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Amy Cohen

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Contact Information

603 E. Daniel
M/C 716
Champaign, IL 61820

Research Areas

Associate Director, Psychological Services Center (PSC)
Director, University of Illinois Autism Clinic
Clinical Associate Professor

Biography

Dr. Cohen is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Associate Director of the Psychological Services Center. She is also the Director of the University of Illinois Autism Clinic, where she trains doctoral student clinicians in the evidence-based assessment of developmental disability across the lifespan. Dr. Cohen serves as psychology faculty for the Illinois Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Program, an interdisciplinary graduate-level training program to develop leaders to care and advocate for individuals with disability, funded through the Maternal Child Health Bureau.

Research Interests

  • Evidence-based interventions in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
  • ASD symptomatology in women and girls

Education

Ph.D., Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick

Fellowship - The Medical University of South Carolina

Residency - Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital