Amy Esler, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator

Amy Esler, Department of Pediatrics is a licensed psychologist and researcher at the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain at the University of Minnesota. She completed her PhD in school psychology from the University of Minnesota. Her clinical interests include diagnosis and characterization of autism and related diagnoses and support and treatments for individuals with profound autism, fragile X, and other rare genetic conditions. Her research focuses on effective interventions for aggression and self-injury, autism prevalence, improving equitable access to care, and measurement of behaviors and characteristics for tracking growth and change in development.