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Lauren Kenworthy, PhD
Contact Information
Children's National Medical Center
Center for Neuroscience Research (CNR)
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010-2970
301-765-5430
lkenwort@childrensnational.org
Education & Training
| Institution & Location |
Degree |
Year(s) |
Field of Study |
| Yale University, New Haven, CT |
BA |
1984 |
English |
| University of Maryland, College Park, MD |
PhD |
1993 |
Clinical Psychology |
| Harvard/Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA |
Internship |
1993 |
Pediatric Psychology |
| Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, Baltimore, MD |
Fellow |
1995 |
Pediatric Neuropsychology |
Research Interests
Lauren Kenworthy, PhD, is a clinical assistant professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine, and director of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Kenworthy received her BA from Yale University and PhD from the University of Maryland. She did internship and residency training in clinical psychology/pediatric neuropsychology at Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, Johns Hopkins Medical School and Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital. She has been on the faculty at Children’s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Medicine since 1995. Dr. Kenworthy's research interests are in the neuropsychological phenotype of autism. She is a co-author of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) and her recent publications have focused on the role of executive dysfunction in autism. She is currently pursuing this interest through functional imaging projects at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Georgetown Medical School. A frequent presenter on high functioning autism/Asperger disorder, Dr. Kenworthy also currently serves on several dissertation committees and as a journal reviewer.
Clinical Interests
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Publications
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