UW READi Lab Early Autism Detection Intervention

The UW READi Lab, formerly the Stone Lab, was founded in 2010 by Dr. Wendy Stone, with a focus on conducting research related to early identification and intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). READi Lab projects have ranged from longitudinal studies of young infants at elevated risk for ASD, to community-based training in ASD screening and intervention for birth-to-three providers.

We are a busy research lab, involved in several projects designed to identify, understand, and treat children with ASD, and dedicated to bringing cutting-edge research findings and knowledge to families and community providers throughout the state. We are committed to translational science, and work to enhance knowledge and service capacity within community settings through training and outreach activities for families, pediatricians, teachers, and other community professionals. We offer periodic training workshops on the use of the Screening Tool for Autism in Toddlers (STAT) and Reciprocal Imitation Training (RIT).

Our Team – UW READi Lab

The University of Washington Research in Early Autism Detection and Intervention Lab (Updated July 2022)

Administration

Wendy Stone, PhD, Director

Dr. Wendy Stone is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the READi Lab at UW. She joined the UW Department of Psychology in May 2010, having spent the previous 20+ years at Vanderbilt University. While at Vanderbilt, she founded ...
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Carol A. Schubert, MPH, Research Coordinator

Carol joined the READILab in October, 2020 in the role of research coordinator (part-time). Carol is a recent transplant to the PNW, coming from a long (30+ years) career with the Law and Psychiatry Program at Western Psychiatric Hospital, part of ...
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Current Trainees

Daina Tagavi, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow

Daina Tagavi is a postdoctoral fellow in the READi Lab. She completed her bachelor’s degree at Pepperdine University and her ...
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Catherine Dick, MS, Graduate Student

Catherine is a child clinical psychology graduate student at UW and is spending her clinical internship year at Oregon Health ...
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Hannah Benavidez, MS, Graduate Student

Hannah is a child clinical psychology graduate student at UW. She completed her undergraduate degree at UCLA. During that time, she ...
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Shana Attar, MEd, Graduate Student

Shana is a child clinical psychology graduate student at UW. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut ...
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Research Staff

Dana Parkin, MA, Student Research Study Assistant

Dana is a school psychology graduate student at the University of Washington and a student research assistant in the READi Lab. Originally from Spokane, Washington, Dana graduated from the University of Washington in 2018 with her Bachelor of Science in ...
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Gina Damilano, MEd, BCBA, LBA, Research Study Assistant

Gina is a Research Study Assistant in the READi Lab, working on the RISE and Sprout studies. Born and raised in the Central Valley of California, she completed her Bachelor of Arts in Human Development from Sonoma State University. Prior ...
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John Hershberger, BA, Research Coordinator

John is a research study assistant in the READiLab. Born and raised in New York City, John has grown to love the Pacific Northwest. He is pursuing a second career in child developmental research after working in children's media as ...
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Karla Uroza, BA, Research Study Assistant

Karla is a Research Study Assistant at the READi lab. Karla will be working on the RISE study as a bilingual (English/Spanish) caregiver liaison. Karla was born in San Diego and raised in Tijuana, Mexico. At 15 years old she ...
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Friends of the Lab

Alice Bravo, PhD, BCBA-D

Alice Bravo, PhD, BCBA-D, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Seattle Pacific University and a Research ...
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Jill Locke, PhD

Jill Locke, PhD, is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Washington (UW) and ...
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Karen Bearss, PhD

Karen Bearss, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington (UW) ...
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Past Graduate Students

Colleen Harker, PhD

Colleen graduated from UW in 2017 with a PhD in clinical psychology. She completed her predoctoral internship at UCLA and her postdoctoral fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) ...
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Elizabeth (Lizzy) Karp, PhD

Lizzy graduated from UW with a PhD in clinical psychology in 2019. She completed her predoctoral internship at the TEACCH Autism Program at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, and her postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University ...
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Sarah Edmunds, PhD

Sarah graduated from UW with a PhD in clinical psychology in 2019. She completed her predoctoral internship at Duke University and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital ...
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Trent DesChamps, PhD

Trent completed his dissertation at UW in 2021 and his predoctoral internship at UC San Diego. He will be returning to Seattle to complete a postdoctoral fellowship at the Seattle Clinic ...
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