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
University of Washington Research in Early Autism Detection and Intervention
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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Lisa Ibañez, PhD, Assistant Director
Dr. Lisa Ibañez is a Research Scientist and Assistant Director of the READi Lab where she originally began working as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Summer of 2010. Her journey to the READi Lab began as an undergraduate at the ...
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Staff
Karen Bearss, PhD, Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Karen Bearss is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington (UW). She earned her B.S. in Psychology as well as her M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of ...
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Jill Locke, PhD, Affiliate
Jill Locke, PhD, is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Washington (UW) and core faculty at the UW School Mental Health Assessment Research and Training Center and research affiliate at the Seattle Children’s ...
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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 master’s degree in Psychology at Boston University. Subsequently, she worked at the Center for Youth Mental Health at Harvard University ...
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Catherine Dick, MS, Graduate Student
Catherine is a child clinical psychology graduate student at UW. She is originally from Upstate NY, and attended McGill University in Montreal for her undergraduate degree. During her undergraduate years, she was involved in research at McGill and at the ...
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Hannah Neiderman, BA, Graduate Student
Hannah is a child clinical psychology graduate student at UW. She completed her undergraduate degree at UCLA. During that time, she was involved in various research labs and clinical fieldwork focused on developmental psychopathology, which sparked her interest in ASD. Following ...
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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 and her Master’s degree from Harvard University. She became interested in ASD research while working as a phenotyper in an ...
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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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Pascale Carpentier, BA, Research Study Assistant
Pascale is a Research Study Assistant at the READi Lab, working primarily on the Pathways Study. Born in Santiago, Chile, she immigrated to the Pacific Northwest with her family when she was 7 years old. Pascale graduated from Whitman College ...
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Sabine Scott, BA, Research Study Assistant
Sabine is a Research Study Assistant in the READi Lab, working on the Sprout and Pathways studies. Born and raised in southern California, she graduated from Pomona College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in May 2019. During her ...
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Taylor Kalmus, BS, Research Study Assistant
Taylor is a Research Study Assistant in the READi Lab, working on the Sprout and Pathways studies. A proud Wisconsinite, she graduated from Carroll University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology in May 2018. Before joining the ...
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Carol A. Schubert, M.P.H, 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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Alice Bravo, MEd, BCBA, LBA, Affiliate
Alice is a special education doctoral student at the University of Washington, focusing her studies on applied behavior analysis and autism spectrum disorder. Prior to coming to UW, Alice worked with children with developmental disabilities (primarily ASD) in school, clinic, ...
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Past Graduate Students
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 is completing her postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital ...
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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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Trent DesChamps
Trent completed his dissertation at UW in 2021. He is now completing his predoctoral internship at UC San Diego ...
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Past Research Staff
Katie Coddington, BS
Katie was a research coordinator for the ImPACT study from 2016-2019. She left to pursue a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy at UW ...
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Elyanah Posner, BA
Elyanah was a research coordinator for the Screen-Refer-Treat study from 2016-2019. She left to pursue a degree in School Psychology at UW ...
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Danielle Trzil, BA
Danielle joined our lab as an undergraduate, and worked as a research study assistant on the ImPACT study from 2018-2019. She left to pursue a Master's degree in Applied Behavior Analysis at Whitworth University ...
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Jailene Ceballos, BA
Jailene was an undergraduate research assistant for the Screen-Refer-Treat and Pathways studies from 2018-2019. She graduated from UW with BAs in Psychology and Medical Anthropology ...
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Hailee Hannah, BA
Hailee joined our lab as an undergraduate, and worked as a research study assistant from 2017-2019. She worked primarily on the Screen-Refer-Treat study and assisted with behavioral assessments for the ImPACT study. She left to pursue a Master’s degree in Applied Child ...
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Roya Baharloo, BA
Roya worked as a research assistant from 2015-2018, working on the Screen-Refer-Treat Study and the Social Attention Study. She left to pursue a PhD in Developmental Psychology at University of California, Berkeley ...
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Juan Pablo Espinosa, BS
Juan Pablo was a research study assistant from 2016-2018, working on the Screen-Refer-Treat study. He left to attend medical school at UW ...
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Taylor Renno, BS
Taylor worked as a research study assistant on the Screen-Refer-Treat Study from 2017-2018 ...
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Katie Ragsdale, BS
Katie worked as a project coordinator for the ImPACT Study, as well as a lab coordinator, from 2014-2018. As project coordinator, she provided in-home intervention to parents and their infants at risk for ASD ...
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Allycen Kurup, BS
Allycen worked as a research coordinator on the Screen-Refer-Treat community-based study from 2015-2017. She is now pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Purdue University ...
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Kisna Prado, BS
Kisna was a research study assistant and study coordinator from 2019-2020, working on the Screen-Refer-Treat and Pathways studies. She left to pursue her passion in public health and took a research coordinator position at the UW Latino Center for Health ...
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