Elizabeth McKernan, PhD
Areas of expertise: Neurodevelopment, Autism
Locations: Center for Advanced Behavioral Healthcare
About Elizabeth McKernan, PhD
Titles
Psychologist
Certifications
Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP)
Awards and Honors
2018, Student Travel Award, International Society for Autism Research
2016-2018, Graduate Travel Award, Department of Psychology, Syracuse University
2014, Phi Beta Kappa, Villanova University
2014, Summa Cum Laude, Villanova University
2014, Medallion of Academic Excellence, College of Arts and Sciences, Villanova University
Leadership and Memberships
2023-present, American Psychological Association (APA)
2016-present, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR)
2015-present, National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
Editorial and Academic Positions
Ad hoc reviewer, Molecular Autism
Ad hoc reviewer, Frontiers in Psychiatry
Ad hoc reviewer, School Psychology Quarterly
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
BA in Psychology and Human Services - Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Graduate Degree
PhD in School Psychology - Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
MS in Psychology - Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Internship
Predoctoral Internship - Center for Mental Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Center for Autism and the Developing Brain, Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian, White Plains, NY
Publications
Publications
2024
Matsuba, E. S. M., Prieve, B., Cary, E., Pacheco, D., Madrid, A., McKernan, E., Kaplan-Kahn, E., & Russo, N.: A preliminary study characterizing subcortical and cortical auditory processing and their relation to autistic traits and sensory features. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 54, 75-92, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05773-y
2023
Williams, Z. J., Schaaf, R., Ausderau, K. K., Baranek, G. T., Barrett, D. J., Cascio, C. J., Dumont, R. L., Eyoh, E. E., Failla, M. D., Feldman, J. I., Foss-Feig, J. H., Green, H. L., Green, S. A., He, J. L., Kaplan-Kahn, E. A., Keceli-Kaysili, B., MacLennan, K., Mailloux, Z., Marco, E. J., Mash, L. E., McKernan, E. P., Molholm, S., Mostofsky, S. H., Puts, N. A. J., Robertson, C. E., Russo, N., Shea, N., Sideris, J., Sutcliffe, J. S., Tavassoli, T., Wallace, M. T., Wodka, E. L., & Woynaroski, T. G.: Examining the latent structure and correlates of sensory reactivity in autism: A multi-side integrative data analysis by the Autism Sensory Research Consortium. Molecular Autism, 14: 31, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-023-00563-4
McKernan, E. P., & Russo, N.: Investigating the structure of the CESD-R and DASS-21 across adults with low and high levels of autistic traits. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54, 2026-2039, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023- 05944-5
Cary, E. L., Pacheco, D., Kaplan-Kahn, E., McKernan, E., Matsuba, E., Prieve, B., & Russo, N.: Brain signatures of early and late neural measures of auditory habituation and discrimination in autism and their relationships to autistic traits and sensory overresponsivity. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 54, 1344-1360, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05866-8
2022
Matsuba, E., Russo, N., McKernan, E. P., Curl, R., Dawkins, T., Flores, H., Miseros, M., Stewart, J., Loebus, A., Brodeur, D., & Burack, J.: Visual filtering in time and space among persons with Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 67, 205-215, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12958
McKernan, E. P., Kumar, M., Di Martino, A., Shulman, L., Kolevzon, A., Lord, C., Narayanan, S., & Kim, S. H.: Intra-topic latency as an automated behavioral marker of treatment response in ASD. Scientific Reports 12, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07299-w
2021
McKernan, E. P., & Kim, S. H.: School-entry language skills as predictors of concurrent and future academic, social, and adaptive outcomes in kindergarteners with ASD. The Clinical Neuropsychologist 36(5), 2021. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2021.1950211
Levitskiy, D., Confair, A., Wagner, K. E., DeVita, S., Shea, N., McKernan, E. P., Kopec, J., Russo, N., Middleton, F. A., & Hicks, S. D.: Longitudinal stability of salivary microRNA biomarkers in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders 85: 101788, July 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2021.101788
2020
McKernan, E. P., Wu, Y., & Russo, N.: Sensory overresponsivity as a predictor of amplitude discrimination performance in youth with ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 50(9): 3140-3148, 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04013-0