Emily Kuschner
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Departments of Radiology and Psychiatry, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2716 South Street, 5th Floor, Room 5251
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Email:
kuschnere@chop.edu
kuschnere@chop.edu
Education:
B.A. (Psychology)
Vassar College, 2002.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)
University of Rochester , 2009.
B.A. (Psychology)
Vassar College, 2002.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)
University of Rochester , 2009.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 2008-2009.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 2009-2010.
Permanent linkIntern, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 2008-2009.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 2009-2010.
Selected Publications
Kuschner, E.S., Young, L., Watson, S., Maddox, B.B., & Wallace, G.L.: The Intersection of Food Selectivity and Obesity in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Insights for Treatment. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting for the International Society for Autism Research (Seattle, Washington) May 2025.Kaplan-Kahn, E.A., Garagozzo, A., Yerys, B.E, Kuschner, E.S., Leach, M. Gettings, J. : Community-Partnered Development and Feasibility Testing of a Brief Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Support Autistic Young Adults with Motivation to Complete Daily Living Skills. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting for the International Society for Autism Research (Seattle, Washington) May 2025.
Gaetz, W., Birnbaum, C., Blaskey, L., Kim, M., Kuschner, E.S. Kaufman, V., Bloy, L., Saleh, M., Marsh, E., Roberts, T.: Exploring the Biological Mechanisms Underlying Co-Occurrence of Autism and Epilepsy. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting for the International Society for Autism Research (Seattle, Washington) May 2025.
Kim, M., Bloy, L., Blaskey, L., Roberts, T.P., Franzen, R., Edgar, J.C., & Kuschner, E.S.: Stay Still Like a Statue: Using a Brief Measure to Predict Head Motion During MEG Data Collection. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting for the International Society for Autism Research (Seattle, Washington) May 2025.
Chen Y, Young L, Kim M, Watson S, Kaufman V, Beal B, Tuomi I, Wang B, McDonald-McGinn DM, Edgar JC, Kuschner ES, Roberts TPL: Auditory evoked neuromagnetic response latency is associated with language ability in preschoolers with an elevated likelihood of intellectual or developmental disability. Front Integr Neurosci 19(1585567), May 2025.
Eggen, K., Kim, M., Mol, K., McNamee, M., DiPiero, M., Bloy, L., Chen, Y., Edgar, C., Roberts, T.P., & Kuschner, E.S.: Examining the Effects of Temperament on Neuroimaging Scan “Success” in Children with Autism. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting for the International Society for Autism Research (Seattle, Washington) May 2025.
Leach, M., Nag, D., Wallace, G.L., Pfammatter, A.F., Kellom, K., & Kuschner, E.S. : Behavior Change Techniques Included in Obesity Treatment Designed for Autistic Individuals: Informing Design for Transition-Age Youth. Poster presented at the Healthy Weight Research Network Symposium (Boston, MA) April 2025.
Kuschner, E.S., Kim, M., Young, L., Kaufman, V., Watson, S., Eggen, K., Edgar, C., Chen, Y., Roberts, T.P.L.: A Lesson in Unpredictability: Exploring factors associated with collection of evaluable brain imaging data in children with an elevated likelihood for intellectual and developmental disability. Poster presented at the Gatlinburg Conference (San Diego, CA) April 2025.
Shen G, Green HL, McNamee M, Franzen RE, DiPiero M, Berman JI, Ku M, Bloy L, Liu S, Airey M, Goldin S, Blaskey L, Kuschner ES, Kim M, Konka K, Miller GA, Edgar JC: White matter microstructure as a potential contributor to differences in resting state alpha activity between neurotypical and autistic children: a longitudinal multimodal imaging study. Mol Autism 16(1), March 2025.
Otten K, Edgar JC, Green HL, Mol K, McNamee M, Kuschner ES, Kim M, Liu S, Huang H, Nordt M, Konrad K, Chen Y.: The maturation of infant and toddler visual cortex neural activity and associations with fine motor performance. Dev Cogn Neurosci 71(101501), January 2025.