Helen Tager-Flusberg, PhD

As the director of the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience lab, Dr. Tager-Flusberg oversees all the main activities of its research programs. She has long-standing interests in language and social-cognitive development in a number of different populations, especially autism, Williams syndrome, and developmental language disorders. More recently, her research has explored the connections among genes, brain pathology and cognitive/behavioral impairments in people with these disorders at different ages. Her work is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and private foundations. She has edited several books, published many articles and chapters, and serves on the editorial boards of a number of professional journals.

Director
Boston University
Center for Autism Research Excellence


Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research


Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences




Predicting ASD and Other Developmental Outcomes in the First Year of Life Using EEG in a Diverse Community-Based Sample
12/15/2021 - 11/30/2026 (Multi-PI)
PI: Helen Tager-Flusberg, PhD
The Children's Hospital Corporation NIH NINDS
5R01NS120986-02

Investigating Mechanisms Underlying Perceptual Integration in Autism
12/01/2021 - 11/30/2024 (Multi-PI)
PI: Helen Tager-Flusberg, PhD
Simons Foundation


The Use of High Dimensional EEG in the Early Identification of Autism in Primary Care: A Pilot Study
09/01/2021 - 08/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
The Children's Hospital Corporation Eagles Autism Fdn


Evaluating BOSCC and ELSA as Outcome Measures in the Context of a JASPER Intervention Trial-Core
09/01/2019 - 08/31/2024 (PI)
Simons Foundation


Predicting and Optimizing Language Outcomes in Minimally Verbal Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
09/01/2019 - 08/31/2024 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Deafness & Communication Disorders
5P50DC018006-05

Investigating the Neural Bases of Language Processing during a Live Social Interaction - A fNIRS Study of Preschoolers with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder
05/01/2021 - 04/30/2024 (Key Person / Mentor)
NIH/National Institute on Deafness & Communication Disorders
5F31DC019562-03

A Novel Intervention for Training Auditory Attention in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2023 (PI)
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity


Neurobehavioral Research on Infants at risk for language Delay and ASD
12/11/2015 - 11/30/2022 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Deafness & Communication Disorders
5R01DC010290-10

Functions and Development of the Mirror Neuron System - Project IV (Boston)
09/05/2016 - 08/31/2022 (Subcontract PI)
University of Maryland NIH NICHD
5P01HD064653-10

Developing expressive language outcome measures for ASD Clinical trials
02/01/2019 - 01/31/2020 (PI)
Simons Foundation


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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2024 Predicting ASD and Other Developmental Outcomes in the First Year of Life Using EEG in a Diverse Community-Based Sample 5R01NS120986-03
2023 PETAL: Promoting Early Intervention Timing and Attention to Language 1R01DC020752-01
2023 Predicting ASD and Other Developmental Outcomes in the First Year of Life Using EEG in a Diverse Community-Based Sample 5R01NS120986-02
2023 Predicting ASD and Other Developmental Outcomes in the First Year of Life Using EEG in a Diverse Community-based Sample (Administrative Supplement) 3R01NS120986-02S1
2023 Predicting and Optimizing Language Outcomes in Minimally Verbal Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder 5P50DC018006-05
2023 ConProject-002 5P50DC018006-05-6469
2023 ConProject-001 5P50DC018006-05-6468
2023 Administrative Core 5P50DC018006-05-6462
2023 Predicting and Optimizing Language Outcomes in Minimally Verbal Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder 3P50DC018006-05S1
2022 Predicting ASD and other developmental outcomes in the first year of life using EEG in a diverse community-based sample 1R01NS120986-01A1
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  1. Maffei MF, Chenausky KV, Haenssler A, Abbiati C, Tager-Flusberg H, Green JR. Exploring Motor Speech Disorders in Low and Minimally Verbal Autistic Individuals: An Auditory-Perceptual Analysis. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2024 Mar 21; 1-19. PMID: 38512040
     
  2. Simeone PJ, Green JR, Tager-Flusberg H, Chenausky KV. Vowel distinctiveness as a concurrent predictor of expressive language function in autistic children. Autism Res. 2024 Feb; 17(2):419-431. PMID: 38348589
     
  3. Chung H, Wilkinson CL, Job Said A, Tager-Flusberg H, Nelson CA. Evaluating early EEG correlates of restricted and repetitive behaviors for toddlers with or without autism. Res Sq. 2024 Jan 18. PMID: 38313269; PMCID: PMC10836096; DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3871138/v1;
     
  4. Chen Y, Siles B, Tager-Flusberg H. Receptive language and receptive-expressive discrepancy in minimally verbal autistic children and adolescents. Autism Res. 2024 Feb; 17(2):381-394. PMID: 38149732
     
  5. Schwartz S, Wang L, Uribe S, Shinn-Cunningham BG, Tager-Flusberg H. Auditory evoked potentials in adolescents with autism: An investigation of brain development, intellectual impairment, and neural encoding. Autism Res. 2023 Oct; 16(10):1859-1876. PMID: 37735966; PMCID: PMC10676753; DOI: 10.1002/aur.3003;
     
  6. Butler LK, Pecukonis M, Rogers D, Boas DA, Tager-Flusberg H, Yücel MA. The Role of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in the Production and Comprehension of Phonologically and Semantically Related Words. Brain Sci. 2023 Jul 22; 13(7).View Related Profiles. PMID: 37509043; PMCID: PMC10377151; DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13071113;
     
  7. Maffei MF, Chenausky KV, Gill SV, Tager-Flusberg H, Green JR. Oromotor skills in autism spectrum disorder: A scoping review. Autism Res. 2023 May; 16(5):879-917. PMID: 37010327; PMCID: PMC10365059; DOI: 10.1002/aur.2923;
     
  8. Wagner JB, Keehn B, Tager-Flusberg H, Nelson CA. Associations between attentional biases to fearful faces and social-emotional development in infants with and without an older sibling with autism. Infant Behav Dev. 2023 Mar 16; 71:101811. PMID: 36933374; PMCID: PMC10257765; DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101811;
     
  9. Wagner JB, Keehn B, Tager-Flusberg H, Nelson CA. Associations between attentional biases to fearful faces and social-emotional development in infants with and without an older sibling with autism. Infant Behav Dev. 2023 May; 71:101811. PMID: 36933374; PMCID: PMC10257765; DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101811;
     
  10. Butler LK, Shen L, Chenausky KV, La Valle C, Schwartz S, Tager-Flusberg H. Lexical and Morphosyntactic Profiles of Autistic Youth With Minimal or Low Spoken Language Skills. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2023 Mar 09; 32(2):733-747. PMID: 36706456; PMCID: PMC10171852; DOI: 10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00098;
     
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2012 James McKeen Cattell Fellowship Fund Award
2011-2013 International Society for Autism Research: President
2008 American Association for the Advancement of Science: Elected Fellow
2006 Association for Psychological Science: Elected Fellow
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Autism Spectrum Disorders
Language Development
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