Susan W. White

Dr. Susan White is the associate dean of research for the Barefield College of Arts & Sciences, the Doddridge Saxon Endowed Chair in Clinical Psychology, and director of the Center for Youth Development and Intervention at The University of Alabama, a thriving research center serving hundreds of families across the state of Alabama. Dr. White’s research spans multiple areas in developmental psychopathology, with a primary focus on mechanism-driven intervention for co-occurring and core problems in autism. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the US Department of Defense, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, and several foundations. She is passionate about mentoring trainees and junior faculty and was awarded the 2022 Outstanding Mentor Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT). Board-certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, she is a Fellow of ABCT as well as the American Psychological Association and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.