Hannah Thomas (2020)

hannah.2.thomas(at)uconn.edu

Hannah Thomas is a graduate student in Clinical Psychology. Her research interests include the neural mechanisms underlying language development in ASD as well as the neural and behavioral presentations of comorbidities in autism (e.g., anxiety, ADHD). Before joining UConn, Hannah worked with Dr. So Hyun “Sophy” Kim at Weill Cornell Medicine where she primarily worked on studies investigating predictors of school readiness in kindergarteners with autism and the neuronal and behavioral correlates of ASD and ADHD.

Publications.

Kim, S.H., Buzzell, G., Faja, S., Choi, Y.B., Thomas, H.R., Brito, N. H., Shuffrey, L.C., Fifer, W.P., Morrison, F., Lord, C., & Fox, N. (In press). Neural dynamics of executive function in cognitively-able kindergarteners with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) as predictors of concurrent academic achievement. Autism.

Larson, C., Thomas, H. R., Crutcher, J., Stevens, M. C., & Eigsti, I.-M. (2023). Language Networks in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A systematic review of connectivity-based fMRI studies. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-023-00382-6

Lee., K.S., Chung, S.J., Thomas, H.R., Park, J., & Kim, S.H. (2019). Exploring diagnostic validity of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 (ADOS-2) in South Korean toddlers and preschoolers. Autism Research, 12, 1356-1366.