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Laura S Cubit
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Research Psychologist, Center for Autism Research & Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
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Clinical Director, Early Detection and Development Lab, Center for Autism Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Department: Psychiatry
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Center for Autism Research
2d Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
46 2716 South Street, 5th floor, #5361
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46 2716 South Street, 5th floor, #5361
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Education:
21 7 BS 23 (Biopsychology, Spanish) c
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21 7 MA 20 (Clinical Psychology) c
30 University of Rochester, 2015.
21 8 PhD 20 (Clinical Psychology) c
30 University of Rochester, 2019.
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21 7 BS 23 (Biopsychology, Spanish) c
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30 University of Rochester, 2015.
21 8 PhD 20 (Clinical Psychology) c
30 University of Rochester, 2019.
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Post-Graduate Training
24 9f Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Post-baccalaureate Fellow, Pediatrics and Developmental Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health 1b , 2010-2012.
24 d7 Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Intern, Autism Spectrum Disorders Track, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2018-2019.
24 b0 Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Autism Research & Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 1b , 2019-2021.
24 a5 Chief Psychology Fellow, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2020-2021.
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Permanent link24 9f Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Post-baccalaureate Fellow, Pediatrics and Developmental Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health 1b , 2010-2012.
24 d7 Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Intern, Autism Spectrum Disorders Track, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2018-2019.
24 b0 Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Autism Research & Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 1b , 2019-2021.
24 a5 Chief Psychology Fellow, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2020-2021.
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1c8 Ramsey, K. & Vernacchio, A., Abdullah, R., Acheampong, K., Iglio, L., Craig, S., Benecke, R., Yates Flanagan, A., Cubit, L., Guthrie, W. & Zampella, C.: Clinician certainty when diagnosing autism differs between infant sibling and community screened samples. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2026 Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic April 2026.
293 Guthrie, W.* & Zampella, C.J.*, Yankowitz, L.D., Sariyanidi, E., Cubit, L.S., Abdullah, R., Acheampong, K., Benecke, R., Craig, S., Drye, M., Fecher, M., Flanagan, A.Y., Iglio, L., Megginson, G., Ramsey, K., Steinbeck, L., Vernacchio, A., Wang, L.A.L., Tunc, B., & Schultz, R.T.: Reduced infant-caregiver synchrony measured with computer vision is associated with future autism diagnosis and early developmental skill differences. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2026 Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic April 2026 Notes: *Joint first authorship.
1d4 Knox, A., Lyons, M., Schillinger, S., Lee, A., Fulop, L., Cho, S., Liberman, M., Uzokwe, J., Yankowitz, L., Zampella, C., Cubit, L.S., Pandey, J., Schultz, R.T., & Parish-Morris, J.: Language style matching and conversational success in autistic and non-autistic adolescents. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2025 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington May 2025.
1d8 Iglio, L., Zampella, C.J., Craig, S., Abdullah, R., Acheampong, K.K.A., Benecke, R.M., Flanagan, A.Y., Cubit, L.S., Schultz, R.T., Guthrie, W., & Ramsey, K.L.: Does Early Intervention service acquisition vary across diagnostic groups when accounting for sociodemographic factors? Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2025 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington May 2025.
1a3 Wang, L.A., Tunc, B., Sariyanidi, E., Iverson, J.M., Zampella, C.J., Guthrie, W., Cubit, L.S., Drye, M., Fecher, M., Craig, S., Megginson, G., Yankowitz, L., & Schultz, R.T.: Early gait features predict later autism diagnosis. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2025 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington May 2025.
362 Miller, J.S., Farmer, C., Blair, S., Bianconi, S., Akshoomoff, N., Anselm, I., Barshop, B.A., Becker, L., Bennett, A.E., Berry, L.N., Berry-Kravis, E.M., Bruchey, A., Byars, A.W., Cimms, T., Cecil, K.M., Covello, M., Cubit, L.S., Das, T., Davis, R.J., Drye, M., Ficicioglu, C., Fulton, J.B., Goin-Kochel, R.P., Guthrie, W., Hallinan, B.E., Hannah-Shmouni, F., Gustafson, K.E., Koeberl, D.D., Longo, N., Mamak, E., Mercimek-Andrews, S., Michalak, C., Porter, F.D., Rahhal, S., Rees, L., Spiridigliozzi, G.A., Stone, C., Sullivan, N.R., Sutton, V.R., Thomas, R.P., Udhnani, M., Waisbren, S., Xu, M., Zhang, L., Brandabur, M., & Thurm, A. : Longitudinal characterization of males with X-linked Creatine Transporter Deficiency: Results of the Vigilan Observational Study. Pediatric Neurology 2025.
222 Cola, M., Knox, A., Russell, A., Lyons, M., Covello, M., Schillinger, S., Lee, A., Uzokwe, J., Fulop, L., Cho, S., Liberman, M., Yankowitz, L. D., Zampella, C. J., Cubit, L. S., Pandey, J., Schultz, R. T., & Parish-Morris, J.: Identifying the right reference group: Non-autistic girls produce the most social language during a picture description task. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2024 Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia May 2024.
216 Zampella, C.J., Pargi, M.K., Sariyanidi, E., Drye, M., Megginson, G., Craig, S., Acheampong, J., Iglio, L., Abdullah, R., Fecher, M., Benecke, R., Ramsey, K.L., Flanagan, A.Y., Cubit, L.S., Schultz, R.T., Tunc, B., & Guthrie, W.: Automated quality control procedures to improve accuracy of computer vision tools for early autism screening. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2024 Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia May 2024.
179 Knox, A., Tena, K. G., Lyons, M., Cola, M., Russell A. S., Fulop, L., Zampella, C. J., Cubit, L. S., Pandey, J., Schultz, R. T., & Parish-Morris, J.: Do social challenges predict behavioral compensation in autistic adolescents? Mid-Atlantic Colloquium of Studies in Meaning, College Park, MD April 2024.
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1d9 Yates Flanagan, A.* & Iglio, L.*, Acheampong, K., Abdullah, R., Vernacchio, R., Benecke, R., Ramsey, K., Cubit, L., Guthrie, W.^ & Zampella, C.^: Community stakeholder perspectives on computer vision approaches for early autism screening: a qualitative analysis. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2026 Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic April 2026 Notes: *Joint first authorship 2d ^Joint senior authorship.1c8 Ramsey, K. & Vernacchio, A., Abdullah, R., Acheampong, K., Iglio, L., Craig, S., Benecke, R., Yates Flanagan, A., Cubit, L., Guthrie, W. & Zampella, C.: Clinician certainty when diagnosing autism differs between infant sibling and community screened samples. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2026 Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic April 2026.
293 Guthrie, W.* & Zampella, C.J.*, Yankowitz, L.D., Sariyanidi, E., Cubit, L.S., Abdullah, R., Acheampong, K., Benecke, R., Craig, S., Drye, M., Fecher, M., Flanagan, A.Y., Iglio, L., Megginson, G., Ramsey, K., Steinbeck, L., Vernacchio, A., Wang, L.A.L., Tunc, B., & Schultz, R.T.: Reduced infant-caregiver synchrony measured with computer vision is associated with future autism diagnosis and early developmental skill differences. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2026 Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic April 2026 Notes: *Joint first authorship.
1d4 Knox, A., Lyons, M., Schillinger, S., Lee, A., Fulop, L., Cho, S., Liberman, M., Uzokwe, J., Yankowitz, L., Zampella, C., Cubit, L.S., Pandey, J., Schultz, R.T., & Parish-Morris, J.: Language style matching and conversational success in autistic and non-autistic adolescents. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2025 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington May 2025.
1d8 Iglio, L., Zampella, C.J., Craig, S., Abdullah, R., Acheampong, K.K.A., Benecke, R.M., Flanagan, A.Y., Cubit, L.S., Schultz, R.T., Guthrie, W., & Ramsey, K.L.: Does Early Intervention service acquisition vary across diagnostic groups when accounting for sociodemographic factors? Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2025 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington May 2025.
1a3 Wang, L.A., Tunc, B., Sariyanidi, E., Iverson, J.M., Zampella, C.J., Guthrie, W., Cubit, L.S., Drye, M., Fecher, M., Craig, S., Megginson, G., Yankowitz, L., & Schultz, R.T.: Early gait features predict later autism diagnosis. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2025 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington May 2025.
362 Miller, J.S., Farmer, C., Blair, S., Bianconi, S., Akshoomoff, N., Anselm, I., Barshop, B.A., Becker, L., Bennett, A.E., Berry, L.N., Berry-Kravis, E.M., Bruchey, A., Byars, A.W., Cimms, T., Cecil, K.M., Covello, M., Cubit, L.S., Das, T., Davis, R.J., Drye, M., Ficicioglu, C., Fulton, J.B., Goin-Kochel, R.P., Guthrie, W., Hallinan, B.E., Hannah-Shmouni, F., Gustafson, K.E., Koeberl, D.D., Longo, N., Mamak, E., Mercimek-Andrews, S., Michalak, C., Porter, F.D., Rahhal, S., Rees, L., Spiridigliozzi, G.A., Stone, C., Sullivan, N.R., Sutton, V.R., Thomas, R.P., Udhnani, M., Waisbren, S., Xu, M., Zhang, L., Brandabur, M., & Thurm, A. : Longitudinal characterization of males with X-linked Creatine Transporter Deficiency: Results of the Vigilan Observational Study. Pediatric Neurology 2025.
222 Cola, M., Knox, A., Russell, A., Lyons, M., Covello, M., Schillinger, S., Lee, A., Uzokwe, J., Fulop, L., Cho, S., Liberman, M., Yankowitz, L. D., Zampella, C. J., Cubit, L. S., Pandey, J., Schultz, R. T., & Parish-Morris, J.: Identifying the right reference group: Non-autistic girls produce the most social language during a picture description task. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2024 Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia May 2024.
216 Zampella, C.J., Pargi, M.K., Sariyanidi, E., Drye, M., Megginson, G., Craig, S., Acheampong, J., Iglio, L., Abdullah, R., Fecher, M., Benecke, R., Ramsey, K.L., Flanagan, A.Y., Cubit, L.S., Schultz, R.T., Tunc, B., & Guthrie, W.: Automated quality control procedures to improve accuracy of computer vision tools for early autism screening. Poster presentation at the International Society for Autism Research 2024 Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia May 2024.
179 Knox, A., Tena, K. G., Lyons, M., Cola, M., Russell A. S., Fulop, L., Zampella, C. J., Cubit, L. S., Pandey, J., Schultz, R. T., & Parish-Morris, J.: Do social challenges predict behavioral compensation in autistic adolescents? Mid-Atlantic Colloquium of Studies in Meaning, College Park, MD April 2024.
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