Dr. Webb is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist at Seattle Children’s Research Institute in the Center for Child Health Behavior and Development. The mission of her lab is to conduct state-of-the-art research into the etiology, course, and treatment of developmental disabilities in an academic training environment. Her research focuses on functional brain development in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disorders, as well as in individuals with typical development. She uses EEG, event-related potentials (ERPs), eye-tracking, functional magnetic resonance imaging, cardio physiology, and behavioral measures to study how children encode, store, and retrieve social information and how these processes are impacted by developmental disruptions. Her research themes include: (1) early risk markers and protective factors for autism and neurodevelopmental disorders; (2) attention, perceptual, cognitive, and social abilities in neurodiverse females; (3) methodological development of EEG biomarkers; and (4) clinical trial neuromarkers to understand why therapeutics may (or may not) be successful. With more than 25 years of research funding, PBS lab projects have been sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, Autism Speaks, Autism Science Foundation, Cure Autism Now, Korean Foundation, National Alliance for Autism Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative & Clinical Research Associates, and University of Washington.

Links for research manuscripts can be found at:

 Google Scholar: Sara Jane Webb

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=NMAXCvcAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

 Research Gate: Sara Jane Webb

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sara-Jane-Webb

Dr. Emily Neuhaus is a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. Dr. Neuhaus has a broad research focus on social-emotional processes in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, particularly children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), intellectual disability, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or inherited or de novo genetic events. Dr. Neuhaus’s research is informed by a number of methodological approaches, including clinical/behavioral assessment and physiological measures such as EEG and autonomic biomarkers. Dr. Neuhaus is particularly interested in how social and emotional processes relate to brain function and development, and in how they interact with one another to influence diagnostic outcomes (e.g., phenotypes within autism) and psychiatric trajectories over the course of development. Current funding sources include NIH and the Simons Foundation. Clinically, Dr. Neuhaus specializes in diagnostic assessment of ASD and enjoys working with families through the Seattle Children’s Autism Center.

Megha received her B.S in Biology from University of Washington in 2015 and her Master’s in Healthcare Administration from Colorado State University System in 2020. As an undergraduate, she worked in the UW sleep lab studying prevalence of sleep disordered breathing in children with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis and at the Seattle cancer care alliance working on various clinical trials as a clinical research assistant. She joined the Webb lab in 2015 as a research coordinator, and has worked on the Mechanisms of face recognition study, Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT) and the first phase of GENDAAR study. Currently, she works on the second phase of GENDAAR study.

Sarah Corrigan, Clinical Research Coordinator – Lead and Licensed Counselor. She received her BA in Psychology and MA in Experimental Psychology from Florida Atlantic University. Her undergraduate and graduate studies focused on social, personality, and developmental psychology. After graduating, Sarah worked as a case manager and educator for children with disabilities in early intervention for 6 years. Sarah joined Seattle Children’s in 2011 to focus on pediatric research, in particular Autism Spectrum Disorder work. Sarah’s favorite part of the WONDER study is being able to play and interact with babies and toddlers.

Char received their B.S in Psychology from the University of Washington in 2024. After working on the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT) project as an undergraduate intern, they officially joined the PBS lab as a CRC I in July. They are particularly interested in social behavior of individuals with ASD, and how it relates to physiological variables such as EEG and ERPs. 

Jesse Miles is a postdoctoral researcher in the PBS lab at Seattle Children’s Research Institute and the GRID lab at the University of Washington. Jesse got his Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Washington studying the neurophysiological and behavioral links between learning, memory, and decision-making. Prior to his graduate work, Jesse studied distributed cortical and neuromodulatory control of sensory processing at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and the relationship between spontaneous neural activity and cell-type development in the biology department at UW. Jesse’s current work uses intracranial EEG, direct electrical stimulation, and structural neuroimaging data to understand how brain rhythms and affect regulation circuitry change throughout development.

Navya is a Data Scientist master’s student at UW, working part-time as a Data Manager on the L16hthouse study, where she manages data protocols and assist with assessments for neurodevelopmental research. I am passionate about psychology, data-driven solutions and making a positive impact on people’s lives. Outside of work, I enjoy cooking, dancing and spending time with friends!

Morgan is a SURFiN (Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience) fellow studying Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Washington. He is interested in utilizing neuroimaging techniques to improve the quality of care than people facing a variety of disorders receive. These interests intersect nicely with his work in the PBS lab, where he’s begun developing foundational research skills to prepare him for graduate studies in Clinical Psychology.