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Benjamin E. Yerys, PhD - Center for Neuroscience Research - Children's Research Institute - Children's National Medical Center
Benjamin E. Yerys, PhD
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Children's National Medical Center
Children's Research Institute (CRI), Center for Neuroscience Research (CNR)
George Washington University
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Contact Information
Children's National Medical Center
Center for Neuroscience Research (CNR)
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010-2970
202-476-5358
byerys@childrensnational.org
Education & Training
| Institution & Location |
Degree |
Year(s) |
Field of Study |
Washinton University,
St. Louis, MO
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AB
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1998
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Psychology
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University of Denver, Denver, CO
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MA
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2002
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Clinical Child Psychology
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| University of Denver, Denver, CO |
PhD |
2006 |
Clinical Child Psychology |
Children's National Medical Center,
Washington, DC |
Fellow
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2008
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Neuroscience
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Research Interests
Benjamin Yerys, PhD is successful researcher in the area of intellectual and developmental disabilities. His background in clinical child psychology as well as functional MRI and functional connectivity MRI in autism, provide him with the diagnostic and technical expertise to conduct multidisciplinary research in the study of autism. Dr. Yerys has published/submitted 10 manuscripts and won federal and private foundation funding for studying the neural basis and genetic modifiers of restricted, repetitive behaviors and interests symptoms of autism. He is currently working on a study to reduce heterogeneity in the autism spectrum by identifying genes that influence the neural correlates associated with restricted, repetitive behaviors and interests’ symptoms.
Dr. Yerys has created a second line of research to pursue comorbidity of attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in children with autism. The goal of this research is to leverage functional neuroimaging to derive unique neural signatures for children with comorbid attention symptoms and autism to those children with autism and no comorbid symptoms.
Dr. Yerys also initiates collaboration with other research institutions on translational research programs in Velo-Cardio Facial Syndrome (22q deletions), and other studies in autism.
Clinical Interests
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Publications
View a partial list of publications for Benjamin Yerys through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.
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