Gabrielle Michel is a graduate student in Clinical Psychology. Before coming to UConn, she worked with Drs. Dwight Dickinson and Karen Berman at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), researching cognition and genetics in Williams syndrome and schizophrenia. She also conducted neuropsychological testing with these populations. Gabrielle’s research interests include language development, social communication, and sign language use in autism spectrum disorder. She is also interested in accessible and parent-mediated interventions for neurodevelopmental disorders.