Clara Lajonchere, PhD
Deputy Director, UCLA Institute for Precision Health / Co-Director, Clinical Neurogenomics Research Center
About
Dr. Lajonchere’s research has focused on disorders affecting the central nervous system with an emphasis on psychiatric genetics and translational medicine. She has held several academic and leadership positions including Director of the NIH Center for Genomic and Phenomic Studies in Autism at the USC Keck School of Medicine and Vice President of Clinical Programs for the science and advocacy organization, Autism Speaks. Dr. Lajonchere has worked in the field of autism for over a decade.