Emmanuel Bonney, phd
Emmanuel is a pediatric physical therapist specializing in autism spectrum disorder and related neurodevelopmental disabilities. He is a Fogarty Postdoctoral Fellow at the E-Lab. Dr Bonney has clinical expertise in motor behavior and has designed numerous movement programs for children with movement difficulties in low-income areas of Ghana and South Africa.
His research is focused on developing behavioral assessments of motor phenotyping to improve characterization of risk profiles for autism and developmental disabilities. Dr Bonney’s work also extends to developing sensorimotor interventions for children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr Bonney is currently evaluating the performance of an innovative population-based screening approach for autism spectrum disorder in Uganda. This study could have far reaching implications for early detection of autism in low- and middle-income settings.
Caitlin Sisk, phd
Caitlin (Katie) is a postdoctoral fellow in the E-Lab as part of the Institute of Child Development’s National Institute of Mental Health Training Fellowship in Developmental Psychopathology. Caitlin received her PhD in Cognitive Psychology with a minor in Translational Sensory Science from the University of Minnesota, where she examined how healthy young adults and older adults with neurological disorders use previous experience to guide visual attention. Caitlin is excited to now be part of the E-Lab, studying early development and working with children and families. Her research focuses on developmental trajectories of infant attention, with a specific interest in how infants learn where to direct their attention and how this relates to early signs of ASD and other neurodevelopmental disorders. She previously earned a BA in psychology and a BA in English from the University of Notre Dame. Outside of work, Caitlin enjoys reading, playing armchair movie critic, and watching Notre Dame football with family and friends.
