ד"ר עינת ויצברד

• Waizbard, E., Ferrer, E., Miller, M., Heath, B., Andrews, D. S., Rogers, C. M., Wu Nordahl, C., Solomon, M. & Amaral, D. G. (2025). Trajectories of Autism Symptom Severity for Boys and Girls Across Childhood. Autism. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40165696/
• Waizbard-Bartov, E., Ferrer, E., Heath, B., Andrews, D. S., Rogers, S., Kerns, C. M., Wu Nordahl, C., Solomon, M. & Amaral, D. G. (2024). Changes in the severity of autism symptom domains are related to mental health challenges during middle childhood. Autism,28(5). org/10.1177/13623613231195108. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37691349/
• Waizbard-Bartov, E., Fein, D., Lord, C., & Amaral, D. G. (2023). Response to Mottron et al. (2023) and Woods et al. (2023). Autism Research, DOI: 10.1002/aur.2982. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37584067/
• Waizbard-Bartov, E., Fein, D., Lord, C., & Amaral, D. G. (2023). Autism severity and its relationship to disability. Autism Research, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2898.
• Waizbard-Bartov, E., Miller, M. (2022). Does the severity of autism symptoms change over time? A review of the evidence, impacts and gaps in current knowledge. Clinical psychology review, 99(C), org/10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102230. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36469976/
• Andrews, D. S., Aksman, L., Kerns, C. M., Lee, J. K., Winder-Patel, B. M., Harvey, D. J., Waizbard-Bartov, E., Heath, B., Solomon, M., Rogers, S. J., Altmann. A., Nordahl, C. W., Amaral, D. G. (2022). Association of Amygdala Development With Different Forms of Anxiety in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Biological Psychiatry, org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.01.016 (Nominee for 2023 Somerfeld-Zisking award for biological psychiatry). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35341582/
• Waizbard-Bartov, E., Ferrer, E., Heath, B., Rogers, S., Wu Nordahl, C., Solomon, M. & Amaral, D. G. (2022). Identifying Autism Symptom Severity Trajectories Across Childhood. Autism Research, 15(4), 687-701. Top cited paper for Autism research 2022-2023. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35084115/
• Nordahl, C. W., Andrews, D.S., Dwyer, P., Waizbard-Bartov, E., Restrepo, B., Lee, J.K., Heath, B., Saron, C., Rivera, S.M., Solomon, M., Ashwood, P. and Amaral, D.G. (2022). The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Clinically Meaningful Subgroups of Autism. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15:786220. doi:10.3389/fnins.2021.786220. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.786220/full
• Andrews, D. S., Lee, J. K., Harvey, D. J., Waizbard-Bartov, E., Solomon, M., Rogers, S. J., Wu Nordahl, C. & Amaral, D. G. (2020). A Longitudinal Study of White Matter Development in Relation to Changes in Autism Severity Across Early Childhood. Biological Psychiatry, org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.10.013. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33349451/
• Waizbard-Bartov, E., Ferrer, E., Young, G. S., Heath, B., Rogers, S., Wu Nordahl, C., Solomon, M. & Amaral, D. G. (2020). Trajectories of Autism Symptom Severity Change during Early Childhood. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51, pp. 227-242. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32410098/
• Waizbard-Bartov, E., Yehonatan-Schori, M. & Golan, O. (2019). Personal Growth Experiences of Parents to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(4), 1330-1341.
• https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-018-3784-6

• תואר ראשון (BA) במדעי ההתנהגות מאוניברסיטת בן גוריון בנגב, 2009.
• תואר שני (MA) בפסיכולוגיה קלינית של הילד מהמכללה האקדמית תל אביב-יפו, 2013.
• מוסמכת בפסיכותרפיה קוגניטיבית התנהגותית (CBT) בילדים, מתבגרים והדרכת הורים, מרכז "חוסן" ע"ש כהן-האריס, עמותת "אותי", 2017.
• תואר שני (MA) בפסיכולוגיה התפתחותית, אוניברסיטת קליפורניה, דיוויס, ארה"ב, 2020.
• תוכנית ההכשרה הבינתחומית בתסמונת הספקטרום האוטיסטי Autism Research Training Program (ARTP), M.I.N.D Institute, קליפורניה, ארה”ב, 2020.
• דוקטורט (PhD) בפסיכולוגיה התפתחותית, אוניברסיטת קליפורניה, דיוויס, ארה"ב, 2023.
• פוסט דוקטורט במרכז הלאומי ע"ש עזריאלי לחקר אוטיזם ונוירו-התפתחות, אוניברסיטת בן גוריון בנגב, 2026.

• אבחון אוטיזם באמצעות כלי הערכה סטנדרטיים
• הבנת סימפטומי הליבה של אוטיזם, כיצד הם יכולים להשתנות במהלך הילדות, ומדוע
• הדרך הייחודית בה אוטיזם מתבטא אצל בנות לאורך הזמן
• מיסוך והסוואה של סימפטומים

• INSAR student and trainee Travel award, 2025.
• INSAR student and trainee workshop Travel award, 2025.
• Kreitman Post Doctoral Fellowship, Ben-Gurion University 2024-2025
• Israeli Ministry of Aliya and Integration in Science, Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2024-2025
• UC Davis MIND Institute Trainee Travel Award, 2023
• Duke Travel Award, University of California Davis, Department of Psychology, 2023
• Duke Travel Award, University of California Davis, Department of Psychology, 2022
• UC Davis MIND Institute Trainee Travel Award, 2022
• Dennis Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowship, Autism Speaks, 2021-2023
• Graduate Student Travel Award, University of California Davis Graduate Studies, 2021
• David Zeaman Travel Award, The Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
• Duke Travel Award, University of California Davis, Department of Psychology, 2019
• UC Davis MIND Institute Trainee Travel Award, 2019

* Keynote: “Co-occurring conditions in Autism Spectrum Disorder” conference, Ben-Gurion University 2024:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haZBDw2zIfA

* Webinar: “Changes in autism symptoms across childhood”, Autism Research Institute (ARI), 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmnUND045iM

* Viewpoint article: Prototypical Autism’ research is likely a dead end. The Transmitter, Spectrum, 2024: https://doi.org/10.53053/KZAA8884

* Popular Science article, Spectrum News, 2023: https://www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/mental-health-issues-emerge-with-shifts-in-autism-traits-across-childhood/?fspec=1

* Science Spotlight: Focus on grant recipients, Autism Speaks, 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hsTdYDRkJ0

* Popular Science article, UC Davis Health News, 2022: https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/autism-characteristics-can-change-significantly-from-ages-3-to-11/2022/04

* Popular Science article, Science Daily, 2020: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200528160501.htm

* Interview, UC Davis Health: “Does the severity of autism symptoms change during childhood?” 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opJR-1J6wE0