and the Compulsive and Repetitive Behaviors Program until moving to the Intramural Program in 2005. Currently, she serves as an investigator of the ongoing study "Clinical and Immunological Investigations of Subtypes of Autism", aimed at findings meaningful subtypes of the disorder. In addition, she supervises the screening protocol for the branch. Dr. Thurm was a recipient of the NIH Director's Group Award for scientific and programmatic contributions to research on autism, and an NIMH Group Award for contributions to intramural research on autism. Research Interests Dr. Thurm's research focus is in autism spectrum disorders and other neurodevelopmental disorders with early onset, with particular interest in early diagnosis and predictors of outcome. Representative Selected Recent Publications: Buckley, AW., Sassower, K., Rodriguez, A., Jennison, K., Wingert, K., Buckley, J., Thurm, A., Sato, S., & Swedo, SE. An open-label trial of Donepezil for enhancement of REM sleep in young children with autism. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 21(4), 353-357. 2011. Shumway, S., Thurm, A., Swedo, SE, Deprey, L., Barnett, LA., Amaral, DG., Rogers, SJ., & Ozonoff S. Brief report: Symptom onset patterns and functional outcomes in young children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(12):1727-1732, 2011. Kiringoda, R., Thurm, AE., Hirschtritt, ME., Koziol, D., Wesley, R., Swedo, SE., O’Grady, N., & Quezado, ZMN. Risks of propofol sedation anesthesia for imaging studies in pediatric research: Eight years of experience in a clinical research center. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 164(6): 554-60, 2010. Zwaigenbaum, L., Thurm, A., Stone, W., Baranek, G., Bryson, S., Iverson, J., Kau, A., Klin, A., Landa, R., Lord, C., Rogers, S., & Sigman, M. Studying the emergence of autism spectrum disorders in high risk infants: Methodological and practical issues. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37(3), 466-480. 2007. Thurm, A., Lord, C., Lee, L.C., & Newschaffer, C. Predictors of Language Acquisition in Preschool Children with Autism.Journal of Autism and Developmental Disordrers. 37, 1721-1734. 2007. Lord, C., Risi, S., DiLavore, P., Shulman, C., Thurm, A., & Pickles, A. Autism from two to nine. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63, 694-701. 2006. Address: Building 10/4N208 10 Center Dr Bethesda, MD Phone: 301-496-5323 Email Dr. Thurm Fax:   Lab Web Site: http://intramural.nimh.nih.gov/pdn/studies.htm     Principal Investigators Scientists & Clinicians DIRP Labs and Branches DIRP Research Areas Office of the Scientific Director Site Map Participate in Research Contact Us Careers in Research What’s New Functional MRI Core Magnetic Resonance Core Magnetoencephalography Core Microarray Core Neurophysiology Imaging Facility Scientific and Statistical Computing Core Section on Instrumentation Core Transgenic Core Veterinary Medicine Resources (Staff only) Office of the Scientific Director Office of the Clinical Director Office of Fellowship Training Office of Technology Transfer Administrative Services Branch Administrative Services

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