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David Amaral

Investor

Director Of The Autism Center Of Excellence At UC Davis at AIF

Davis, California, United States

About

David Amaral is a Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at UC Davis Health System who joined the university in 1995 following postdoctoral work at Washington University and earlier research at the Salk Institute. He holds a joint PhD in Psychology and Neurobiology from the University of Rochester and has spent over 25 years researching autism spectrum disorder through postmortem brain studies, magnetic resonance imaging, and nonhuman primate models. Amaral directs the MIND Institute, the Autism Phenome Project, and an NIH-funded Autism Center of Excellence; he previously served as President of the International Society for Autism Research and Editor-in-Chief of Autism Research, and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2019.

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Experience

  1. UC Davis Health SystemProfessorcurrent1995 — present
  2. The Salk Institute for Biological StudiesAssociate Professor1981 — 1993La Jolla, California, USA

Education

  1. Washington University in St. LouisPostdoc, Neuroscience1977 — 1980
  2. University of RochesterPh.D., Neuroscience and Psychology1972 — 1977
  3. Northwestern UniversityBA, Psychology1969 — 1972

Skills & more

Neuroscience21Developmental Disabilities2Psychology11Research11Neuroimaging15Cognitive Neuroscience2Higher Education3Molecular Biology12Science17Lifesciences1Psychopharmacology5Grant Writing5
+10 moreCell CultureGeneticsStatisticsProgram DevelopmentTranslational ResearchClinical ResearchAutism Spectrum DisordersTeachingMicroscopyAutism Research

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Also attended Washington University in St. Louis130

Lee FixelFounder of AdditionMax WechterSenior Director of AI at Lerer HippeauMark LevinRetired Founding Partner at Third Rock VenturesMitzi KrockoverInvestor at Golden SeedsMara BabinInvestor at Golden SeedsAndrea JacksonPartner at Northpond Ventures

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Also attended University of Rochester56

Hal PazInvestor at Khosla VenturesCamila VieiraPartner, Head of Brazil at QED InvestorsWilliam SheahanSenior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Flare Capital PartnersArtur BergmanFounder, Fastly at Amplify PartnersNicole VitulloInvestor at Arboretum VenturesSunil DhaliwalGeneral Partner at Amplify Partners

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Also attended Northwestern University278

Hannah KrootMarketing Lead at Intel CapitalMikowai AshwillInvestor at Spark CapitalNaomi Pilosof IonitaBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesEric OngInvestor at LightbankBill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture Group

+ 272 more

Shared employers

Also worked at UC Davis Health System3

Dr. Jay GuptaVenture Partner at Boutique Venture PartnersJames TanPartner at Transpose Platform ManagementMichael A. RogawskiVenture Partner at Catalio Capital Management, LP

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Co-Founder & President, Autism Science Foundation at AIF
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Founder & CEO, Quartet, Accretive, The World Bank, McKinsey at AIF
Ashok Srinivasan
Chief Science Advisor at AIF
Bob Nelsen
Co-Founder & Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners at AIF
Brian Jacobs
Venture Capitalist Emergence, Moai Capital at AIF
Brian O'Callaghan
Co-Founder at AIF
Brian O’Callaghan
Co-Founder at AIF