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Dr. Griffin awarded an $850,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health
Dr. Griffin has been awarded a 5 year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The funded project, titled “Investigating Neural Predictors of Real-World Social Attention in Autism During Naturalistic Social Interactions,” will use innovative ambulatory eye-tracking and electroencephalography (EEG) methods to study how autistic and neurotypical children attend to faces during live, face-to-face interactions. This work addresses a major gap in the field by moving beyond traditional lab-based tasks that rely on static images, aiming to better capture the complexity of real-world social behavior in autistic children.
Dr. Griffin receives Young Explorer Award in Switzerland
Dr. Griffin recived the 2024 NOMIS and Science Young Explorer Award for his innovative approaches to autism research. The NOMIS foundation hosted a ceremony for this award at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, where Dr. Griffin gave a talk about his bold and innovative approaches in autism research.
Dr. Griffin receives Innovation in Autism Research Award
Dr. Griffin, director of the Griffin Laboratory, received a prestigious international award from the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) and the Alan B. Slifka Foundation in recognition of his innovative vision for autism research. The award, which includes $25,000 in research funding, will support the Griffin Laboratory's goal of capturing naturalistic neural responses to faces in autistic children. Dr. Griffin was presented the award at INSAR’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington.
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