Adriana Di Martino, MD Appointed to Chair for NIH

Adriana Di Martino, MD, Founding Research Director for the Child Mind Institute Autism Center, was appointed to serve as Chair for a standing National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant review study section that is critical to child mental health, the Child Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities Study Section (CPDD). Being selected to chair a standing NIH study section is a distinguished honor, achieved by relatively few investigators in the field.

The appointment was based on Dr. Di Martino’s demonstrated competence and achievement in science, evidenced by the quality of her research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals, and other significant scientific activities, achievements and honors.