Kourtney Nigh, Ph.D.

Dr. Nigh is a clinical researcher at the University of Kansas’s Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (K-CART) & Life Span Institute. Dr. Nigh received her doctorate from the University of California-Los Angeles under the mentorship of Dr. Catherine Lord, where she assisted in the development of the Brief Observation of Symptoms of Autism (BOSA) and Brief Observation of Social Communication Change (BOSCC). Before returning to graduate school, Dr. Nigh had a background in special education and worked at the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment at the University of Missouri-Columbia. There, she co-founded the Global Autism Interactive Network (GAIN) and brought together a talented group of ADOS-2 trainers to share their expertise in autism diagnostics. Dr. Nigh has over 15 years of experience conducting ASD evaluations and training across the world. Dr. Nigh’s research interests include the early identification of autism through phenotyping and the creation of meaningful assessment models for clinicians and families.