Dr. Judy Flax

Office Address: Judy Flax, Ph.D. CMBN, Rutgers University 197 University Ave. Newark, New Jersey 07102 Phone: (973) 353-1080, ext. 3214 Fax: (973) 353-1760 E-Mail: flax@axon.rutgers.edu Dr. Flax is the Research Coordinator and Senior Research Scientist for the Infancy Studies and Tallal Laboratories at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN) of Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. Her current interests include the integrated study of behavioral, functional and structural development in infants and young children and the study of early predictors of later language and learning problems. In addition, she is involved in developing techniques for assessment of children with severely delayed motor and speech development through a grant sponsored by the Carter Centers for Brain Research in Holoprosencephaly and Related Malformations. Dr. Flax is also a consultant to the New Jersey Language and Autism Genetics Study (Linda Brzustowicz, PI) at the Autism Center at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. While at Rutgers University but prior to her involvement in the Infancy Studies Laboratory, Dr. Flax was research coordinator of an NIH funded study entitled: “Family Genetic Studies of Language Impairment,” (Paula Tallal, PI), a behavioral genetics study of language impairments in primary and extended families. Dr. Flax received her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is a licensed speech pathologist with over 30 years of clinical experience in the area of language-based learning disabilities and autism. Before joining Rutgers University, Dr. Flax held positions at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montclair State University, and worked in several clinical settings in New Jersey, New York, and Florida.   Handouts from several of Dr. Flax's recent conference posters are now available for download in PDF format. You must use Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view or print these files.

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