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Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Phenotyping Service

The Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Phenotyping Service conducts developmental and behavioral evaluations on individuals with a variety of neurodevelopmental problems, focusing on young children and individuals of all ages with significant cognitive or social impairments. The goal of the service is to provide behavioral phenotyping for natural history and treatment studies of autism spectrum disorder and genetic disorders associated with intellectual disability, and contribute to outcome measure development for these conditions. Evaluations integrate NIH patient history with results from individually-administered standardized psychological tests, and can be completed based on clinical referral or protocol driven research questions.

If you are an NIH Clinical Center researcher or clinician interested in requesting a consultation from the NBPS please see: https://intranet.cc.nih.gov/pedstaff/how_to/psychconsult .

NIMH-funded IRTAs for the 2022-2023 academic year are Stephanie Pham, Dennis Carter and Rylee Duncan; please contact Audrey Thurm if you are interested in a position as an IRTA with us!

If interested in the Clinical Psychology doctoral student practicum, please contact Ivy Giserman-Kiss and find information about options with NBPS or other NIMH entities here: NIMH » NIMH Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student Practicum Program/Externship (nih.gov)

If interested in the Neurodevelopmental Disorders Interest Group, which meets monthly for presentations and discussions to foster collaboration between various NIH Institutes involved in both basic and clinical research in this area, please see: https://oir.nih.gov/sigs/neurodevelopmental-disorders-interest-grou p

Staff

Headshot of Audrey Thurm, Ph.D.

Audrey Thurm, Ph.D.
Director

Audrey Thurm, Ph.D. is the Director of the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Phenotyping Service.

301-496-6768
Audrey Thurm, Ph.D.
Service Director Website

Lisa Joseph, Ph.D.

Lisa Joseph, Ph.D.
Psychologist and Lead Clinician

Lisa Joseph, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Phenotyping Service.

301-402-0973
E-mail Dr. Joseph

Maria Martinez Ph.D.

Maria Martinez, Ph.D.
Contract psychologist

Maria Martinez, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist (contractor) in the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Phenotyping Service.

301-480-4115
E-mail Dr. Martinez

Cristan Farmer, Ph.D.

Cristan Farmer, Ph.D.
Psychologist and Statistician

Cristan Farmer, Ph.D. is a research psychologist in the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Phenotyping Service.

301-435-3999
E-mail Dr. Farmer

Ivy Giserman-Kiss, Ph.D.

Ivy Giserman-Kiss, Ph.D.
Licensed clinical psychologist and Clinical Psychology Practicum Coordinator

Ivy Giserman-Kiss, Ph.D. is a Research Fellow in the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Phenotyping Service.

301-435-6650
E-mail Dr. Giserman-Kiss

Emma Condy, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Fellow
301-496-5323

Margaret Pekar, M.A.

Margaret Pekar M.A.
Research coordinator

Maggie Pekar M.A. is the research coordinator in the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Phenotyping Service.

301-402-1084
E-mail Ms. Pekar

Leslie Manso, M.A.
Contract data analyst

Leslie Manso, M.A., is a Contract Data Analyst in the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Phenotyping Service.

301-435-7962
E-mail Ms. Manso