Leonard Abbeduto

Dr. Leonard Abbeduto has worked in the field of disabilities for close to 40 years. Since 2011, he has been the director of the MIND (Medical Investigation of Neuro- developmental Disorders) Institute at UC Davis. He is also the Tsakopoulos-Vismara endowed chair and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. He has his own research program focused on understanding and treating autism, Fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome and other neurodevelopmental disorders. He has published more than 160 articles, chapters, reviews and books. University of Illinois at Chicago (BA, MA, PhD)