Appointment of Dr. Nadi Nuhu and Dr. Tyler Whitney as AAC Board of Directors Co-Chairs
The Atlanta Autism Consortium announces the appointment of Nadrat Nuhu, PhD, BCBA-D and Tyler Whitney, PsyD, as Co-Chairs of the Atlanta Autism Consortium Board of Directors, with their tenure beginning in January 2023. Dr. Nuhu and Dr. Whitney secede Dr. Celine Saulnier, who served as the Chairperson for the past two years.
“I am honored and humbled to be involved with the AAC in a leadership role,” shares Dr. Whitney. “I am excited to involve the community in caring for each person individually, giving all people a safe space to experience each other’s differences, and a purpose in understanding individual differences in each person within our community.”
Echoing his sentiments, Dr. Nuhu adds “I look forward to helping guide the AAC to further establish itself as a community resource focused on building a network of support for families, clinicians, and researchers within the Autism community.”
Dr. Nuhu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Autism and Related Disabilities, at the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. Her research focuses on the assessment and treatment of challenging behavior exhibited by children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. As a psychologist, she serves as a clinician in the severe behavior department at the Marcus Autism Center, in Atlanta, where she provides behavior analytic services to children with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Dr. Whitney has over 20+ years’ experience working clinically with children, adolescents and young adults and their families. His formal training includes post-doctoral training in pediatric neuropsychology, developmental psychology, and two years as a LEND fellow through the URLEND program, including the autism enhancement year (AE), and is a full member of INSAR (International Society of Autism Research). His unique training and experience in clinical psychology, developmental psychology, forensic psychology, and psychometrics, as well as decades of clinical experience, allow him to clearly communicate in writing and speech the basic science that will support forensic cases in the courts, in the media, and in community settings.
About the Atlanta Autism Consortium
Founded in 2008, the Atlanta Autism Consortium is a nonprofit organization that works to connect the full spectrum of the Metro Atlanta autism community, including families, adult individuals with autism, researchers, clinicians, educators and advocates by working to foster better understanding and cultivate more meaningful collaboration throughout the Atlanta area. The AAC produces monthly FREE educational programs and events for the autism community, and partners with many other organizations throughout Atlanta on workshops, retreats, forums and other events.