Stephen Kanne, Ph.D.

Dr. Steve Kanne is a Clinical Professor of Psychology at the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment and serves as the Director of Special Projects. Previously, he served as the Director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at Weill Cornell Medical College, and the Executive Director of the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Dr. Kanne earned both his bachelor’s degree and doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Washington University. He completed a clinical internship at the University of California, San Diego, and pursued a post-doctoral fellowship in Pediatric Neuropsychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His early career included five years as a pediatric neuropsychologist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, followed by four years at the University of Missouri focusing on autism and pediatric neuropsychology. He later became Director of the Autism Center at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital before returning to the University of Missouri in 2012 to lead the Thompson Center. In 2020, he transitioned to Weill Cornell.

Dr. Kanne’s research interests center on autism, emphasizing diagnostic tools, behavioral phenotyping, co-occurring symptoms, special interests, subthreshold symptoms, and evidence-based therapies. He has published extensively in these areas, as well as in cognitive neuropsychology, the history of neuropsychology, and pediatric traumatic brain injury. Board-certified in Clinical Neuropsychology, Dr. Kanne is passionate about education and training, frequently delivering national and international workshops on autism.