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Meet Dr. Nigh
Dr. Nigh is a Lead Clinical Research Assessment Specialist and Diagnostician at the Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (KCART) and the Director of the Global Autism Interactive Network (GAIN) at the Life Span Institute housed at the University of Kansas. She received her doctoral training at the University of California-Los Angeles under the mentorship of Dr. Catherine Lord, where she assisted in the development of the Brief Observation of Symptoms of Autism (BOSA) and Brief Observation of Social Communication Change (BOSCC). Dr. Nigh is an independent trainer on the Autism Diagnostic Schedule- Second Edition (ADOS-2) and Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R).
Before attending graduate school, Dr. Nigh had a background in special education and worked at the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Nigh has over 15 years of experience conducting ASD evaluations and training in the US and internationally. Her research interests include the early identification of ASD through phenotyping and creating meaningful assessment models for clinicians and families.
Meet Angela
Angela Constantine is the Research and Training Coordinator at the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain, a collaboration between Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University. She earned her B.S. in Human Development and Psychology from Cornell University and will begin her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University at Albany in the fall. Angela is passionate about advancing autism research and training initiatives that support marginalized and underserved communities.
Meet Dr. Kanne
Stephen M. Kanne is an independent ADOS-2 Trainer, Director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain, and an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry (interim) at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He received his bachelor’s degree and his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Washington University. He completed a clinical internship at the University of California, San Diego, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in Pediatric Neuropsychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Kanne’s current research interests focus on children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, targeting diagnostic tools, outcome measures, behavioral phenotyping, co-occurring symptoms, evidence-based therapies, and subthreshold symptoms. In addition to publishing in the areas of autism, Dr. Kanne has also published in the areas of cognitive neuropsychology, history of neuropsychology, and pediatric traumatic brain injury. Dr. Kanne is boardcertified in Clinical Neuropsychology.
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