Opal Ousley, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Emory University

SFARI Investigator Website

Opal Ousley is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Marcus Autism Center at Emory University, where she works on the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders, the development of autism-specific behavioral assessments (e.g., the Screening Tool for Two-Year-Olds, and Rapid-ABC Screener), and the phenotypic characterization of children with autism and associated genetic disorders, including 22q11 deletion syndrome.

Ousley collaborates with faculty across disciplines (e.g., Genetics, Neuroimaging, and Computing) at Emory University, Georgia Tech, and the University of Georgia. She also participated in the Simons Simplex Collection, a multiple-site study which investigates the genetic causes of autism, serving as the phenotypic Principal Investigator at the Emory data collection site.

Funded Projects

SPARK

Awarded: 2016
Award Type: SPARK

Examining childhood outcomes in 22q11 deletion syndrome

Awarded: 2008
Award Type: Simons Simplex Collection

SFARI Funded Publications

Cognitive decline preceding the onset of psychosis in patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Vorstman J.A., Breetvelt E.J., Duijff S.N., Eliez S., Schneider M., Jalbrzikowski M., Armando M., Vicari S., Shashi V., Hooper S.R., Chow E.W., Fung W.L., Butcher N.J., Young D.A., McDonald-McGinn D.M., Vogels A., van Amelsvoort T., Gothelf D., Weinberger R., Weizman A., Klaassen P.W., Koops S., Kates W.R., Antshel K.M., Simon T.J., Ousley O., Swillen A., Gur R.E., Bearden C., Kahn R.S., Bassett A.S., International Consortium on Brain and Behavior in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome, Valdivia Espino J.

A multisite study of the clinical diagnosis of different autism spectrum disorders. Lord C., Petkova E., Hus V., Gan W., Lu F., Martin D.M., Ousley O., Guy L., Bernier R., Gerdts J., Algermissen M., Whitaker A., Sutcliffe J., Warren Z., Klin A., Saulnier C., Hanson E., Hundley R., Piggot J., Fombonne E., Steiman M., Miles J., Kanne S., Goin-Kochel R., Peters S.U., Cook E. H., Guter S., Tjernagel J., Green Snyder L., Bishop S., Esler A., Gotham K., Luyster R., Miller F., Olson J., Richler J., Risi S.