Camille Wilson Brune, Ph.D. - the UIC Department of Psychiatry ...

Camille Wilson Brune, Ph.D.
Institute for Juvenile Research 2500 N. Seminary Ave., #7W
Department of Psychiatry Chicago, IL 60614
University of Illinois at Chicago (773) 832-9106
1747 W. Roosevelt Road (MC 747), Room 155 camillebrune@hotmail.com
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 996-2026; cbrune@psych.uic.edu
CURRENT POSITION
August 2006 - Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department
present of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
July 2005 – Fellow of the Center for Child Mental Health and Developmental
Aug. 2006 Neuroscience, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Sept. 2004 – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Aug. 2006 University of Chicago Harris Infant Mental Health Training Program in competence in
infant mental health research and practice.
Mentors: Edwin H. Cook, Jr., M.D. (autism genetics), Lauren S. Wakschlag,
Ph.D. (prenatal nicotine exposure and the development of infants’ attention)
2004 Ph. D., Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Dissertation: “The origins of joint attention: Relations between social knowledge, social
responsiveness, and attentional control.”
Dissertation Committee: Amanda L. Woodward, Ph.D., Chair; Starkey Duncan,
Ph.D.; Susan Goldin-Meadow, Ph.D.; Sydney L. Hans, Ph.D.
2002 M. A., Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Master’s Thesis: “Infants’ categorization of actions.”
Thesis Committee: Amanda L. Woodward, Ph.D., Chair; Bennett Bertenthal,
Ph.D.; Janellen Huttenlocher, Ph.D.
2000 B.S., Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC
Graduated cum laude. Minors: Economics, Biological Anthropology & Anatomy
RESEARCH FUNDING
January 2007- Autism Speaks/National Alliance for Autism Research Post-doctoral Fellow
present Funding to pursue project entitled “Phenotypic Constellation of Autism Associated
Variants."
Mentor: Edwin H. Cook, Jr., M.D.
August 2007- Autism Center of Excellence (ACE) Translational studies of insistence on sameness
present in autism (RFA/PA: HD06-016)
Role: Co-Investigator; P.I.: Edwin H. Cook, Jr., M.D.

January 2007- Simons Simplex Collection (SSC) Genetic studies of autism (Simons Foundation)
present Role: Assessment Team; P.I.: Edwin H. Cook, Jr., M.D.,
PUBLICATIONS
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Wilson, C. & Woodward, A. L. (2002). Imitation: a window to the mind [Review of the book The
Imitative Mind: Development, Evolution and Brain Bases]. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 6,
537-538.
Wilson-Brune, C. & Woodward, A. L. (2004). What infants know about intentional action and how they
might come to know it. Commentary on “Constructing an understanding of mind: The
development of children’s social understanding within social interaction.” Behavioral & Brain
Sciences, 27, 129.
Sootsman Buresh, J., Woodward, A., & Brune, C. W. (2006). The roots of verbs in prelinguistic action
knowledge. In K. Hirsh-Pasek & R. Golinkoff (Eds.), Action meets word: How children learn
verbs. Oxford Press.
Brune, C. W., Kim, S., Salt, J., Leventhal, B. L., Lord, C. L., & Cook, E. H. (2006). 5-HTTLPR
Genotype-specific phenotype in children and adolescents with autism. American Journal of
Psychiatry, 163, 2148-2156.
Jacob, S., Brune, C. W., Carter, C. S., Leventhal, B. L., Lord, C., & Cook, E.H. (2007). Association of
the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) in Caucasian children and adolescents with autism.
Neuroscience Letters, 417, 6-9.
Brune, C. W., & Woodward, A. L. (2007). Social cognition and social responsiveness in 10-month-old
infants. Journal of Cognition and Development, 8, 133-158.
Arking, D.E., Cutler, D.J., Brune, C.W., Lin, S., West, K., Rea, A., Ikeda , M., Teslovich, T.M., Cook,
E.H. & Chakravarti, A. (2008). A common genetic variant in CNTNAP2 is associated with
increased autism susceptibility. American Journal of Human Genetics, 82, 160-164.
Brune, C.W., Korvatska, E., Allen-Brady, K., Cook, E.H., Dawson, G., Devlin, B., Estes, A., Hennelly,
M., Hyman, S.L., McMahon, W.M., Munson, J., Rodier, P.M., Schellenberg, G.D., Stodgell, C.J.,
& Coon, H. (2008). Heterogeneous association between Engrailed-2 and autism in the CPEA
Network. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 147, 187-
93.
Kumar, R.A., Karamohamed, S., Sudi, J., Conrad, D.F., Brune, C., Badner, J.A., Gilliam, T.C., Nowak,
N.J., Cook E.H., Dobyns, W.B., Christian, S.L. (2008). Recurrent 16p11.2 microdeletions in
autism. Human Molecular Genetics, 17, 628-38.
Kim, S-J., Brune, C.W., Kistner, E.O., Christian, S.L., Courchesne, E.H., Cox, N.J., Cook, E.H. (AOP).
Transmission disequilibrium testing of the chromosome 15q11-q13 region in autism. American
Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics).
Christian, S.L., Brune, C.W., Sudi, J., Kumar, R.A., Liu, S., KaraMohamed, S., Badner, J.A., Matsui, S.,
Conroy, J., McQuaid, D., Gergel, J., Hatchwell, E., Gilliam, T.C., Gershon, E.S., Nowak, N.J.,
Dobyns, W.B., Cook, E.H. (AOP). Novel submicroscopic deletions and duplications in autism
spectrum disorders. Biological Psychiatry.
Brune, C.W., Kim, S-J., Hanna, G.L., Courchesne, E., Lord, C., Leventhal, B.L.., Cook, E.H. (AOP).
Family-based association testing of OCD associated SNPs of SLC1A1 in an autism sample.
Autism Research.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
August 2000 – Graduate Research Assistant
July 2004 Center for Infant Studies: Social Understanding Program, University of Chicago
Advisor: Amanda L. Woodward, Ph.D.
Summer 2001 Graduate Research Assistant
Center for Infant Studies: Perception-Action Program, University of Chicago
Advisor: Bennett I. Bertenthal, Ph.D.
Summer 2000; Research Assistant
Summer 1999 Project on Children’s Thinking, Northwestern University
Advisor: David H. Uttal, Ph.D.
Sept. 1998 – Research Assistant
May 2000 Infant Perception Lab, Duke University
Advisor: Amy Needham, Ph.D.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
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February 2003 Produced academic research report entitled “Dynamic, adaptive, and coordinated: An
overview of recent research in motor development” for interactive learning toy company
(Neurosmith, www.neurosmith.com)
Sept. 2002 Assisted in footage of Woodward Lab for The Discovery Channel (The Baby Human)
Sept. 2001 Assisted in footage of Woodward Lab for online developmental psychology textbook
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Ad hoc reviewer
Sept. 2007/ Developmental Psychology, Modeling longitudinal change in the language abilities of
May 2008 children with autism: Parent behaviors and child characteristics as predictors of change.
October 2007 Biological Psychiatry, The role of dopamine in autism spectrum disorders: A DRD2
polymorphism is associated with increased risk for autism spectrum disorders in maleonly
affected sib-pair families.
Sept. 2007 Neuroscience Letters, Oxytocin receptor (OXTR) and serotonin transporter (5-HTT) genes
associated with observed parenting in humans. Co-reviewer: Suma Jacob, M.D.
July 2007 American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics¸ Autism
related routines and rituals associated with a mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier
SLC25A12 polymorphism.
January 2007 International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) (Seattle, WA, May 2007), reviewed
submitted abstracts.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2007 Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Psychology, Laboratory in Development
Fall 2006 Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Psychology, Laboratory in Development
Spring 2006 Adjunct Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Psychology, Laboratory in Development

Spring 2005 Adjunct Professor, Oakton Community College
Department of Psychology, Introduction to Psychology
Spring 2003 Course Assistant, University of Chicago
The Mind Series: Language and Meaning; Professor: Terry Regier, Ph.D.
Winter 2003 Course Assistant, University of Chicago
The Mind Series: Brain and Behavior; Professor: Janellen Huttenlocher, Ph.D.
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Fall 2002 Course Assistant, University of Chicago
The Mind Series: Dimensions of Individual Behavior, Professor: Martha McClintock,
Ph.D.
Fall 2002 Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago
Development in Infancy; Professors: Bennett Bertenthal, Ph.D., Amanda Woodward,
Ph.D.
Fall 2001 Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago
Developmental Psychology; Professors: Janellen Huttenlocher, Ph.D., Sydney Hans,
Ph.D.
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Substitute Teacher at hands-on-learning school, Duke School for Children, Durham, NC
Teacher’s Aide 4-year-old classroom Duke School for Children, Durham, NC
Tutor 3 rd grade classroom, Eno Valley Elementary School, Durham, NC
FELLOWSHIPS/HONORS
January 2007- Autism Speaks/National Alliance for Autism Research Post-doctoral Fellow
current
Sept. 2004 - Harris Infant Mental Health Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of
Sept. 2006 Chicago
Fall 2003- Behnke-Harris Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Chicago
Spring 2004 Sponsored by the Irving Harris Foundation to pursue research on infant mental health and
participate in workshops at University of Chicago. Supervisor: Sydney L. Hans, Ph.D.
January 2003 Psychology Department Student Research Award, University of Chicago
To collect pilot research on a modification of master’s thesis.
2000-2004 Century Fellowship/Teaching Assistantship, University of Chicago
May 2000 Graduation with Distinction, Department of Psychology, Duke University
2000 Psi Chi, National Honor Society
INVITED SPEAKER
December 2005 “Early Indicators of Atypical Development and Autism.” The Chicago Perinatal Social
Workers’ Association in association with Children’s Memorial Hospital (2005-2006
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September 2005 “The origins of joint attention: Relations between social knowledge, social
responsiveness, and attentional control.” Stephen Porges’ Lab Meeting, Brain
Body Center, University of Illinois at Chicago.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Christian, S., Brune, C., Sudi, J., Kumar, R., Badner, J., Conroy, J., McQuaid, D., Hatchwell, E.,
KaraMohamed, S., Gilliam, C., Nowak, N., Dobyns, W., & Cook, E. 63 copy number variants
(CNVs) identified in 400 autism spectrum disorder patients using a novel 19K whole genome
tiling path BAC microarray [abstract 1610]. Presented at the annual meeting of The American
Society of Human Genetics, October 25, 2007, San Diego, California. Available
from http://www.ashg.org/genetics/ashg07s/index.shtml.
Arking, D.E., Cutler, D.J., Brune, C.W., Teslovich, T.M., West, K., Ikeda, M., Rea, A., Guy, M., Lin, S.,
Cook, E.H., Chakravarti, A. A genome-wide autism association study identifies a common
variant with sex-dependent effects at the neurexin-superfamily member CNTNAP2 [abstract 167].
Presented at the annual meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics, October 26,
2007, San Diego, California. Available from http://www.ashg.org/genetics/ashg07s/index.shtml.
Arking, D. E., Cutler, D. J., Brune, C. W., Tesbvich, T. M., West, K., Ikeda, M., Rea, A., Guy, M., Lin,
S., Cook, E. H., Chakravarti, A. (May 2007). “A genome-wide autism association study
identifies a common variant with sex-dependent effects at the neurexin-superfamily member
CNTNAP2.” Presented as a poster at the 20 th Annual Meeting of genome science (The Biology of
Genomes), Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Jacob, S., Brune, C. W., Carter, C. S., Leventhal, B. L., Lord, C., & Cook, E.H. (May 2007). “Oxytocin
receptor gene (OXTR) and associations in Caucasian children and adolescents with autism.”
Presented as a poster at the 6 th International Meeting for Autism Research, Seattle, WA.
Jacob, S., Brune, C. W., Carter, C. S., Leventhal, B. L., Lord, C., & Cook, E.H. (December 2006).
“Association of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) in Caucasian children and adolescents with
autism.” Presented as a poster at the 45 th Annual Meeting of the American College of
Neuropsychopharmacology, Hollywood, FL.
Brune, C. W., Buresh, J. S., Woodward, A. L., Sommerville, J. A., & Uttich. K. (April 2005).
“Action experience and action understanding in 3-month-old infants.” Presented as a
poster at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Wilson-Brune, C., & Woodward, A. L. (May 2004). “Infants’ emerging sensitivity to pointing and eye
gaze.” Presented as a poster at the International Society of Infant Studies Biennial Conference,
Chicago, IL.
Woodward, A. L., & Wilson-Brune, C. (October 2003). “Gaze following and gaze comprehension in the
first year of life.” Talk presented in a symposium entitled “Infant Social Cognition: Emerging
Understanding of Attentional Relations” at the Cognitive Development Society Third Biennial
Meeting, Park City, Utah.
Sootsman, J. L., Morgante, J. D., Wilson-Brune, C., & Woodward, A. L. (October 2003). “Eyes on the
prize: twelve month olds track the goals of individual agents.” Presented as a poster at the
Cognitive Development Society Third Biennial Meeting, Park City, Utah.
Wilson, C., & Woodward, A. L. (June 2003). “The Origins of Joint Attention at Play: Correlations
between Action Understanding and Free Play.” Presented as a poster at the 33 rd Annual Meeting
of the Jean Piaget Society: Play and Development, Chicago, IL.

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Wilson, C. (April 2002). “Looking and Reaching in Infancy.” Presented as a brief talk at Psychfest, a
joint conference with students and faculty from University of Chicago and Northwestern
University, Chicago, IL.
Wilson, C., & Woodward, A. L. (April 2002). “The Development of Infants’ Action Categories.”
Presented as a poster at the International Society of Infant Studies Biennial Conference, Toronto,
Canada.
Chiong, C., Wilson, C., & Uttal, D. (April 2001). “Thinking and Talking about Space: Systematic
Patterns Facilitate Referential Communication.” Presented as a poster symposium at the Society
for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Chiong, C., Wilson, C., & Uttal, D. (Spring 2000). “Oh Where, Oh Where: Children’s Use of a Spatial
Configuration to Facilitate Referential Communication.” Presented at the Midwestern
Psychological Association Conference, Psi Chi Division, Chicago, IL, and the Conference on
Human Development, Memphis, TN.
TRAVEL/TRAINING FUNDING
June 2005 Funding to attend ADOS training at UMACC, Ann Arbor, MI, provided by the National
Institute of Health
May 2005 Travel Award to attend the Conference on New Approaches to Infant Learning and
Cognition, Duke University, Durham, NC
March 2005 Funding to attend ADI-R training at UMACC, Ann Arbor, MI, provided by the National
Institute of Health
Nov. 2003 Doolittle Harrison Fellowship, University of Chicago, travel grant for graduate students
in the Division of Social Sciences, to present at the Cognitive Development Society 3 rd
Biennial Meeting, Park City, UT
June 2003 Psychology Department Student Travel Award, University of Chicago, to attend the 33 rd
Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Chicago, IL
June 2002 Travel Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon Junior Scientist award to attend the 32 nd Carnegie
Symposium on Category Development, Pittsburgh, PA
April 2002 Doolittle Fellowship, University of Chicago travel grant for graduate students in the
Division of Social Sciences, to attend the International Society of Infant Studies
Conference, Toronto, Canada
April 2001 Psychology Department Student Travel Award, University of Chicago, to attend the
Society for Research in Child Development Conference, Minneapolis, MN
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION
Spring 2006 Asperger’s Disorder & Autism: An update on understanding and interventions with Ami
Klin, Ph.D. New England Educational Institute, Chicago location (6 CE hours).
Fall 2006 Biostatisics 513: Longitudinal Data Analysis, audited course at UIC taught by Don
Hedeker.
Mental Health in Infancy and Early Childhood Courses at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (10
week courses); Instructors: Barbara Danis, Ph.D. & Sydney Hans, Ph.D.

Spring 2005 Parent-Child Relationships
Winter 2004 Temperament and Emotion Regulation
Autism Diagnostic Training, UMACC, Ann Arbor, MI (2.5 day workshops, equivalent: 3 CEUs).
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June 2005 ADOS Training Workshop for Researchers (reliability with instrument achieved)
June 2005 ADOS Training Workshop for Clinicians
March 2005 ADI-R Training Workshop for Researchers (reliability with instrument achieved)
The Developing Child: Brain and Behavior Symposium Series sponsored by the Erikson Institute and
the University of Chicago’s Center for Early Childhood Research (equivalent: 3 early intervention
credentialing hours in Child Development)
Spring 2005 “Gender Differences and Developmental Pathways in Early Childhood
Aggression” by Nicki Crick, Ph. D., and Sheryl L. Olson, Ph. D.
Fall 2004 “Young Children with Autism: A Closer Look at Language, Community, and
Developmental Patterns” by Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph. D., and Catherine Lord,
Ph. D.
Fall 2003 “Fostering Young Children's Desire to Learn” by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., and
Deborah Stipek, Ph.D.
Fall 2002 “Critical Periods in Language Development” by Helen Neville, Ph.D., and Elissa
Newport, Ph.D.
Fall 2001 “Children's Understanding of Math: Teaching, Learning, and the Brain” by
Stanislaus DeHaene, Ph.D., and James W. Stigler, Ph.D.
SERVICE ACTIVITES
Volunteer, SPRED, religious development for people developmental disabilities (www.spred.org)
Volunteer, Junior Achievement for a Day Program (www.jachicago.org)
Volunteer Coach, Girls on the Run (www.girlsontherun.com)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Member, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR)
Member, Cognitive Development Society (CDS)
Member, Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Autism: Relationship between genes, environment, and behavior; early detection and intervention;
Cognitive Development in typical and atypical development: Role of attention regulation in social
cognition and behavior

REFERENCES
Edwin H. Cook, Jr., M.D.
Institute for Juvenile Research
Department of Psychiatry
University of Illinois at Chicago
1747 W. Roosevelt Road (MC 747), Room 155
Chicago, IL 60608
ecook@psych.uic.edu
Lauren S. Wakschlag, Ph.D.
Institute for Juvenile Research
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago
1747 W. Roosevelt Road (MC 747), Room 155
Chicago, IL 60608
LWakschlag@psych.uic.edu
Sydney L. Hans, Ph.D.
School of Social Service Administration
The University of Chicago
969 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
s-hans@uchicago.edu.
Amanda L. Woodward, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Maryland College Park
Room 0147 Biology-Psychology Building
College Park, MD 20742-4411
awoodward@psyc.umd.edu
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