Dr. Jones is fascinated by how the human brain is different in individuals with autism. She graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a B.A. in psychology and neuroscience and was awarded the neuroscience thesis prize for her undergraduate dissertation on abnormal face processing in adults with autism. She was a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge in the UK where she completed an M.Phil. under the supervision of Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen, studying hormone influences in autism. Dr. Jones received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences where she published multiple papers in journals such as Science, Journal of Neuroscience, and Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She worked with Dr. BJ Casey studying neural trajectories of social behavior across typical development. Dr. Jones completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Catherine Lord at Weill Cornell, studying clinical and diagnostic assessments of autism, supported by an Autism Speaks Fellowship. In 2014, Dr. Jones was a Mirzayan Fellow at the National Academies of Science, studying the intersection of public policy and scientific research on neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Jones’s current focus is studying how underlying neural circuitry changes across age and its effect on behavior in autism compared to typical development in order to better understand mechanisms to improve treatment outcomes in autism.
