Dr. Catherine (Casey) Burrows is an Associate Professor and licensed psychologist in the Autism and Neurodevelopment Clinic at the University of Minnesota. She completed her doctoral (PhD) training at the University of Miami, and clinical pre-doctoral internship at Duke University Medical Center in the autism track. She received a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Minnesota's Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (MNLEND) program.
Clinically, Dr. Burrows conducts comprehensive evaluations for autism spectrum disorders and related neurodevelopmental disorders.
Dr. Burrows's research focuses on improving early identification of autism spectrum disorder. Her work has been funded by the NIH, UMN CTSI, and University of Minnesota Foundation, and featured by the Autism Science Foundation and NIH’s Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) as some of the highest impact autism research. She is also the Director of Clinical Training in the Cognition and Neurodevelopmental Studies (CNS) Lab at the University of Minnesota and maintains research collaborations with national and international colleagues. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Infant Brain Imaging Study Executive Committee, and the Baby Siblings Research Consortium. She was named the UMN CTSI’s Junior Mentor of the Year in 2024.