Ami Klin
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Emory University School of Medicine
Yale Child Study Center (formerly)
Ami Klin | |
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| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem University College London |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
| Employer(s) | Marcus Autism Center Emory University School of Medicine Yale Child Study Center (formerly) |
| Known for | Autism research |
| Notable work | An agenda for 21st century neurodevelopmental medicine: lessons from autism[1] |
Ami Klin is a clinical psychologist who researches autism. He is the first director of the Marcus Autism Center, a subsidiary of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.[2][3] Klin is also a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at Emory University School of Medicine[2][3] and the director of the university's Division of Autism and Related Developmental Disabilities in its Department of Pediatrics.[citation needed]
Klin was born in Brazil to parents who were survivors of the Holocaust.[4]
Klin earned undergraduate degrees in psychology, political science and history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1983 and his doctorate in psychology at University College London in 1988 under the co-supervision of Uta Frith.[5] He is board-certified in clinical psychology.[5]
Klin worked as an autism researcher at the Yale Child Study Center from 1989 to 2010, where he was eventually appointed the Harris Professor of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.[2][3][6][7][8][9]
Awards
Klin has received numerous professional and academic awards and recognition including Researcher of the Year from Business New Haven in collaboration with Yale, Pearl H. Rieger Award for Excellence in Clinical Science from the Rush Medical Center in Chicago, and the Robert McKenzie Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis from the University of London.[5][10]
Publications
Klin has published research in numerous medical journals and is the author or co-author of the books:
- Asperger Syndrome (2000, ISBN 978-1-57230-534-2)
- Autism Spectrum Disorders in Infants and Toddlers: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment (2008, ASIN 001EHEBBM)
- Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Diagnosis, Development, Neurobiology, and Behavior (Volume 1) (2005, ISBN 978-0-471-71696-9)
- Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Assessment, Interventions, and Policy (Volume 2) (2005, ISBN 978-0-471-71697-6)
- The Autistic Spectrum: A Parents' Guide to Understanding and Helping Your Child (2001, ISBN 978-1-56975-257-9)
