Helen Tager-Flusberg

Helen Tager-Flusberg is a Professor of Autism at Boston University. Her research focuses on phenotypic characteristics of language, communication, and social-cognitive deficits in autism (ASD) and neurodevelopmental disorders.

• Education: PhD from Harvard University

Research Interests include:

• Early behavioral and brain development in infants at risk for autism (collaboration with Children’s Hospital Boston)
• Comparative studies of autism and specific language impairment using behavioral and fMRI approaches (MIT partnership)
• Autism Center Excellence research on minimally verbal children with autism (BU, MGH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Northeastern collaboration)

Recent Article Trends emphasize neuroimaging (EEG, fNIRS), speech motor analysis, socioeconomic influences on brain development, and multimodal assessment of communication deficits in ASD populations.

Labs and Teams include leadership of the BU Human Imaging Center and participation in the Boston University Graduate Program for Neuroscience.