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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 (“Angie”) Constantine is a first-year Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology at the University at Albany’s Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD). She earned her B.S. in Human Development with a minor in Psychology from Cornell University. Before joining CARD, Angie served as a Research Coordinator at the Weill Cornell Center for Autism and the Developing Brain, where she supported autism diagnostic evaluations, early intervention classroom, ADOS-2 trainings, and related research projects. She also contributed to autism implementation science initiatives at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, focusing on projects across New York City’s five boroughs. Angie’s clinical and research interests center around the critical question: “Who are we missing?”- examining how sociodemographic barriers, as well as limitations in screening and diagnostic practices, may contribute to disparities in autism identification and access to care.
Meet Dr. Kanne
Dr. Steve Kanne is a Clinical Professor of Psychology at the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment and serves as the Director of Special Projects. Previously, he served as the Director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at Weill Cornell Medical College, and the Executive Director of the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Dr. Kanne earned both his bachelor’s degree and doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Washington University. He completed a clinical internship at the University of California, San Diego, and pursued a post-doctoral fellowship in Pediatric Neuropsychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His early career included five years as a pediatric neuropsychologist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, followed by four years at the University of Missouri focusing on autism and pediatric neuropsychology. He later became Director of the Autism Center at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital before returning to the University of Missouri in 2012 to lead the Thompson Center. In 2020, he transitioned to Weill Cornell.
Dr. Kanne’s research interests center on autism, emphasizing diagnostic tools, behavioral phenotyping, co-occurring symptoms, special interests, subthreshold symptoms, and evidence-based therapies. He has published extensively in these areas, as well as in cognitive neuropsychology, the history of neuropsychology, and pediatric traumatic brain injury. Board-certified in Clinical Neuropsychology, Dr. Kanne is passionate about education and training, frequently delivering national and international workshops on autism.
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