Shulamite Green

Dr. Shulamite Green is an Assistant Professor in-Residence at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, with a focus on Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. She directs the SCAN (Sensory, Cognitive, and Affective Neurodevelopment) Lab, integrating neuroimaging, behavioral, and psychophysiological methods to study biological mechanisms of clinical symptoms in autism.

• Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, UCLA (2014)

Her research centers on sensory over-responsivity in autism, exploring its neurobiological bases and relationships to attention/social functioning. She investigates how brain areas modulate sensory responses and examines early caregiving adversity's impact on development, particularly resilience mechanisms in children with developmental disabilities.

Dr. Green's recent publications focus on cerebellar connectivity, thalamocortical circuits, salience network alterations, and multisite collaborative studies in autism. Her work identifies biomarkers for sensory processing challenges and sex differences in neural connectivity.

• Grants & Awards:
  • NIH K08 Career Development Award
  • NIH R01 Grant (NIMH)
  • Dissertation Award, International Society for Autism Research
  • Brain and Behavioral Research Institute Young Investigator Award

She serves as the autism specialist for UCLA's TIES for Families program and co-leads JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion) initiatives in her lab and CART (Center for Autism Research and Treatment). Her clinical work includes autism evaluations for adoptive families.