Mathew Mosconi PhD
- Associate Professor, University of Kansas
- T32 in the Neuroscience of Mental Health Graduate
Matthew Mosconi is a psychologist, albeit one with primarily clinical training. Matthew is now an Associate Professor (with tenure) of Clinical Child Psychology, Associate Scientist in the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, and Director of the Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (K-CART) at the Univ. of Kansas. His research currently is funded by multiple NIH awards including a NIMH R01 award to study sensorimotor and brain development in autism spectrum disorder (ASD; MH112734), as well as his role as Phenotyping Coordinator on KU’s Intellectual and Developmental Disorders Research Center (IDDRC; U54HD090216). He also serves as mentor or contributor on three separate NIH funded training awards.
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The T32 provided an invaluable support mechanism for helping me develop as a translational researcher interested in autism spectrum disorders. Under the primary mentorship of Dr. John Sweeney, I was able to develop studies of neurocognitive and sensorimotor development in autism, while training in clinical assessment of autism, neuroimaging, developmental cognitive neuroscience and sensorimotor control. The T32 support allowed me to expand my training and research activities to develop greater involvement in more basic studies looking at genetic and molecular processes implicated in autism through work with Drs. Sweeney and Ed Cook. These combined experiences facilitated a successful application for an Autism Speaks Postdoctoral fellowship award, and positioned me for a successful K23 application, which I was awarded on first submission based on preliminary data collected as part of my T32 research. These supports have provided an important foundation that I continue to build on as an independent NIH funded researcher. In addition to my current R01, I will have two additional R01 awards under review (as of June, 2019), each of which build directly on the support I received during my postdoctoral training and K award.