Dr. Roger Jou

Roger J. Jou MD, MPH, PhD is a psychiatrist and researcher at the Yale Child Study Center whose work for the past 20 years has focused on autism across the lifespan.  Dr. Jou’s background in psychiatry, public health, and medical science has shaped his non-traditional approach to improving quality of life using diverse simultaneous strategies.  To this end, he founded Community Autism Socials at Yale (CASY) in 2014, providing free social-recreation, education, and support for American autism communities.  The program is now known as CASY Sparks Autism Innovation & Discovery (or simply CASY Sparks) to reflect the progress made over the years and especially since the COVID-19 pandemic.  Dr. Jou’s research is also diverse ranging from clinical trials to imaging neuroscience.  He is also a principle investigator for SPARK at Yale (www.SPARKforAUTISM.org/Yale).  Therefore, the content of this channel will be diverse and reflect Dr. Jou's efforts in improving lives of people with autism.