Geneva Centre for Autism

Dr. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum completed his pediatric training at Queen’s University, and his clinical fellowship in developmental pediatrics at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He completed a research fellowship and Masters degree in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University, where he was on faculty for 8 years prior to moving to the University of Alberta in 2006. Dr. Zwaigenbaum’s research focuses on the early development of children with ASD.

He is the lead investigator on a prospective study of infants at increased risk of ASD (younger siblings of children with ASD), and the former chair of an international consortium of research groups following similar high-risk cohorts. He is also the vice-President of the International Society for Autism Research. Dr. Zwaigenbaum is currently associate head, Division of Developmental Pediatrics and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the U of A, and the co-director of the Autism Research Centre based at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital.