Laura S Cubit, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Research Psychologist, Center for Autism Research & Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Director, Early Detection and Development Lab, Center for Autism Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Center for Autism Research
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2716 South Street, 5th floor, #5361
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2716 South Street, 5th floor, #5361
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Office: 267-425-1122
Email:
cubitl@chop.edu
cubitl@chop.edu
Education:
BS (Biopsychology, Spanish)
Tufts University, 2010.
MA (Clinical Psychology)
University of Rochester, 2015.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
University of Rochester, 2019.
Permanent linkBS (Biopsychology, Spanish)
Tufts University, 2010.
MA (Clinical Psychology)
University of Rochester, 2015.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
University of Rochester, 2019.
Selected Publications
Guthrie, W., Zampella, C. J., & Cubit, L. S.: Screening for developmental deceleration across domains: a new strategy for early autism detection. Oral presentation at the International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden May 2023.Zampella, C. J., Drye, M., Sariyanidi, E., Fecher, M., Megginson, G., Craig, S., Wang, L. A., Steinbeck, L. K., Ramsey, K. L., Flanagan, A. Y., Benecke, R. M., Cubit, L. S., Tunc, B., Schultz, R. T., & Guthrie, W.: Refining computational facial analysis of infants to advance early autism screening. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden May 2023.
Cola, M., Cho, S., Knox, A., Russell, A. S., Covello, M., Pelella, M. R., Hauptmann, A., Zampella, C. J., Cubit, L. S., Pandey, J., Schultz, R. T., & Parish-Morris, J.: Profiles of acoustic diversity during autistic children’s natural conversations. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden May 2023.
Sariyanidi, E., Zampella, C.J., Drye, M.N., Fecher, M.L., Megginson, G., Cubit, L.S., Schultz, R.T., Guthrie, W., Tunc, B.: Reconstructing 3D Face of Infants in Social Interactions Using Morphable Models of Non-Infants. Eurographics Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval Sept 2022.
Cola, M. L., Yankowitz, L. D., Plate, S., Russell, A. S., Knox, A., Pelella, M. R., Leuzzi, M., Tena, K. G., Zampella, C. J., Cubit, L. S., Pandey, J., Schultz, R. T., Parish-Morris, J.: Identifying homogeneous subgroups of autistic youth based on talkativeness. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2022 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas May 2022.
Fecher, M., Zampella, C. J., Drye, M., Benecke, R., Cubit, L. S., Megginson, G., Steinbeck, L. K., Wang, L. A., Schultz, R. T., Guthrie, W.: Caregiver concerns predict specific areas of adaptive functioning in infants and high- and low-risk for autism. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2022 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas May 2022.
Drye, M., Zampella, C. J., Fecher, M., Benecke, R., Cubit, L. S., Megginson, G., Steinbeck, L. K., Wang, L. A., Schultz, R. T., Guthrie, W.: Psychometric properties of broadband screening tools for developmental delays in infants at high- and low-risk for autism. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2022 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas May 2022.
Knox, A., Tena, K. G., Russell, A. S., Pelella, M. R., Leuzzi, M., Zampella, C. J., Cola, M. L., Cubit, L. S., Pandey, J., Schultz, R. T., Parish-Morris, J.: Social motivation predicts behavioral compensation in autistic adolescents. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2022 Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas May 2022.
Cola, M., Yankowitz, L., Tena, K., Russell, A., Bateman, L., Knox, A., Plate, S., Cubit, L. S., Zampella, C. J., Pandey, J., Schultz, R. T., Parrish-Morris, J. : Friend matters: Sex differences in social language during autism diagnostic interviews. Molecular Autism 13(1): 5, Jan 2022.
Cola, M., Yankowitz, L., Tena, K., Plate, S., Bateman, L., Zampella, C., Cubit, L., Pandey, J., Schultz, R., Parish-Morris, J.: Friend matters: Autistic girls talk more about friends during diagnostic interviews. Oral presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2021 Annual Meeting (virtual conference) May 2021.