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Dr. Sabatos DeVito is a developmental psychologist at Duke University who specializes in research related to neurodevelopmental disorders, particularly autism and ADHD, in children. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. As a Faculty Associate and Operations Manager of the Duke Center for Girls and Women, Dr. Sabatos DeVito oversees day to day operations of the Center in support of its threefold mission of education, outreach and research.
As a faculty member of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, Dr. Sabatos DeVito’s research is focused on understanding the co-occurrence of autism and ADHD in young children by measuring observed behaviors of social engagement and self-regulation in the context of caregiver-child play-based interactions in the lab and in the home. She also contributes to a multi-site consortium conducting research to identify behavioral biomarkers of autism across childhood and adolescence.
Dr. Sabatos DeVito completed a bachelor’s degree in elementary/special education at Saint Joseph’s University, PA; a master’s degree in experimental psychology at Villanova University, PA; and her doctorate in developmental science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.