Emily Hotez

Emily Hotez , Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor and developmental psychology researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine. She currently leads research and other collaborative activities within two national autism research networks: The Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) and The Autism Transition Research Project (ATRP). In these roles, she prioritizes research that promotes the health, well-being, and thriving of autistic individuals across the life course. She is particularly interested in identifying strategies that address neurodivergent individuals’ experiences of lifelong stigma and marginalization across interpersonal, educational, and healthcare contexts. Her work in this area includes leading a series of research studies focused on identifying opportunities to enhance both undergraduate and medical education as well as creating and evaluating strategies to promote health during key developmental transitions, particularly emerging adulthood. Across all of Dr. Hotez’s research, she relies on methodologies that are driven by the individuals, communities, and populations that the research seeks to serve. As a sister of an autistic adult, she is both professionally and personally committed to translation and dissemination efforts to ensure that her research informs practice, policy, and education. Dr. Hotez received her B.A. in psychology from George Washington University and her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Publications

Understanding and Improving the Experiences of Autistic Girls and Women in Healthcare
Understanding and Improving the Experiences of Autistic Girls and Women in Healthcare
Emily Hotez, Kashia A. Rosenau, Lauren Chiang, Kristina M. Brown, Julian M. Lejbman, Wilson D. Ricketts, Nathan VanderVeen. © 2024. 26 pages.
Autistic girls and women—defined broadly in the current chapter as autistic individuals assigned female at birth and/or currently identifying as female—experience...