Melissa Nishawala, MD, Assistant Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the NYU Langone School of Medicine, Medical Director of Autism Spectrum Disorders Services at the NYU Child Study Cente.Leanne Chukoskie, Ph.D., Assistant Director Science Communication and Special Projects, Autism Speaks; Assistant Project Scientist, Institute for Neural Computation, University of California, San Diego Joseph Buxbaum, Ph.D., Director, Seaver Autism Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. His research on the molecular mechanisms of a gene associated with autism show how altered genes impact learning in brain cells and also reveal a potential new therapy for autism.Stanley Nelson, Ph.D., Professor of Human Genetics and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is the lead investigator on an ambitious and innovative project funded by Autism Speaks to establish and validate a method for recruiting large numbers of participants in autism genetics studies. Katharina Boser, Ph.D., President and CEO of Individual Differences Learning Association of Howard County, Maryland and the Chair of the Innovative Technology for Autism initiative at Autism Speaks.Karrie Karahalios, Ph.D., Associate Professor in computer science at the University of Illinois, head of the school's "Social Spaces Group." Karahalios' work focuses on the interaction between people and the social cues they emit and perceive in face-to-face and mediated electronic spaces. Denise Bianchi, Autism Speaks staffer, mother of two children, one of whom is on the autism spectrum. Doctor Radio features live, call-in shows hosted by leading NYU Langone Medical Center doctors from a vast array of fields including: child psychology; sexual health; plastic surgery; emergency room medicine; cancer; heart health; women's health; dermatology; pediatrics; men's health; diet and nutrition; sports medicine; psychiatry; and more. For sample audio clips and a complete programming lineup visit www.sirius/doctorradio.

Source: Autism Speaks