Centre for Applied Autism Research team
We research the social-cognitive challenges faced by autistic people, to facilitate full and active involvement within society.
The Centre for Applied Autism Research (CAAR) team aims to understand autism through our research.
Centre leadership
- Dr Mark Brosnan, Centre Director
- Dr Chris Ashwin, Deputy Director: Research
- Dr Ailsa Russell, Deputy Director: Clinical
- Dr Katie Maras, Deputy Director: Public Engagement
- To be appointed, Community Advisor
Honorary members
- Dame Professor Uta Frith
- Dr Hilary Johnson
- Mr Richard Mills
Research staff
Research students
- Dr Laurie Batchelor
- Dr Jo Black
- Dr Robert Chandler
- Dr Pip Griffiths
- Dr Sinead Lambe
- Marcus Lewton
- Katy-Louise Payne
- Dr Sarah Rusbridge
- Yiyang Shen
- Clarence Singleton
- Dr Josephine Steel
- Dr SallyAnn Wakefield
- Dr Tanja Wingenbach
- Dr Helen Wood
Affiliated members
- Dr Janet Bultitude
- Dr Rachel Hiller
- Dr Sarah Halligan
- Dr Anthony Little
- Dr Karin Petrini
- Dr Laura Smith
- Dr Michele St. Clair
- Dr Julie Turner-Cobb
Collaborators
- Dr Greg Davis (Visual cognition Lab)
- Dr Sarah Parson
- Dr Kate Plaisted-Grant, Cambridge Laboratory for Research into Autism
- Dr Nicola Yuill, ChAT lab